Renaming of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History https://www.mpg.de/18857834/renaming-max-planck-institute-for-the-science-of-human-history
The Max Planck Society’s Senate, in its most recent meeting, decided to rename the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena the „Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology“ to reflect the Institute’s scientific reorientation. The scientific concept for geoanthropology, which was approved by all three Sections of the Max Planck Society in their meetings in October 2020, was largely developed by Prof. Jürgen Renn, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. To advance the concept’s implementation, Prof. Renn was appointed as Director at the Institute.
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