Aspects:
the Scientist:
- Full Professor and Chair for Psychological Methods, Assessment, and iScience in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Tenured IKERBASQUE Research Professor at University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, 2009 -
2013
- Assistant professor in the newly founded department of Social and Economic Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, 2003 -
2009
- Venia legendi (Habilitation, title "Privatdozent") for Psychology and lecturer in the Faculty for the Science of Information and Cognition at the University of Tübingen, July 2004
- Visiting Senior Research Fellow, The Open University, Institute of Educational Technology, UK, August - September 2003
- Assistant professor (Oberassistent) in Cognitive and Developmental Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, 2002 - September 2003
- Postdoctoral position in the above department, October 1997 - 2001
- Research position in the special project SFB 504 (German National Science Foundation) at the University of Mannheim, March - September 1997
- Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Tübingen, April 1997
- Research position in the project "Acquisition of causal knowledge", funded by a grant from the German National Science Foundation (DFG) to M. Waldmann
- Master of Arts in Psychology, 1992, from Sonoma State University (SSU), U.S.A.
- Studies in Psychology, Sonoma State University (SSU), U.S.A.
- Studies in Psychology, General Rhetoric (with Walter Jens) and Political Science, University of Tübingen
- Leibniz Kolleg (studium generale), Tübingen
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the Writer & Editor:
- Publications and Impact: Papers, books, book chapters [since October 1997] [before October 1997]
- Google Scholar Citations with h index (currently 33).
- Editor (with Adam Joinson, Katelyn McKenna, and Tom Postmes) of the Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (2007) [cover]. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Founding editor (with Uwe Matzat) of the International Journal of Internet Science (IJIS), 2005-
- Consulting editor for Behavior Research Methods, 2004-
- Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2007-
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics, 2007-
- Editorial Board, The Open Ergonomics Journal, 2007-
- Refereeing panel, British Journal of Educational Technology
- Presentations and posters [2002-] [1997-2008] [before 1998]
- Guest editor (with Jochen Musch) of special issue "Internet-based psychological experimenting", Experimental Psychology
- Guest editor (with Kai Sassenberg, Tom Postmes, and Margarethe Boos) of special issue "Studying the Internet: A challenge for modern psychology", Swiss Journal of Psychology
- Order Dimensions of Internet Science (appeared in May, 2001)
- WWW book Current Internet Science: Trends, Techniques, Results - Aktuelle Online-Forschung: Trends, Techniken, Ergebnisse (appeared in May, 1999)
- Member of the editorial board ("Redakteur") at psychologie.de
- Winning lyrics
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the Organizer:
- Head of iScience group, University of Konstanz, formerly at University of Deusto, 2010-
- Principal Investigator of the Graduate School of Decision Sciences, University of Konstanz, 2014-
- Advisory Board, New Horizons Message Initiative to collect and select a crowdsourced message for NASA’s Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission, 2014-
- Advisory Board, SAVELEC (SAfe control of non cooperative Vehicles through ELECtromagnetic means) Project, European Union FP7 Security Programme, 2011-2015
- Ethics Commission, German Society for Psychology (DGPs), 2007-
- Research commission, elected faculty member, University of Zürich, 2007-2009
- Faculty representative ("Vorstand des Mittelbaus"), University of Zürich, 2007-2009
- President, Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP),
2005-2006
- Program committee, Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM), 2008-2012
- Commission for Information and Communikation (IuK), German Society for Psychology (DGPs), 2002-2005
- Chief organizer of General Online Research conference 2005 in Zürich
- Workshop Das Internet als Setting für experimentelle Forschung in den Sozialwissenschaften, as part of a cooperation between German Society for Psychology (DGPs) and ZUMA/Gesis
- Board member and lecturer, Advanced Training Institute on Internet Research in Social Psychology, Fullerton, California (NSF and APA Grants to Michael Birnbaum)
- Researcher representing Switzerland in the International Sexuality Description Projects (ISDP and ISDP-2) with David Schmitt et al.
- Founder and former vice president, German Society for Online Research, with organization of GOR 2001 conference and GOR '02 conference and GOR '04 conference. Chief organizer of GOR '05 conference
- Affiliate of the Center for Human Development, Learning, and Technology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A., 2007-
- Steering committee, Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP), 2000-2001, 2002-2005 and 2007-2010, 2011-2014
- Elected representative ("Sprecher des Mittelbaus"), Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, 1998-2000
- E-learning commission, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zürich, 2004-
- Research commission, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zürich, 2000-2003
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the Granted:
- “Risky = 20%? Measurement of risk via verbal versus numerical formats.” (Principal investigator). University of Konstanz, 2014-2016.
- “Forced-choice vs. rating scale in personality assessment: A comparison of two response formats.”, German Science Foundation (DFG), (with Eunike Wetzel), 2015-2017.
- “WEBDATANET: Web-based data-collection - methodological challenges, solutions and implementations” (Member of Managing Council for Spain, with Pablo de Pedraza García [PI]), European Science Foundation COST Action, 2011-2015.
- IKERBASQUE startup grant, associated with Ikerbasque Research Professorship, 2009-2010.
- "Askito: Training und Kollaboration beim methodischen Wissenserwerb zu Online-Befragungen", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (Principal investigator, with Klaus Jonas), 2009
- "Training von Studierenden mit dem Virtual Team Trainer II", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (Principal investigator, with Klaus Jonas), 2009
- "Initiative Interaktives Lernen: Kernkomponenten Sozial- und Wirtschaftspsychologie III", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2009
- "Formatbedingte Verzerrungen von psychometrischen Skalen", Foundation Suzanne und Hans Biäsch zur Förderung der Angewandten Psychologie (Principal investigator, with Klaus Melchers), 2007-2009 (18 months)
- German National Science Foundation (DFG) Project "Gender & E-Learning: Das aufwändige Geschlecht", collaborator for Switzerland, 2007-2009
- "Measurement in Web-based Surveys", Harris Interactive Inc., 2007-2008
- Project Grant "E-Learning: Versuchsplanung in der Sozial- und Wirtschaftspsychologie", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2008
- Project Grant "Training von Studierenden mit dem Virtual Team Trainer", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2008
- Project Grant "Initiative Interaktives Lernen: Kernkomponenten Sozial- und Wirtschaftspsychologie II", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2008
- Five year grant supporting the International Journal of Internet Science, Globalpark GmbH, 2006-2010
- Project Grant "E-Learning: Social Bookmarking as a research tool ", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2007
- Project Grant "Initiative Interaktives Lernen: Kernkomponenten Sozial- und Wirtschaftspsychologie", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2007
- Project Grant "Online questionnaire checker module ", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2007
- Project Grant "Privacy and self-disclosure online" (PRISD) by the British Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
(with A. Joinson & T. Buchanan), 2005-2007
- Project Grant "Consolidation Programme Methodological Education for the Social Sciences" in the Swiss Virtual Campus, Module "Experimental Design and Web-based Experimentation" (with Klaus Jonas and Friedrich Wilkening), 2004-2006
- Pre-project grant "Qualitätssicherung, Data mining, Einstellungsmessung, Persönlichkeit, Arbeitszufriednheit", Swisscall Telemarketing, 2005
- Project Grant "E-Learning: Versuchsplanung in der Sozial- und Wirtschaftspsychologie", Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Zürich (with Klaus Jonas), 2004
- Project Grant "Methodological Education for the Social Sciences" in the Swiss Virtual Campus, Module "Experimental Design and Web-based Experimentation" (with Friedrich Wilkening), 2000-2003
- Project Grant "Die Internet-basierte Erforschung des Einflusses von Anonymität, Freiwilligkeit und Befragungstechnik auf die Erhebung von Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit und Commitment" by Zürcher Kantonalbank, 2002-2003
- Project "Social desirability in online studies" (with Joachim Stöber, Halle & André Hahn, Research International, Potsdam)
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the Awarded:
- Visiting Fellowship by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP) of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences "as part of the faculty's effort to invite prominent scholars" and by University of Haifa, Israel, 2015
- Named "among top 1% academics" by Academia.edu, 2015
- Ranked 7th in list of “Top Scientists working at Spanish Private Universities” by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain, 2014
- FIRST award, University of Colorado Boulder, 2012, renewed 2013
- Research tenure, Basque Science Foundation, 2008
(see description in Nature)
- Invitation to Visiting Full Professorship (11 months) in Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria, March 2008
- Visiting Research Fellowship Awards: Department of Psychology, TU Chemnitz, (Feb. 2004 & Sept. 2004)
- Peer-nominated as key player in the "social shaping of e-science and e-social science" in a study by Steve Woolgar, Professor of Marketing, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, for the British Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (2003)
- Visiting Research Fellowship Award, The Open University, Institute of Educational Technology, UK (2003)
- Guest professorship: Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim (March 2000)
- Young Scientist Award (2nd place), Methodology section of the German Society for Psychology (1997)
- First German Award for Internet Literature (4th place) by "Die Zeit" and IBM (1996)
- Scholarship for outstanding graduate students (1991), awarded by the Faculty of the Department of Psychology, Sonoma State University
- Awards for the Web Experimental Psychology Lab by spiegel.de, web.de, Magellan, Planet Science, Encyclopedia Britannica, New Scientist, The British Academy, American Psychological Society, and others
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the Affiliated:
- American Psychological Association (APA), 1999-2003
- Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), 2011-
- Association for Psychological Science (APS), 2009-
- Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV), 2012-
- European Association for Psychological Assessment (EAPA), 2011-
- European Communication Research & Education Association (ECREA), 2012-2014
- European Survey Research Association (ESRA), 2011-2014
- European Association of Methodology (EAM), 2004-
- Federation of Swiss Psychologists (FSP), 1998-
- German Society for Online Research (D.G.O.F.), 1997 (founder) -
- German Society for Psychology (DGPs), 2001-
- Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP), 1996-
- Society for Judgment and Decision Making (JDM), 2002-
- Software Ergonomics interest group, Swiss Informatics Society (SI), 1998-2004
- Swiss Psychological Association (SGP), 1998-2009
- Academia.edu
- SocialPsychology.org
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