John B. Rijsman (born 1944) is a Belgian social psychologist and Professor of Social Psychology at the Tilburg University, known for his work on health and education, particularly on the "dynamics of social competition in personal and categorical comparison-situations."
Rijsman received his degrees and his PhD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. After his graduation he obtained an appointed at the University of Illinois for a short period. In 1972 he returned to The Netherlands, where he was appointed Professor at the Tilburg University. For some years he has been Dean of the educational program on psychology of the University. He has supervised the dissertations of more than 100 PhD students, and among them was Hans Strikwerda. Rijsman was editor-in-chief of the "European Journal of Social Psychology," and Associate Editor of the "European Journal of Psychology." In the 1990s he crossed path with Kenneth Gergen, and joined the Taos Institute.
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