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Diederik A. Stapel

Dutch social psychology (born 1966)

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Born 1966 · age 60Netherlands
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    Born 1966
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Updated 2026-07-20

Diederik Alexander Stapel is a Dutch former professor of social psychology at Tilburg University. In 2011 Tilburg University suspended Stapel for fabricating and manipulating data for his research publications. This scientific misconduct took place over a number of years and affected dozens of his publications. By 2015, fifty-eight of Stapel's publications had been retracted. He has been described in coverage by the New York Times as "the biggest con man in academic science".

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