Short bio
Academic Positions
| since November 2011 | Associate Professor for Social Media and Reputation Management at the NHL Leeuwarden (2 days a week) |
| since April 2004 | Assistant Professor for New Media at the Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam (since November 2011 3 days a week) |
| October 2001 - March 2004 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Organizational and Social Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany |
| April 2000 – September 2001 | Postdoc at the Department of Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam |
| October 1999 - March 2000 | Research assistant at the Department of Organizational and Social Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany |
| November 1996 - September 1999 | Research assistant at the Department of Economic and Social Psychology, Catholic University of Eichstätt, Germany |
Education |
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| 1999 | Ph.D. in psychology Catholic University of Eichstätt, Department of Economic and Social Psychology Thesis: "Soziale Identifikation mit virtuellen Gemeinschaften - Bedingungen und Konsequenzen" ["Social Identification with Virtual Communities - Causes and Consequences"] Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Roland Wakenhut |
| 1996 | Diploma in Psychology Catholic University of Eichstätt Diploma thesis: "Kommunikationsstrukturen und Persoenlichkeitsaspekte bei MUD-Nutzern" [Communication Structures and Personality Aspects of MUD-Users] |
| 1991-1996 | Study of Psychology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt |
Memberships |
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| European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) [German Society for Journalism and Communication Science], Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Psychologie (DGPs) [German Society for Psychology], Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Dutch Society for Social Psychologists (ASPO), International Communication Association (ICA) | |
Reviewer |
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| Member of the editorial board of Journal of Media Psychology; Media Psychology,
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, International Journal of Internet Science Ad hoc reviewer for British Journal of Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Self and Identity, New Media and Society, Simulation & Gaming, Small Group Research, Swiss Journal of Psychology, Zeitschrift fuer Medienpsychologie, Zeitschrift fuer Sozialpsychologie, Wirtschaftspsychologie |