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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
AbbreviationMPIWG
FormationMarch 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03)
TypeScientific research institute
Location
Executive director
Dagmar Schäfer
Directors
Jürgen Renn, Etienne Benson and Dagmar Schäfer
Key people
Lorraine Daston and Jürgen Renn, founding directors
Parent organization
Max Planck Society
Websitewww.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte) is a scientific research institute founded in March 1994.[1] It is dedicated to addressing fundamental questions of the history of knowledge from the Neolithic era to the present day, and its researchers pursue a historical epistemology in their study of how new categories of thought, proof, and experience have emerged in interactions between the sciences and their ambient cultures.[2]

Organization

The MPIWG comprises three departments and several independent research groups.[3] The departments are:

Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, who headed Department III from 1995 to 2014, and Lorraine Daston, who headed Department II from 1995 to 2019, remain at the MPIWG as emerita.

The Research Groups are:

In addition are groups and programs focusing on:

The institute also comprises doctoral students, and research and teaching cooperations with other institutions worldwide.

Journalists in Residence

The institute has a Journalist-in-Residence program.[4]

References

  1. ^ "First Annual Report 1994". Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "About the Institute". Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Research". Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ ‘Journalist in Residence’-Fellowship am MPIWG. JournalistenPreise.de – Das Portal für Journalistenpreise at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-02-18).

External links

Max Planck Society
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