We mourn the loss of John R. Nesselroade

John R. Nesselroade, founder of LIFE at the University of Virginia and former LIFE speaker, passed away on July 24, 2024, at the age of 88.
In Memoriam
The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE)

The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE)

The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) is a joint international PhD Program of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of Michigan, the University of Virginia, and the University of Zurich.

The goal of the Research School is the study of the systematic changes in human behavior over evolutionary and ontogenetic time. The general approach is aimed at advancing the behavioral and social science of human development. LIFE takes an integrative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding human development in a changing world, connecting evolutionary, ontogenetic, historical, and institutional perspectives. The focus is on the evolution and interaction of individual and institutional development.
LIFE offers students unique training in the dynamics of human behavior on different time scales. These include long-term changes, such as in the evolution of culture and emergence of institutions of learning, and short-term changes, such as in individual education processes, lifespan development, and institutionally regulated life-course processes. The curriculum combines psychology, educational science, neuroscience, and biology, focussing especially on the dynamics of human behavior on different time scales.

LIFE Speakers


Ulman Lindenberger
MPI for Human Development


Clemens Tesch-Römer
(Associate Co-Speaker)
Freie Universität Berlin


Toni C. Antonucci
University of Michigan


Jacqui Smith
(Associate Co-Speaker)
University of Michigan


Steven M. Boker
University of Virginia

Angeline Lillard
(Associate Co-Speaker)
University of Virginia


Moritz Daum
University of Zurich


Alexandra M. Freund
(Associate Co-Speaker)
University of Zurich

You can apply for a doctoral fellowship after new LIFE fellowships are announced in October/November. Please note, however, that no fellowships for 2025 will be announced in 2024.
Please find more information about the application process here.

Contact

Program Manager: Dr. Imke Kruse
Coordinator: Silke Schäfer
Phone: +49 30 824 06-373
e-mail: imprs-life@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
IMPRS on the Life Course (LIFE)
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94
14195 Berlin
Germany
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