Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Type | Research institute |
---|---|
Location | |
Directors | Ute Frevert, Ralph Hertwig, Ulman Lindenberger, Iyad Rahwan |
Parent organization | Max Planck Society |
Website | www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de |
The Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung) is a social science research organization. Located in Berlin, it was initiated in 1961 and officially began operations in 1963 under the name Institute for Educational Research in the Max Planck Society, before receiving its current name in 1971. Its co-founder and first director was Hellmut Becker. The institute is part of the Human Sciences Section of the Max Planck Society.
Research activities focus on the
Research Centers
- Center for Adaptive Rationality
- Center for Lifespan Psychology
- Research Center History of Emotions
- Center for Humans and Machines
Lise Meitner Group
- Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience
Research Groups
- Max Planck Research Group iSearch | Information Search, Ecological and Active Learning Research with Children
- Max Planck Research Group Neural and Computational Basis of Learning, Memory and Decision Making
- Max Planck Research Group Naturalistic Social Cognition
In addition, there are two more research centers:
- The Harding Center for Risk Literacy was opened in April 2009. Motivating its research is the vision of enlightened individuals who are equipped to deal with risks in the modern technological world in an informed way. The director of the Harding Center is Gerd Gigerenzer.
- The Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research took up its work in April 2014. It is the result of the existing collaboration between the Max Planck Society and University College London that began in 2011. The Centre is dedicated to studying the causes of psychiatric disorders as well as the causes of individual differences in cognitive development, with an emphasis on adulthood and old age.
The Research Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (Director: Gerd Gigerenzer) ended its activities in 2017.
The Research Center of Educational Research (Director:
The institute is located in
The founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development was
See also
- List of universities, colleges, and research institutions in Berlin
External links
- Publications of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Official site of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Harding Center for Risk Literacy
- Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research
- Twitter Channel of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- YouTube Channel of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development
52°28′7″N 13°18′12″E / 52.46861°N 13.30333°E