Home Research Research Centers Adaptive Rationality Events Talks and Events ARC Talk: Seda Sacu, Heidelberg University: Influences of Early Life Environments on Decision-Making and Reward Processing Date: Apr 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Seda Sacu, Heidelberg University Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] ARC Talk: Seda Sacu, Heidelberg University: Influences of Early Life Environments on Decision-Making and Reward Processing Date: Apr 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Seda Sacu, Heidelberg University Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] ARC Talk: Lilian Weber, Osnabrück University: Rethinking reinforcement learning in biological agents: the role of internal states and inference in generating reward signals Date: Apr 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lilian Weber, Osnabrück University Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] ARC Talk: Chris Brown, University of Southampton: Exploring Democratic Intelligence: From Epistemic Design in Schools to a System-Level Index Date: Apr 16, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Chris Brown, University of Southampton Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] ARC Talk: Filippo Massari, Università di Bologna: Good Biases in Misspecified Learning Date: Mar 19, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Filippo Massari, Università di Bologna Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] ARC Talk: Yuliya Byelikova, TU Dresden, Between Stay and Return: High-Skilled Ukrainian Women in Germany Date: Mar 5, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yuliya Byelikova, TU Dresden Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) [more] Heimspiel Wissenschaft - Max-Planck-Edition mit Ralph Hertwig Date: Feb 3, 2026 Time: 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Musikpavillon Talheim Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) Contact: heimspiel@congressa.de [more] Information and energetic efficiency of collectives moving in dynamic media Date: Dec 4, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Hannah Williams, Universität Konstanz and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) [more] LLMs' Pluralistic Compatibility Date: Oct 29, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Severin Engelmann, Cornell University and Cornell Tech Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) [more] Pluralistic ignorance in climate action: Generalization, mechanisms, and consequences Date: Aug 14, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Kevin Tiede, University of Erfurt Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin Room: ARC meeting room (199) Host: Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC) [more] Show more