Awards
31.01.2012
The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) was awarded the APA Board of Educational Affairs Award to Advance Interdisciplinary Education and Training in Psychology. This award recognizes education and training programs in psychology that advance interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, or interprofessional teaching, research or practice in psychology. LIFE is a joint international PhD Program of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and the University of Zurich.
31.01.2012
The 47th Theodor Heuss Prize is to be awarded to Wolfgang Edelstein by the Theodor Heuss Foundation. This honor is awarded to people who have rendered outstanding services for social engagement, civil courage, and the promotion of our democratic constitution. The ceremonial presentation will be held on 27 April in Stuttgart.
Wolfgang Edelstein24.01.2012
Jan Plamper was offered a Professorship of History at Goldsmiths, University of London, and accepted for September 1, 2012.
Jan Plamper
20.12.2011
Prof. Lothar Krappmann, long-standing scientific colleague at the Institute, has received The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, First Class, for his function in the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The appointment to the Committee was by virtue of his outstanding research on child social development.
Dr. Knut Nevermann, State Secretary of the Berlin Senate Administration for Education, Youth and Science and, from 1974 to 1986 also scientific colleague at our Institute, awarded the distinction on behalf of the Federal President.
12.12.2011
The Presidium and Senate of the Leopoldina have awarded Jürgen Baumert the Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizäcker Prize 2012. This honor is awarded to scientists for their contribution to the scientific development of socially relevant problems. The prize is endowed with 50.000 Euros and financed by the Stifterverband for German Science. The ceremonial presentation will be held on 21 June in Halle.
Jürgen Baumert
25.10.2011
Psychologie-Preis 2011 for Gerd Gigerenzer
The Association of German Professional Psychologists (BDP), the Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists in Germany(BPtK), the Christoph-Dornier-Stiftung (CDS) and the German Psychological Society (DGPs) are awarding the prize in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the fields of risk and decision making. The Deutsche Psychologie-Preis, endowed with 20,000 euros, is conferred for psychological research with high practical relevance.
On 25th October 2011, the German Psychology Prize will be presented to Gerd Gigerenzer.
Gerd Gigerenzer
15.09.2011
Mentoring Award 2011 for Ulman Lindenberger
At the Annual Meeting of the German Psychological Society’s Section on Lifespan Psychology in Erfurt, Ulman Lindenberger and Wolfgang Schneider each received the Mentoring Award for their outstanding achievements in supporting the research of young scholars.
"His mentees ... appreciate his contagious enthusiasm for theoretical questions and data that do not easily conform to expectations, in short, his enthusiasm for the mysteries that advance science." (Laudation for Prof. Dr. Ulman Lindenberger by Prof. Dr. Werner Greve)
Ulman Lindenberger08.08.2011
Gerd Gigerenzer and Daniel G. Goldstein were awarded the Outstanding Paper Award of the International Journal of Forecasting for the period 2008-2009 for their article Fast and Frugal Forecasting (2009). The award was recently announced at the International Symposium on Forecasting in Prague.
Gerd Gigerenzer02.08.2011
The Max Planck Society awarded Philip Jakob the Azubipreis 2011 (Trainee Prize 2011). The prize is awarded for outstanding performance during the apprenticeship. Philip Jakob completed his three-year vocational training as IT specialist for system integration last summer.
15.07.2011
The article Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge, Cognitive Activation in the Classroom, and Student Progress published in American Educational Research Journal in 2009, was the most cited article in this journal of all articles published in 2009 and 2010.
SAGE Publications and the Journal Editor congratulate on this achievement and the contribution to the continued high quality and impact of this journal.
Jürgen Baumert