Public Lecture and Discussion with Harvard Professor Michael J. Sandel at Freie Universität Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin Offering ContinuEd Course 'Positive Futures - Die Hoffnungswerkstatt' for Educators and Youth Workers
Social Sciences and Psychology
Children choose a "mystery box" more often than apes, but after a glimpse of a larger reward from the uncertain option, great apes show more curiosity. Humans are curious creatures. We are motivated to explore and investigate mysterious or unknown objects, but do other great apes share this innate curiosity? Researchers Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and Federico Rossano at the University of California San Diego in the United States set out to investigate and found that children are more curious to explore the unknown than great apes.
Presentation of two research projects from the humanities and social sciences. It is an unwritten law: scientific exchanges and interdisciplinarity are the basis for excellent research.
What role do African countries want to play in the globalised world of the future? There has been a growing realisation among African countries over the past twenty years that issues such as the climate crisis, peace, security and trade can only be addressed together and within the African Union (AU).
Anti-corruption can start with education about stereotypes, an international study shows. For transnational bribery, the decision to offer bribes strongly depends on the national background of one's partner.
A team from the Universities of Freiburg and Heidelberg is studying the everyday lives of women who love women from 1945 to the 1980s.
Selected Jobs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (100%) at the Professorship for Global Security & Technology (m/f/d) Technische Universität München
PhD position in the Distributed Computing Group Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
Projektmitarbeiter*in am Institut für Sportwissenschaft (Professur für Sportpädagogik), befristet Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
PhD Candidate (m/f/d) in the research area ’Cognitive neuroscience of real-world vision’ Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Research Associate (m/f/d) in the field of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
PhD position in the research group of Professor Jonathan Slapin University of Zurich
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Energy Systems Analysis Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
Links - Pedagogy
- Freie Hochschule Stuttgart - Seminar for Waldorf Pedagogy
- Hochschule für angewandte Pädagogik
- DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
- Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Kiel (IPN)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi)
- University of Education Freiburg
- University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd
- University of Education Heidelberg
- University of Education Karlsruhe
- University of Education Ludwigsburg
- University of Education Weingarten
Links - Social Sciences
- AKAD Fachhochschule Leipzig - staatlich anerkannt
- Katholische Hochschule Mainz
- German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE)
- German Institute for Economic Research Berlin (DIW Berlin)
- Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)
- German Institute for Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien (GIGA)
- Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS)
- Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center
- Centre for Military History and Social Sciences
- German Youth Institute (DJI)
- German Centre of Gerontology
- Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin
- Hochschule Hannover
Links - Sport
Public Lecture and Discussion with Harvard Professor Michael J. Sandel at Freie Universität Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin Offering ContinuEd Course 'Positive Futures - Die Hoffnungswerkstatt' for Educators and Youth Workers