Press archive

  • Interview with Ilios Kotsou
    April 14, 2020

    14th April 2020. Tania Singer was interviewed by Ilios Kotsou from Emergence about the relevance of compassion and care in times of Covid-19 pandemics and how to apply her findings to help healthcare workers with everyday workplace challenges. (French)


  • Can you learn empathy?
    March 18, 2020

    18th March 2020. In conversation with Jörn Valldorf and Lisa Hinrichsen, Tania Singer talks about her research in the ReSource project. The interview appeared in the magazine Spektrum der Meditation. 


  • Understanding Empathy and Compassion
    March 11, 2020

    10th March 2020. Tania Singer and Edwin Rutsch (Empathy Circle) have a conversation about how empathic listening can improve communication. Tania talks about the use of regular contemplative dyads and the effects on social anxiety and feeling connected.


  • Top 100 Publication in Scientific Reports 2019
    March 11, 2020

    11th March 2020. The scientific publication Voluntary upregulation of heart rate variability through biofeedback is improved by mental contemplative training was one of the top 100 most downloaded neuroscience articles in Scientific Reports 2019. 


  • The brain has two systems for putting itself into someone else’s shoes
    March 9, 2020

    9th March 2020. To understand what another person is thinking and how they will behave, the ability to enter into another person’s perspective develops throughout life. But at what age? A recent study shows that it is age four. 


  • For a brave management team, you need an awake and organised heart
    March 4, 2020

    4th March 2020. Ahead of her keynote address on 25 June 2020 at IMD’s inaugural OWP liVe – an innovative virtual learning experience – neuroscientist Tania Singer outlines some of her research insights on building resilient and collaborative organizational teams.


  • New Publication “Power and Care”
    February 28, 2020

    28th February 2020. This book, edited by Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard, documents Mind & Life Europe dialogues between the Dalai Lama and internationally renowned scientists, politicians, economists and artists about the fundamental forces of power and care.


  • How 30 minutes of meditation per day changes our brain
    January 1, 2020

    January 2020. An interview with Tania Singer about the results of the ReSource project has been published in the current issue of the mindfulness magazine “moment by moment”.


  • Hier und Jetzt [Here and Now]
    December 7, 2019

    7th December 2019. The Süddeutsche Zeitung publishes an article about the effects of meditation and the scientific discoveries based on the results of the ReSource project. In this article by Katrin Blawat there are also excerpts from an interview with Tania Singer.


  • Bienestar Docente y Neurociencias
    November 28, 2019

    28th November 2019. Tania Singer presents her research at this conference hosted by the Goethe Schule in Buenos Aires, Argentina on cultivating an education for well-being through the development of our highest capacities.


  • Self-protection or selfishness? About the pros and cons of mindfulness practice
    November 18, 2019

    18th November 2019. In this report, broadcasted by rbbkultur (German only), Vera Block explores the question of whether the new social trend of mindfulness practice entails risks, and she interviews Tania Singer on her research and the ReSource Project.


  • Contemplative Science Symposium
    October 25, 2019

    25th October 2019. Tania Singer presents her research at the Contemplative Science Symposium hosted by Mind and Life Europe: a symposium on the topics of politics, education, neuro- and cognitive science, economics, and more. 


  • Science, Art & Meditation 2019 (SAM)
    October 18, 2019

    18th October 2019. Tania Singer participates in a panel discussion together with Thierry Janssen, Rose, Aurélie Godefroy and Frédéric Lopez. SAM 2019, a mix of conferences, artistic performances and workshops, took place in Strasbourg, France.


  • Tania Singer presents research at the LEAD for GOOD Symposium
    October 17, 2019

    17th October 2019. The IFLP (Institut Francais du Leadership Positif) appoints executives who reinvent their leadership, accelerate their transformation and positively influence society. Theevent took place in Lyon, France.


  • The Digital Table
    October 14, 2019

    14th October 2019. Online interview on the exploration of wellbeing in the digital age, the meeting point between digitisation and the world of consciousness and spirituality – over lunch.