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The WZB invites internationally renowned scholars and science policy makers as dialogue partners. WZB fellows accompany the work of the WZB, usually for a period of two years, by including the WZB in their networks or through substantial research visits.

Current WZB Fellows

K.W. Deutsch Visiting Professorship

Each year, the WZB hosts a Karl W. Deutsch visiting professor. This visiting professorship was initiated in memory of the great political and social scientist. Social scientists who excel in their scientific achievements or have promising research ideas in the field of Karl W. Deutsch’s own research interests, are invited to the WZB for a two-month research residency.

Monday, 8 July 2013

Foetal Programming - from Epidemiology to Epigenetics

Lecture by Berthold Hocher

Many lines of evidence, including epidemiologic data and extensive clinical and experimental studies, indicate that early life events play a powerful role in influencing later susceptibility to cardio-renal and also mental diseases. First evidence for this concept came from epidemiological study about 25 years ago. Animal studies later identified the underlying molecular pathways. Currently, we assume that environmental factors in early life affect the epigenome of the growing foetus, thus causing life-long adaptation of gene expression patterns. Depending on the initial stimuli (biological, socioeconomic, psychological, nutritional), this process may result in adverse later outcomes for human health and development.

Monday, 8 July 2013

Start: 2:00 pm

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Sonia Mira

sonia.mira [at] wzb.eu

Falsch zitiert und diffamiert

26 June 2013

"Rufraub" in der ZEIT

Wissenschaftskommunikation kann funktionieren, wenn die üblichen Regeln eines zivilen Umgangs eingehalten werden. Was aber passiert, wenn Medien sich nicht an Spielregeln halten? Das erfuhr die WZB-Wissenschaftlerin Jeanette Hofmann schmerzlich, die einer ZEIT-Redakteurin im Januar 2013 ein Interview gab. Paul Stoop, Leiter der Kommunikation am WZB, hat Jeanette Hofmanns schlechte Erfahrungen mit der Wochenzeitung dokumentiert. Hier können Sie seinen Text „Wie eine Forscherin von der ZEIT diffamiert wird“ nachlesen.

HR Excellence in Research (2013-2023)

From 2013 to 2023, the WZB has maintained the “HR Excellence in Research” designation, which is awarded by the European Commission to institutions that have aligned their human resources policies with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Rese