William von Hippel

William Hans von Hippel (born August 14, 1963 in Iowa City ) is an American - Australian social psychologist and professor at the University of Queensland .

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William von Hippel is a descendant of the East Prussian noble family Hippel . He grew up in Alaska . He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Yale University in 1985 and a PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan in 1990 . From 1990 to 2001 he was then employed as an assistant professor and associate professor at Ohio State University . He taught at the University of New South Wales from 2001 to 2006. Since 2006 he has been Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Queensland. Von Hippel conducts research on the topics of evolutionary psychology , social competence and executive functions .

Von Hippel is married and lives in Brisbane with his wife and their two children . He is the great-grandson of the German physicist James Franck .

The Social Leap. The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy , Harper Wave, New York 2018, ISBN 978-0-0627-4039-7 .
- The evolution of togetherness. An evolution researcher explains how social cooperation made the rise of mankind possible , riva Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-7423-0862-7 .

^ ^A ^b ^c William von Hippel on socialpsychology.org , accessed on November 14, 2018
↑ ^a ^b William von Hippel on harpercollins.com , accessed on November 14, 2018

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SURNAME	von Hippel, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American-Australian social psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 14, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Iowa City , Iowa, USA