Dr. L.P. (Leon) Hilbert
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Work and Organizational Psychology
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: G 2.11
Postal address
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Postbus 15919
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
Social media
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Profile
Leon Hilbert’s research investigates psychological and behavioral effects of financial hardship and economic inequality.
Research expertise
- Economic Inequality
- Financial scarcity and poverty
- Social decision-making (e.g., prosociality, trust, cooperation)
- Individual decision-making (e.g., temporal discounting, risk taking, avoidance)
- Perceived control
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Research
Research methods
- Behavioral experiments and economic games
- Longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys
- Cross-cultural research
- Physiological measurements
Research grants
- 2025: KLI Many-labs grant
- 2025: ASPO, EADM, and IAREP Workshop grants
- 2019: ODISSEI grant for data collection with the LISS Panel
Current cooperation
- Knowledge Centre Psychology and Economic Behaviour (KCPEG) (Scientific advisor)
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Teaching
BA
- Thesis supervision
- Methodology: Operationalisation, Design, Analyses
- Recruitment, Selection, and Work performance
MA
- Master Thesis coordination
- Thesis and internship supervision
- Methodology: Analysing, Presenting, and Writing
- Intervision Research Master
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Publications
2026
Hilbert, L. P., Noordewier, M. K., Romano, A., & van Dijk, W. W. (2026). The Relationship Between Financial Scarcity and Perceived Control Across 51 Societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 17(4), 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251357034 [details]
2024
- Hilbert, L. P., Noordewier, M. K., Seck, L., & van Dijk, W. W. (2024). Financial scarcity and financial avoidance: an eye-tracking and behavioral experiment. Psychological Research, 88, 2211–2220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-024-02019-7 [details]
- Noordewier, M. K., Doolard, F. T., Lelieveld, G.-J., van Dijk, E., Hilbert, L. P., Marr, S., van Beest, I., Gallucci, M., & van Dijk, W. (2024). A longitudinal study on the association between financial scarcity and feelings of societal exclusion. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 114, Article 102319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2024.102319 [details]
- Röseler, L., Aldoh, A., Brick, C., Beitner, J., Hilbert, L. P., Pua, A. A., & Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT) (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.101 [details]
2023
- Stallen, M., Snijder, L. L., Gross, J., Hilbert, L. P., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2023). Partner choice and cooperation in social dilemmas can increase resource inequality. Nature Communications, 14, Article 6432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42128-2 [details]
2022
- Hilbert, L. P., Noordewier, M. K., & van Dijk, W. W. (2022). Financial scarcity increases discounting of gains and losses: Experimental evidence from a household task. Journal of Economic Psychology, 92, Article 102546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2022.102546
- Hilbert, L. P., Noordewier, M. K., & van Dijk, W. W. (2022). The prospective associations between financial scarcity and financial avoidance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 88, Article 102459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2021.102459
2020
- Noordewier, M. K., Scheepers, D. T., & Hilbert, L. P. (2020). Freezing in response to social threat: A replication. Psychological Research, 84, 1890–1896. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-019-01203-4
- Rosenbusch, H., Hilbert, L. P., Evans, T., & Zeelenberg, M. (2020). StatBreak: Identifying “lucky” data points through genetic algorithms. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3, 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245920917950
2024
- Does, S., Hilbert, L. P., Yenga, M., Hartgerink, H., & Felten, H. (2024). Ervaren discriminatie en ander ongewenst gedrag onder medewerkers van de gemeente Amsterdam: Een kwantitatief onderzoek. Verwey-Jonker Instituut. https://www.verwey-jonker.nl/publicatie/ervaren-discriminatie-amsterdam/
2022
- Hilbert, L. P., Nilsen, J., Bomm, L., & van Dijk, W. W. (2022). Effectiviteit van interventies gericht op het verhogen van belastingcompliance. (KCPEG Reports). https://www.kcpeg.nl/en/publications/effectiviteit-van-interventies-gericht-op-het-verhogen-van-belastingcompliance
Prize / grant
- Hilbert, L. (2025). KLI Many Labs Grant. https://kurtlewininstituut.nl/2025/10/29/first-kli-many-labs-grant-for-the-project-trust-under-inequality-a-many-labs-registered-report/
- Hilbert, L. & Amasino, D. (2025). ASPO workshop grant.
- Amasino, D. & Hilbert, L. (2025). EADM workshop grant.
- Amasino, D. & Hilbert, L. (2025). IAREP workshop grant. http://Workshop on the Psychological and Economic Perspectives of Economic Inequality
Media appearance
- Hilbert, L. (20-12-2026). ‘Psychologische armoedeval’ verklaard en handvatten om vicieuze cirkel te doorbreken [Print] BKR inzichtelijk. ‘Psychologische armoedeval’ verklaard en handvatten om vicieuze cirkel te doorbreken. https://inzichtelijk.bkr.nl/nl/editie-18/psychologische-armoedeval-verklaard-en-handvatten-om-vicieuze-cirkel-te-doorbreken
Talk / presentation
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (21-11-2025). Inequality and trust: A multi-lab registered report, ASPO conference 2025, Maastricht.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (10-9-2025). Prosociality of the rich and poor, AOWI2025, Lüneburg.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (5-6-2025). Inequality and Trust: A many-labs registered report, Economic Inequality Network meeting, Tilburg.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (13-12-2024). Prosociality of the financially affluent and deprived, ASPO conference 2024, Groningen.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (3-10-2024). De psychologische armoedefuik: Hoe geldgebrek invloed heeft op beslissen, uitstelgedrag, en grip op je leven, Schuldinfo Jaarcongres 2024, Appeldoorn.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (2-7-2024). Prosociality of the financially affluent and deprived., International Conference of Social Dilemmas (ICSD), Leiden.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (21-5-2023). Financial scarcity increases temporal discounting: Experimental evidence from a household task, IMEBESS, Lisssabon.
- Hilbert, L. (speaker) (21-4-2023). Financial scarcity and perceived control across the globe., ASPO conference 2023.
Others
- Hilbert, L. (organiser), Amasino, D. (organiser) & Vahed, S. (organiser) (9-10-2025 - 10-10-2025). Workshop on the Psychological and Economic Perspectives of Economic Inequality, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Hilbert, L. (organiser) & Amasino, D. (organiser) (5-6-2025). Economic Inequality Network meeting, Tilburg (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Hilbert, L. (participant) (2024). Constituting meeting of the Economic Inequality Network, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2024
- Hilbert, L. P. (2024). Decisions under Financial Scarcity. [Thesis, fully external, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden].
2023
- Stallen, M., Snijder, L., Gross, J., Hilbert, L. P. & de Dreu, C. (2023). Partner choice and cooperation in social dilemmas can increase resource inequality. DataverseNL. https://doi.org/10.34894/eyfm5l
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Hilbert, L. P., Noordewier, M. K., Romano, A., & van Dijk, W. W. (2026). The Relationship Between Financial Scarcity and Perceived Control Across 51 Societies. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 17(4), 415-425.