Press archive

  • Report in Bonner Generalanzeiger
    January 30, 2022

    January 30, 2022 – A report in the Bonner Generalanzeiger by Johanna Lübke cites Tania Singer on the effects that the pandemic shows on mental health. (German only)


  • Interview in ZEIT ONLINE
    January 23, 2022

    January 23, 2022 – In an interview with Nora Burgard-Arp from ZEIT ONLINE, Tania Singer talks about the CovSocial project and how empathic listening makes us more resilient to crises. (German only)


  • Interview in moment by moment
    December 8, 2021

    December 08, 2021 – In this interview with Norbert Classen, Tania Singer talks about how the results of the Resource Project can be transferred into business and society. (German only)


  • CovSocial feature in Berliner Morgenpost
    November 22, 2021

    November 22, 2021 – The Berliner Morgenpost reports on the CovSocial Project and how the pandemic situation affects mental health. (German only)


  • CovSocial Brochure Release
    November 15, 2021

    November 15, 2021 – Release for the first edition of the CovSocial Broshure. It summarizes initial descriptive results of the CovSocial Project focussing on mental health and social cohesion in Berlin during Covid pandemics. 


  • Hair analysis shows: Meditation training reduces long-term stress
    October 7, 2021

    07 October 2021 – Mental training that promotes skills such as mindfulness, gratitude or compassion reduces the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in hair. This is what scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and the Social Neuroscience Research Group of the Max Planck Society in Berlin have found out. 


  • Report in LaVie
    September 30, 2021

    September 30, 2021 – An article in LaVie reports on the research of Tania Singer, in which Matthieu Ricard participated. It was shown that empathy, the ability to feel the emotions of others, can also be painful. They explain how to prevent this. (French)


  • Interview in Zeit Magazin (zeitonline)
    August 18, 2021

    August 18, 2021 – War, Flooding, Wirldfires: from a distance, we feel empathy. Neuroscientist Tania Singer explains how empathy develops and why we need to train it. Interview: Sara Tomšić. Image by Tim Marshall/unsplash.com (German only)


  • Empty Thoughts
    July 23, 2021

    July 23, 2021 – In an article in the online edition of Science Notes on the topic of “Nothingness,” Tania Singer reports on the importance of continuous mental training in the search for silence in the mind. (German only)


  • Upcoming ReConnect in Society Masterclass
    June 22, 2021

    Together with meditation teacher Günter Hudasch, Tania Singer will lead a 3-day Masterclass from the 24th to the 27th of March 2022 in the castle of Neuhardenberg with 8-week daily follow-up and weekly coachings. Organizer of this 8-week course is HR-Consulting und Coaching.

    Registration at: www.hr-consulting-coaching.com/de/reconnect/


  • Tania Singer is awarded the “Danke Skulptur”
    June 20, 2021

    July 20, 2021 – The awarding of the “Danke-Skulptur” to Tania Singer highlights the appreciation and recognition for her commitment to the community. The following link lists the worldwide reactions of the people/institutions that have already received the “Danke-Skulptur”.


  • Workshop betterplace co:lab
    June 9, 2021

    09. Juni 2021. In einem Workshop für das betterplace co:lab X beleuchtet Tania Singer wie Empathie, Mitgefühl und Perspektivwechsel unsere Arbeitskultur revolutionieren können. Drei Erkenntnisse sind ein einem Blog zusammengefasst.


  • Pioneers of Education
    March 24, 2021

    24th March 2021. In a dialogue moderated by Silke Weiß at the Pioneers of Education Summit 21, she talks with Tania Singer about mindfulness, compassion, and empathy in education.


  • Burnout in times of pandemics
    January 25, 2021

    25th January 2021 – In this interview with Miray Caliskan of the Berliner Zeitung, Tania Singer suggests ways to prevent health care worker’s burnout in the pandemic. (German)


  • Upper Story
    January 19, 2021

    19th January 2021 – This movie shows three decades of collaboration between Western scientists and Buddhist scholars including interviews with and features of Tania Singer’s research. This long-term collaboration has revealed techniques that allow us to develop our mental well-being and improve the impact we have on our planet. (A German version is planned to be released in February 2021.)