What is it to be a scientist? How does one become a scientist? Growing Up in Academia is a conversation series with academics at different levels of their career focusing on the...

Family First, Science Always

Join us for a deep talk with Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the NeuroSpin, CEA. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

free will; responsibility; decision; consciousness; brain reading

An Outstanding Unique Career

Join us for a deep talk with Lenore Blum, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Emerita. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Acclimating to Changing Environments

Join us for a deep talk with Corina Logan, Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

The value of consciousness

Semantic scene descriptions as an objective of human vision

The Mindvoyage lectures feature prominent scholars from different disciplines including the humanities, biology, neuroscience and physics. On Thursday, December 8, 10:00 CET, the...

Whole-brain modeling in health and disease: from neurodegeneration and brain aging to gaming expertise

Title: Brain Health Research and Diversity

The Mindvoyage lectures feature prominent scholars from different disciplines including the humanities, biology, neuroscience and physics. On Thursday, November 30, 16:00 CET, th...

Hybrid-Lecture

Fantasizing about an Algorithm as Powerful as Human Vision

Join us for a deep talk with Gemma Roig, Professor at the Computer Science Department at Goethe University Frankfurt. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires

Conquering a Man's World

Join us for a deep talk with Viola Priesemann, Professor at the Department of Physics at the Georg August University Göttingen. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Coining a New Era of Leadership in Science

Join us for a deep talk with Patrick Cramer, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry since 2014. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Navigating the World of Academia

Join us for a deep talk with Ophelia Deroy, Chair for Philosophy of Mind at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Finding the Self via Detours

Join us for a deep talk with Lisa Miracchi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Online-Lecture

"Modeling individual aesthetic judgments over time"

Ausstellung der INHABIT Artists-in Residence eröffnet im Museum Angewandte Kunst

Hybrid Lecture (On-site and Online)

Online Lecture

Join us for a deep talk with Julia Fischer, Head of the Cognitive Ethology Lab at the German Primate Center of the Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany. Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Online Lecture

The Happy Union of Very Diverse Sets of Passions

Join us for a deep talk with Emily Cross, Professor of Social Robotics, Centre for Social, Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow.

Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

Spontaneity, a Free Spirit and the Willingness to Work Hard

Join us for a deep talk with Molly Henry, Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics and Assistant Professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.

Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

A Lifelong Quest to Unravel Consciousness

Join us for a deep talk with Christof Koch, Chief Scientist and President of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle in the Pacific Northwest, USA.

Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

What does it mean to be a scientist or scholar? “Growing up in Academia” is a conversation series with academics at different stages of their careers focusing on the sometimes short, sometimes long and winding roads behind the “official CV”. On Monday, February 28, 2022, 6 p.m. Growing Up in Academia features Onur Güntürkün, Professor in Biopsychology, Psychology Department, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.

What does it mean to be a scientist or scholar? “Growing up in Academia” is a conversation series with academics at different stages of their careers focusing on the sometimes short, sometimes long and winding roads behind the “official CV”. On Monday, November 29, 2021, 6 p.m. Growing Up in Academia features Beatriz Calvo-Merino, Reader / Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience,Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), Psychology Department, City, University of London.
Hosted and presented by Lucia Melloni, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics.