INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, MPIB) is a social science research organization located in Berlin, one of over 80 institutions run by the Max Planck Society (MPG). It was initiated in 1961 and officially began operations in 1963 under the name Institute for Educational Research in the Max Planck Society, before receiving its current name in 1971. Its first director was Hellmut Becker. The institute is part of the Human Sciences Section of the MPG. Research activities focus on the development and education of humans, emphasizing basic research, with education defined broadly to include formal educational processes and developmental processes from childhood to old age. Around 350 employees work in four research centers—Center for Adaptive Rationality, Center for Lifespan Psychology, Center for Environmental Neuroscience, and Center for Humans and Machines—and three research groups. The institute is located in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, bordering Dahlem, part of Dahlem's traditional science district, and collaborates with the Free University Berlin. Past directors include Dietrich Goldschmidt, Saul B. Robinsohn, Wolfgang Edelstein, Peter M. Roeder, Friedrich Edding, Paul B. Baltes, Karl Ulrich Mayer, Jürgen Baumert, Gerd Gigerenzer, Ulman Lindenberger, Ute Frevert, Ralph Hertwig, Iyad Rahwan, and Simone Kühn.