Ulf-Dietrich Reips
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Prof. Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips is an IKERBASQUE
Ikerbasque
Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, is a foundation promoted by the Basque Government through its Department of Education, Universities and Research in 2007....

 research professor at University of Deusto
University of Deusto
The University of Deusto is a Spanish Jesuit University, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, Spain.-History:The University of Deusto first opened in 1886, having been founded because of the Basque Country's desire to have its own university and the Society of Jesus's wish to move its School...

 in Bilbao, Spain. In his previous position he was an assistant professor and lecturer ('Oberassistent') at the Psychology Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He received his PhD in 1997 and his habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...

 (venia legendi, title 'Privatdozent') in 2004 from the University of Tübingen, Germany. In 1992, he received an M.A. in Psychology from Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University is a public, coeducational business and liberal arts college affiliated with the California State University system. The main campus is located in Rohnert Park, California, United States and lies approximately south of Santa Rosa and north of San Francisco...

, California.

Ulf-Dietrich Reips is working on Internet-based research methodologies, in particular Internet-based psychological experimenting (a method used in experimental psychology
Experimental psychology
Experimental psychology is a methodological approach, rather than a subject, and encompasses varied fields within psychology. Experimental psychologists have traditionally conducted research, published articles, and taught classes on neuroscience, developmental psychology, sensation, perception,...

), the psychology of the Internet, and the cognition of causality. In 1994 and 1995 he founded the Web Experimental Psychology Lab
Web Experimental Psychology Lab
The Web Experimental Psychology Lab is a website for participating in Web-based experiments, a method used in experimental psychology. The Web Experimental Psychology Lab was founded in 1995, by Ulf-Dietrich Reips at the University of Tübingen, and is now at the University of Zürich.Researchers at...

, the first laboratory for conducting real experiments on the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
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. In 1997, he was one of the seven founders of the German Society for Online Research (DGOF). In 2005, Reips was elected the first non-North American president of the Society for Computers in Psychology (SCiP).

Ulf-Dietrich Reips is the founding editor of the International Journal of Internet Science, currently serving (jointly with Uwe Matzat).

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