Olivier Luminet

CURRICULUM VITAE - Olivier Luminet

PERSONAL INFORMATIONS

Address: Université catholique de Louvain, Department of Psychology
Research Institute for Psychological Sciences
10, place du Cardinal Mercier, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
bte L3.05.01
Tel. +32 10 47 87 01, Fax. +32 10 47 48 34
E-mail: Olivier.Luminet@uclouvain.be

Date of birth: February 5, 1969
Place of birth: Ixelles, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Languages spoken: French, English, Italian, Dutch

EDUCATION AND DEGREES
Degrees:
Oct.87- Sept. 92 Undergraduate degree in psychology, University of Liège, Belgium, grade: A+
Sep. 92- Dec.94 European Master in Applied Social Psychology, University of Liège, Belgium, grade: A+
Nov. 92- Jan. 98 Ph.D. in Psychology, Université catholique de Louvain at Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (No grade attributed for the PhD level).

Long scientific stays abroad:
Sept. 91 - April 92 University of Toulouse-II, France
Sept. 94 - April 95 University of Manchester, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology (Prof. Wagner) Research on personality and emotion
Sept.98-May 99 University of Toronto, Canada, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Division at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Division, (Professors Bagby and Taylor)

Professional activities:

since Oct. 2002 Associate professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
2009-2014 Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
2010-2014 Senior Research associate at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research
From Oct. 2014 Full Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
From Oct. 2014 Research director at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research
2005-2006 Invited professor at the University Paris-X, France
2010-2011 Invited professor at the University Toulouse-Le Mirail, France
2014-2015 Invited professor at the University Chambéry – Mont Blanc, France

MAIN RESEARCH DOMAINS

1) Personality, health, and emotion regulation
• Moderating impact of alexithymia and emotional competences on emotion perception, categorization, memory, mental and physical health at exlicit and imlicit levels
2) Emotions and memory
• Flashbulb memories
• Collective memories

AFFILIATION TO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
American Psychological Association (APA) (foreign affiliate)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP)
European Health psychology Society (EHPS)
International Society for the Research on Emotion (ISRE)
Association for Research in Psychology and Health (ARPH)
Belgian Association for Psychological Science (BAPS)

REVIEWER
Editor of international peer reviewed journals:
Guest editor for a special issue of Memory studies on “The interplay between collective memory and the erosion of nation states. The paradigmatic case of Belgium”. (January 2012)

Editorial board of international peer reviewed journals:
European Journal of Personality (2001-2005)

Consulting reviewer for more than 60 international peer reviewed journals

Consulting reviewer for science foundations/research agencies:
Belgium : Fonds national de la recherche scientifique (FNRS-FRS), Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek -Vlaanderen (FWO),

Abroad :
Canada : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
France :
- Evaluation agency for research and higher education (AERES, France)
- National Agency for Scientific Research (ANR-CNRS, France)
Luxemburg : National Department of Research and Innovation
The Netherlands :
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), department of
Social Sciences
- The Nederlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
- The Dutch Heart Foundation (DHF)
Portugal: Portugese Foundation for Science and Technology
Switzerland : Swiss National Science Foundation. Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
UK : British Academy: National Academy for the Humanities & Social Sciences

SCIENTIFIC GRANTS (last 5 years)

2006-2011 Research Grant from the French-speaking Government (convention ARC 06/11-337) on “Affect, decision making and social regulation”. Promotors: Profs. Corneille, Luminet, Philippot, and Yzerbyt, (1,200,000€).

April 2011 Incoming post-doctoral fellowship FSR-AUL & Marie Curie Actions of the European Commission (85.000€) attributed to Charles Stone, PhD.

December 2011 Post-doctoral grant 3 years, « Prospective Research for Brussels 2011 », « Effects of vagal nerve activation on obesity : From science to innovative interventions », with Yori Gidron (Free University Brussels, VUB), attributed to Renata Cserjesi, PhD.

December 2012 Anti-social effects of oxytocin (FRS-FNRS grant, 4 years, 175.000 € with Moïra Mikolajczak (Université catholique de Louvain), attribued to Lydia Lorenzino, then to Anthony Lane.

March 2013 FRESH post-doctoral grant 2 years (FRS-FNRS Social sciences and humanities, 150,000€) on « The central role of interoceptive sensitivity in physical, behavioral and psychological Anorexia Nervosa symptoms » with Nicolas Vermeulen and Philippe de Timary (Université catholique de Louvain), attributed to Delphine Grynberg, PhD.

July 2013 Post-doctoral grant (FRS-FNRS grant 3 years) on « A search for the mechanisms underlying respiratory dysregulation in alexithymia », attributed to Elke Vlemincx

December 2013 « FOOD4GUT Innovative nutrition research on obesity based on colic nutriments. Biological, behavioral and societal aspects. » 5,387,280 €. Excellence research project funded by the Walloon region (Belgium) involving the Université catholique de Louvain, Université libre de Bruxelles and Université de Liège. Main promotor : Nathalie Delzenne. Olivier Luminet, coordinator for the behavioral aspects.

December 2013 Belgian Federal Scientific Agency (BELSPO), Project Brain.be : « MEMEX WWI - Recognition and resentment: Experiences and memories of the Great War in Belgium », 1,071,532€. Co-coordinator of the project with Laurence van Ypersele. Project involving KULeuven, Université catholique de Louvain, Université libre de Bruxelles, UGent and CEGESOMA

March 2014 Germaine Tillion grant for social innovation in research (Walloon region) on « Well being, health and social tourism in elderly ». Co-coordinator with Anya Dickman (ULB), 557.000€.

December 2016 Belgian Federal Scientific Agency (BELSPO), Project Brain.be : “The Sorrows of Belgium: WWII memories and family transmission”. 570,000€. Coordinator: Bruno de Wever (UGent). Project involving Université catholique de Louvain, UGent and CEGESOMA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (last 5 years)

Since Oct. 1999 Teaching class on“Social psychology of emotion” (30 hrs), Department of Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
2006-2014 Teaching class on “Eyewitness and forensic psychology”. Bachelor in psychology, Université catholique de Louvain [5 ECTS] with Thierry Pham and Xavier Seron until 2012, then with Rafaele Dumas. Coordinator of the class: Olivier Luminet
2006-2014 Teaching class on “Introduction to health psychology”. Bachelor in psychology, Université catholique de Louvain [4 ECTS] together with Eric Baruffol and Guy Lories until 2011, then with Stephan Van den Broucke. Coordinator of the class: Olivier Luminet
Dec 2007 Erasmus Teaching scheme at the Universiy Paris-Descartes (France),
health psychology and psychology of emotion
Since 2006-2007 Doctoral school in psychological sciences, Advanced seminar in empirical clinical psychology.
Since 2006-2007 Doctoral school in psychological sciences, Research seminar in empirical clinical psychology.
2006-2010 Health Psychology, master in psychological sciences [6 ECTS]. Philippe Godin, Olivier Luminet, Emmanuelle Zech (Resp.)
Since 2006-2007 Intervention in the Master « Psychology of sport performance », University of Louvain (personality, personality disorders)
Since 2008-2009 Intervention in the Master « Business coaching in enterprise », University of Louvain (personality, personality disorders)
From 2014 Teaching class on « Memory and emotion » [3 ECTS], Université catholique de Louvain

SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE

Since Jan. 2001 Supervision of more than 120 undergraduate theses (master level)

Since 2012 Supervision of Master international students (4) (Erasmus research trainings, Fullbright) from Hungary, Italy, USA

Since Oct. 2001 PhD theses defended (11) : Nicolas Vermeulen (2005), Moïra Mikolajczak (2006), Gordy Pleyers (2006), Renata Cserjesi (2008) ; Magali Lahaye (2011), Adeline Fohn (2011), Mariana Cordovil de Sousa Uva (2011), Marie Housiaux (2011), Delphine Grynberg (2012), Fanny Weytens (2014) ; Véronique Neuvens (2014).

Since Oct. 2001 Current direction of PhD theses (7) : Anthony Lane, Rose Spijkerman (with UGent), Giorgia Zamariola, Valérie Broers, Aurélie Van der Haegen, Djouaria Ghilani (with ULB), Marlène Melon

Since 2005 Supervision of post-doctoral researchers (11) from the following countries : Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, USA : Renata Cserjesi, Dmitry Davydov, Catherine Evers, Delphine Grynberg, Manuela Holst, Magali Lahaye, Moïra Mikolajczak, Gordy Pleyers, Charles Stone, Nicolas Vermeulen, Elke Vlemincx

2008-2009 Visiting professor at UCL: Prof. Serge Sultan (health psychology – University Paris Descartes, France)

Since Sept. 2002 PhD committees (>50)
Belgium: University of Ghent, dep. of psychology ; KULeuven, dep. of psychology ; Université catholique de Louvain -UCL: dep. of psychology and dep. of medicine ; Université libre de Bruxelles-ULB: dep. of psychology; University of Liège-ULg: dep. of psychology.
Abroad: Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, France ; University of Amsterdam, dep. of psychology, The Netherlands; University of Bari, Italy ; Edith Cowan University, Australia ; University of Geneva, dep. of psychology, Switzerland ; University of Lausanne, Switzerland, dep. of political and social sciences ; Université de Lille-Nord de France ; Université Lumière Lyon2, France ; University Paul Valéry, Dep. of psychology, Montpellier, France ; University of Oslo, Dep. of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Norway ; University of Paris XI, Medical School, France ; University of Paris-Descartes, Institute of Psychology, France ; University Paris-Sud, Department of sport and physical activity, France ; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES (2010-2016)

(Co-)Organizer of symposia at international meetings : Emotional Competence and the quality of health, social relationship and work performance. European International Conference on Emotion, Lille, France (April 2010) ; « How important are Emotional Competence for Health”. International Conference on Psychology & Health, Lunteren, The Netherlands (May 2010); « Why is Alexithymia a relevant factor to consider in health psychology ? Evidences from the somatic and the interpersonal perspectives. » Meeting of the European Health Psychology Society, Cluj, Romania (Sept. 2010) ; « Is alexithymia a vulnerability factor for mental and physical health ?Evidences from laboratory and clinical studies » Meeting of the European Health Psychology Society, Heraklion, Greece (Sept. 2011) ; « Alexithymia and the processing of emotional information », 16th Meeting of the European Association for Personality Psychology (EAPP), Trieste, Italy (July 2012) ; « Social effects of oxytocin and health related issues », 27th Meeting of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Prague, Czech Republic (August 2012) ; New issues in alexithymia ; 22nd World conference on Psychosomatic Medicine, Lisbon Portugal (September 2013) ; “History of emotions and emotions in history: How this emerging field can feed the psychology of emotions?” Meeting of the International Society for Research on Emotion, Geneva, Switzerland (July 2015) ; « Current challenges for alexithymia research: understand better explanatory factors and provide new paths for intervention. » European Health Psychology Society, Limassol, Cyprus (Sept. 2015) ; « Current developments in alexithymia research: Considering a larger variety of mediators and integrating more parameters. » 6th International Conference on emotions, well-being and health, Tilburg, The Netherland (Oct. 2015). “Psyfood: a psychological research project to examine determinants of healthy food consumption and obesity prevention”. Meeting of the Association for Research in Psychology and Health, Maastricht, (January 2016); “New determinants and barriers of (un)healthy food behaviours ». Meeting of the European Health Psychology Society, Aberdeen, UK (August 2016) ; invited symposium "New Issues and new perspectives on Flashbulb memory research" SARMAC XII (Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition), Sydney, NSW, Australia, (January 2017).

Invited discussant at international meetings : « Current approaches to the study of flashbulb memories. » Chair: Jonathan Koppel. Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (June 2013) ; « Over and undercontrol in underweight, healthy weight and overweight people. » Chair : Catharina Evers (Utrecht University) & Lot Sternheim (Utrecht University). Meeting of the Association for Research in Psychology and Health, Ghent, Belgium (Feb. 2015) ; « Family transmissions » Chairs Marie-Claire Lavabre, Michèle Baussant, Sarah Gensburger, Henry Rousso. Meeting on « Memory and public use of the past ». Sciences Po Paris (March 2015). « The intriguing phenomenon of emotional eating in eating-disordered and healthy people ». Chair : Catharine Evers. 6th International Conference on emotions, well-being and health. Tilburg, The Netherlands (October 2015).

Member of scientific committees : International Conference on Psychology & Health, Lunteren, The Netherlands (May 2010); Annual meeting of the French Psychological Society (SFP), Metz, France (Sept. 2011); Since 2012, Member of the EU-COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) network on Social psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union (chaired by Laurent Licata, ULB) ; since 2012, Centre de recherches et d'études interuniversitaire et interdisciplinaire sur la transmission de la mémoire de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles ; 8th congress of the Francophone association for health psychology (AFPSA), Liège December 2014) ; Meeting of the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH), Ghent (Feb 2015) ; Agents through Time: How Do People “Make History”? Social Psychological & Historical Research into Collective Memories, Social Identities & Intergroup Relations. FINAL COST ACTION IS1205 CONFERENCE. Limerick, Ireland (July 2016) ; European Conference on Health Psychology, Padova, Italy (September 2017) : member of the scientific committee and Track chair for Stress and Coping.

Invited keynote speaker and invited speaker at symposia : meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC), Kyoto, Japan (July 2009) ; Research group on the Alzheimer disease (GRAL), Marseille, France (January 2010) ; 15th congress of the Italian society of psychopathology (SOPSI), Rome, Italy (February 2011); 53ème congrès de la Société Française de Psychologie (SFP), Metz, France (September 2011 ; 20th World Congress on psychosomatic medicine, Torino, Italy (Sept. 2011) ; 27th meeting of the European Health Psychology Society, Bordeaux, France (July 2013) ; 22nd World congress on psychosomatic medicine, Lisbon, Portugal (Sept. 2013) ; Autumn school on the Assessment of Emotional Intelligence/Competence, Ghent, Belgium (Nov. 2014) ; International Society for Research on Emotion, Geneva, Switzerland (July 2015) ; 23rd World congress on psychosomatic medicine, Glasgow, UK (August 2015) ; American Psychonomic Society, Granada, Spain (May 2016) ; Belgian Academy of Science, international meeting on Memory and forgetting about amnesty, Brussels (October 2016) ;

Other international invitations : Tilburg University, Department of Psychology and Health, Tilburg, The Netherlands (April 2010) ; Institute for Social Research,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (March 2011) ; Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA (March 2011) ; Psychology department, Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France (May 2011) ; Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille III, Lille, France (May 2011) ; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales – Paris (December 2013) ; University Paris-Descartes (December 2013) ; University Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble (June 2014) ; University Paris XI, France (December 2014) ; Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (May 2015) ; University of Chambéry – Mont Blanc, France (June 2015) ; Cyprus University, Nicosia, Cyprus (Sept. 2015) ; KULeuven, Belgium (Sept. 2015) ; University of Lausanne (UNIL) (January 2017) ;

Other activities :
Secretary of the scientific network on health psychology funded by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS)
President of the scientific network on collectives memories funded by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) (2003-2012)
Member of the executive committee of the international doctoral school “Psychology & Health” (2008-2011)
Belgian National delegate at the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) (since 2012)
Member of the Jury committee for the Best thesis award (Belgian Association for Psychological Science) (2012-2014)
Board of directors of the Louvain For Nutrition research network (interdisciplinary research group on nutrition and health at the Université catholique de Louvain) (since 2012)
Editor for a section on Belgian collective memory in the journal Testimony between history and memory published by the Auschwitz foundation.
Member of the executive board of the Doctoral school in psychology and education (PSYCEDUC) (since 2015).