Dr. Yair Amichai-Hamburger

Dr. Amichai-Hamburger (Ph.D. Oxford University, 1993) is the director of the Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP). He has taught courses on psychology and the internet, management and leadership, and creativity in organizations at Israel’s leading universities and served as a senior advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Education. A prolific author, he has received awards from the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association and the Academy of Management for his academic articles. His research interests include Internet use and well-being, virtual teams and inter-group contact on the Internet. His first book,  The Social Net,  human behavior in cyberspace was published by Oxford University Press 2005 and his second book Technology and Wellbeing  is to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2008.