Jenny, Mirjam

Associate Research Scientist

Adaptive Rationality

jenny@mpib-berlin.mpg.de

Main Focus

Mirjam Jenny is a cognitive decision scientist, science communicator, and networker at the interface between science, society and politics. Her goal is to empower individuals and organizations to make evidence–informed, risk savvy, and sustainable decisions and to communicate these effectively. Her areas of focus are climate and health protection, public and planetary health and science communication.
Mirjam Jenny is currently building the Science2Society unit at the University of Erfurt’s health communication department. She recently funded and ran the science communication unit at the Robert Koch Institute and supported communications at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin. She consults governmental and non-governmental organizations. Her work has been covered in national and international media and awarded with the Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society.

Curriculum Vitae

2022 -	Science2Society, Health Communication, University of Erfurt
2020 - 2021	Head of the Science Communication Unit at the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin
Jan - June 2020	Executive Director at the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, University of Potsdam
2016-2019	Head Research Scientist at the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
2015	Data Scientist at the The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung) in Berlin
2013-2014	Post doctoral researcher at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
2013	PhD, Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), University of Basel, Switzerland
2009	Master of Science in Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
2007	Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland

Selected awards

Dr. Mirjam Jenny has been awarded with the Emilie Louise Frey Prize for best dissertation by the Basel Association of Female Academics and the Basel Association of Female University Lecturers and with the Otto Hahn Medal for best dissertation related research by the Max Planck Society.