Stellenausschreibung Post-Doc (3+3 Jahre, 100% TV-L13), ERC project Mannheim / Copenhagen / Exeter

Humans possess an unparalleled capacity to learn socially from others with extraordinary fidelity. This capacity has given rise to complex, cumulative culture. And cumulative culture, in turn, has been essential for the success humans have enjoyed in recent evolutionary history. Unsurprisingly, then, social learning receives centre-stage attention in evolutionary anthropology and related evolutionary sciences. Important, …

Nachruf Prof. Dr. Gerd Jüttemann

Autogenese: Gerd Jüttemann hinterlässt eine interdisziplinäre Herausforderung Nach kurzer Krankheit ist Gerd Jüttemann – fast 90jährig – in Berlin gestorben. Als Professor für Psychologie an der TU Berlin war er ein konstruktiver Kritiker thematischer Verengungen des Mainstreams in seinem Fach. Bis in seine letzten Lebenswochen arbeitete er intensiv an seinen psychologisch-historischen Publikationen. „Die Entwicklung der …

Stellenausschreibung Post-Doc (3+3 Jahre, 100% TV-L13), ERC project Mannheim / Copenhagen / Exeter

When we encounter other people, we first and foremost tend to ask ourselves two questions: Is this person benevolent or malevolent? And what is that person’s social status? Likewise, when we evaluate ourselves, we are also primarily concerned with our own benevolence and status. In other words, benevolence and status are the focal dimensions in …