Psychology in Berlin and Potsdam Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Freie Universität Berlin Technische Universität Berlin Max Planck Institute for Human Development Universität Potsdam Psychology Imprint Concept: Task Force “Psychology in Berlin and Potsdam” in Berlin Chair: Jochen P. Ziegelmann Martin Brucks Petra Fox-Kuchenbecker Robert Gaschler and Potsdam Helmut Jungermann Kay Niebank Stefan Petri “Psychology in Berlin and Potsdam” is a joint initiative Nikolaus Rötting of the following institutions: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Herbert Scheithauer Freie Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Eberhard Schröder Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Universität Potsdam. Manfred Thüring Ulrich Trautwein This brochure can be downloaded as pdf at www.ziegelmann.org. Each institution or research consortium presented in this brochure Design and Layout: is only responsible for its own contribution. 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Booking Service and Information: +49 (0) 30 25 00 25 · www.visitBerlin.de) © David Ausserhofer (Freie Universität Berlin): inside front cover © Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: page 2 © Philipp von Recklinghausen: page 3 (upper left) © Reinhard Görner: page 3 (upper right) © Freie Universität Berlin: page 3 (lower left) © Bernd Wannenmacher (Freie Universität Berlin): page 3 (lower right) © Technische Universität Berlin: page 4 © David Ausserhofer, Jürgen Rossbach, Jacqueline Schulze (Max Planck Institute for Human Development): page 5, inside back cover © Public Relations Department Universität Potsdam: page 6 © Dorothee Kaser: page 7 Freie Universität Berlin – “The Brain” – © Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin: page 8 The library building designed by the British architect Lord Norman Foster Printed in Germany 2008 Dear friends, 1 Psychology in Berlin and Potsdam is a vibrant field of study with exciting op- Thus, at present, four universities with Psychology Departments and a major portunities for researchers, teachers, and students alike. The area attracts stu- Psychology Research Institution reside in the area: Freie Universität Berlin, dents and researchers from abroad and from many regions of Europe. One Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Pots- reason for Berlin’s attraction is, of course, the cultural life and international dam, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. atmosphere the Berlin region has to offer. A second reason, however, is the incredibly strong network of psychological institutions that can be found in Together, the five main psychology institutions (plus the many others at Berlin and Potsdam. Berlin’s medical school, the Charité, and at smaller colleges) offer research- ers and students an exciting schedule of symposia, colloquia, and invited With this brochure, we would like to introduce you to the many facets that talks that challenges each of us constantly to choose among many highly psychology in Berlin and Potsdam has to offer. We are convinced that, by attractive options. Even more importantly, the many collaborations between reading through the pages, you will discover many bits and pieces that are institutions lead to outstanding projects in both research and teaching. of interest to you; indeed, it is our hope that perhaps you might even be Some examples of collaborative efforts are covered in this brochure, the tempted to get in touch with some institutions or people and start collabora- doctoral programs of the Berlin School of Mind and Brain and of the Inter- tive efforts. national Max Planck Research School “The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics (LIFE),” and the recently established research cluster Psychology in Berlin has come a long way – from 1900 when Carl Stumpf “Languages of Emotion.” With their interdisciplinary and international ties, founded the Psychology Department at the Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelms-Uni- these research and teaching networks stand in a long tradition. versität. What Stumpf had modestly referred to as “seminar,” soon devel- oped into one of the cradles of experimental psychology and especially of We hope you will enjoy browsing through and reading the present brochure, Gestalt psychology. An applied branch of psychology was institutionalized in and discovering the broad diversity of psychological research and teaching 1920 with the foundation of the Institut für Psychotechnik at the Königlich that Berlin and Potsdam have to offer. Even better if the brochure wets your Technische Hochschule zu Berlin (later Technische Universität). In 1948, after appetite and leads to contacts and collaborations with colleagues from the World War II had ended and at the height of political tensions between East featured institutions and networks. and West, the Freie Universität Berlin and its Department of Psychology was founded – developing a strong tradition of questioning the assumptions and Happy reading! political implications of our discipline. Berlin now was home to three dif- ferent universities with their affiliated Psychology Departments, Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin (the old Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität that after World War II and the emergence of two separate German states received a new name), Freie Universität Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin. In addition, Peter A. Frensch in 1963, the Max Planck Society established a new Max Planck Institute in President, XXIXth International Congress of Psychology the area that then had, and continues to have, a strong focus on psychologi- cal research, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. The MPI for Human Development is located in close neighborhood to the Freie Univer- sität Berlin but today is intimately linked to all of the universities in the area. The newest major contributor to psychological research and teaching in the region is the Psychology Department at the Universität Potsdam that was founded after German reunification in 1992 in the capital of Brandenburg, the state surrounding Berlin. Berlin – Gendarmenmarkt Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Department of Psychology The Department is part of the Natural Science Campus Adlershof situated at · Conditions of innovation processes, for example, participation 2 the southeast border of Berlin (30 min from Central Station with S-Bahn line · New methods for interaction and group processes S9). It has a tradition of using experimental and (in some areas) neurophysi- · Transfer research: diagnostics and Human-Machine interaction, ological methods. There are strong interdisciplinary ties to the Departments with focus on age-differentiated work systems of Medicine (particularly Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychosomatics), Computer Labs: Krause, Schindler, Scholl, Wandke, Ziegler Science, Mathematics, Geography, Linguistics, and Engineering. Research fa- cilities include EEG, eyetracking, pupillometry, TMS neuronavigation, reaction Teaching and Doctoral Programs time, and video labs. An outpatient clinic supplies diagnostic and treatment The Department offers a module-based teaching program with a Diploma services and also supports research and teaching. The affiliated artop Insti- Degree in Psychology. After elaborating the basics of the discipline, students tute offers applied research in the areas of human resources, organization, turn to applied psychology and, in addition, choose one of the three afore- and software usability. mentioned research and teaching domains as their focus. Since 2007, a special psychotherapy program is offered to postgraduate students aiming Facts and Figures for psychotherapist licensure (Approbation). The Department contributes to · 10 tenured and 3 junior professors (2008) several doctoral programs including: · Research associates: 56 (28 Postdocs) · Berlin School of Mind and Brain · Doctoral students: 130 (45 with office space) (funded by the Excellence Initiative) · Students: 759 (module-based Diploma), 73 (BA/MA) · International Max Planck Research School · Degrees awarded in 2007: The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics (LIFE) - Diplomas: 99 · Neuropsychiatry and Psychology of Aging - Doctoral degrees: 10 · Perspectives on Urban Ecology - Habilitations: 2 · PROMETEI (Design of Human-Machine Interaction) · Third party funding (spent) in 2007: 1,438,350 € · Berlin-Potsdam doctoral studies program in Work and Organizational Psychology Research and teaching are organized according to the following three domains: Partners and Research Networks Cognitive and Neuropsychology Local collaborations involve the other Berlin and Potsdam universities, the Basic cognitive and neuroscience research is conducted on motor prepara- Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and the Interdisciplinary tion, language processing, cognitive plasticity, interaction of cognition and Centers of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Socrates contracts provide the emotion and face recognition. A German Research Foundation (DFG) funded basis for a student exchange with 17 European Psychology Departments. research group on Conflicts as Signals in Cognitive Systems is at the core Numerous research cooperations exist with departments inside and outside of the newly established Interdisciplinary Wolfgang Köhler Centre for the of Germany. Study of Conflicts in Intelligent Systems. Research, for instance, aims at the following questions: · Role of emotions