Main Focus
Mirjam prioritizes research projects that can be transferred beyond academia to help solve societal challenges. Being actively engaged in health care and consumer education, she hopes to improve decision making for citizens, experts, policy makers, and institutions. Her research has been published and featured in media outlets in Europe and the United States.
Curriculum Vitae
2020 - |
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.