75 years of the Max Planck Society
Our umbrella organization, the Max Planck Society, was founded in Göttingen in 1948 and is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Ute Frevert is new President of the Max Weber Foundation
"The institutes of the Max Weber Foundation are proud beacons of the German humanities around the world and should remain so. I wish to contribute to this, and I look forward to doing so," Ute Frevert (on the left in the picture) said before taking office. She is the first woman to head the Foundation and aims to strengthen the transnational cooperation of the institutes abroad as well as the Foundation's visibility in the political arena.
Changing the Feeling Rules
How do existing social formations falter when someone challenges what is considered the norm? The research area History of Emotions addresses this question in the project "Changing the Feeling Rules" and illuminates moments of conflict in which social judgments collide and values are realigned through friction and rupture.
ERC Consolidator Grant for Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn, Research Group Leader of the Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neurosciences at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Head of a working group at the Centre for Psychosocial Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), has won the 2022 ERC Consolidator Grant. Her BrainScape project receives two million euros funding by the European Research Council (ERC).
The Body Unburdened
Drawing on research that combines an ethnography of a new group of women from popular classes in today's Turkey and a study of vigilante violence against these women, including interviews and court files, The Body Unburdened by Esra Sarioglu offers a compelling explanation for the surge of hostility against women in the global era.
Covid-19 measures: How strict do they need to be?
After about three years of the Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers and citizens alike are still struggling to find the best way to deal with the virus. Measures need to be effective, but also socially acceptable. A study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development examined the effectiveness of early Covid-19 measures such as lockdowns and other non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Ulman Lindenberger becomes a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected Ulman Lindenberger as a member of the Class of Social Sciences. Founded in 1739, the Academy is an independent organization whose overall objective is to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society, among other things by selecting candidates for the Nobel Prize.
How people resolve dilemmas in online content moderation
Online content moderation is a moral minefield, especially when freedom of expression clashes with preventing harm caused by misinformation. A study by a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, University of Exeter, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and University of Bristol examined how the public would deal with such moral dilemmas.
Berlin Research 50 (BR50) has founded an association
The non-university research institutions in Berlin will be working even more closely together in the future. The network Berlin Research 50 (BR50) was founded in 2020 and is now a registered and non-profit association. The declared goal remains to further develop and strengthen the Berlin research area. All Max Planck Institutes in Berlin are involved in BR50 and are members.
How dangerous is digital media for democracy?
One of the most contentious questions of our time is whether the rapid global uptake of digital media is contributing to a decline in democracy. While discussions on the risks of social media have received a great deal of media coverage, tech companies argue that findings are not conclusive. But they can certainly fuel polarization and populism. These are the findings of researchers from the MPI for Human Development in Berlin, the Hertie School, and the University of Bristol.
How does nature nurture the brain?
After a 60-minute walk in nature, activity in brain regions involved in stress processing decreases. This is the finding of a recent study by the Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, published in Molecular Psychiatry.
International Conference: Dying Alone and Its Afterlives in Contact-less Sociality
Invitation to panel discussion
“Helping the last move: Caring for the dead nobody wants” on 17 April 2023 3 pm at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin
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Events
Media Echo
March 09, 2023
Deutschlandfunk |Schwarz, Rot, Gold- Warum wir ein mulmiges Nationalgefühl habe
February 17, 2023
Deutschlandfunk | Pleiten, Pech und Pannen
February 02, 2023
The Conversation | When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
January 26, 2023
ZDFzeit | Dreiteilige Doku-Reihe: Hitlers Macht
December 12, 2022
Campus Talks | Wie können wir Demokratie auf sozialen Medien schaffen?
January 14, 2023
Deutschlandfunk Kultur | Mut zur Ignoranz
December 12, 2022
