Cutting edge research on human development. The Workshop aimed to bring experts from various fields of developmental psychology together.

Can we train our brains to make us less power hungry and more compassionate? Tania Singer’s presentation for the Max Planck IdeasLab at the World Economic Forum 2014 in Davos, Switzerland on how we can move to a new cooperative caring economy. 

Can we train our brains to make us less power hungry and more compassionate? Tania Singer was invited to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January 2014 to talk about how we can learn to move to a new cooperative caring economy.

A blog article titled “Dr. Tania Singer and the Neuroscience of Empathy” written by Dale DeBakcsy on madartlab.com in the column “Women in Science” about empathy and compassion research by Tania Singer. 

An interview with Tania Singer for the news site FOCUS ONLINE. The article, titled “Compassion instead of fear and stress: How meditation could change our society”, focuses on the topic of meditation research, compassion, and the ReSource project. 

In the newest edition of PSYCHOLOGY TODAY [PSYCHOLOGIE HEUTE], a thorough interview led by Martin Tschechne with Tania Singer appears on the topics of compassion, brain research and the connection between art and science. 

The Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ) and the Oschatzer Allgemeine published an article titled “A strong mind keeps you healthy” [Ein starker Geist hält gesund] about the ReSource project and the new recruitment of test persons. 

A comment on heute.de on the topic of meditation and empathy research. The research of Tania Singer in Leipzig with the ReSource project as well as the multimedia E-Book collaboration with Olafur Eliasson are also discussed. 

A detailed report titled “The Power of Compassion” [Die Macht des Mitgefühls] by Kai Kupferschmidt about meditation research and the research work of Tania Singer is published in the newspaper “Der Tagesspiegel”.

The free eBook: Compassion. Bridging Practice and Science by Tania Singer and Matthias Bolz has been published! It describes existing secular compassion training programs and empirical research as well as the experiences of practitioners.

An interview with Tania Singer for the website of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS). The website is dedicated to important scientific breakthroughs in cognitive neuroscience and describes influential research results from the last 20 years.

June and August 2013 ReSource-Retreat in Rheinsberg am See The first meditation retreats for our ReSource subjects took place at Haus Rheinsberg am See in June and August. Here you can find some impressions of the location.

An interview led by Uwe Jean Heuser with Tania Singer in the newspaper “Die Zeit” titled “We need to feel more” [Wir müssen mehr fühlen] about the need for our economy to shift from selfishness to altruism. 

Critical Conversations Between Buddhist Thought and Science. They critically consider important issues of mutual interest, such as the basic nature of our physical world, the problem of consciousness, the nature and functioning of the mind, and the interface of contemplative practice and scientific research.

An interview titled “Research with feeling” [Forschung mit Gefühl] with Tania Singer about the ReSource project appears in the newspaper die Berliner Zeitung