Press Releases
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Press Releases
25.04.23
Social Media for More Democracy – Million-Euro Funding for Project to Study the Impact of Social Media on Society and Politics Social Media for More Democracy – Million-Euro Funding for Project to Study the Impact…
Social media is an increasingly important element of public discourse and has gained enormous influence in recent years. A research project coordinated by MiS explores the communication mechanisms in social media and their impact on political discourse and liberal democracy.
Press Releases
02.11.22
Fascinated by Symmetries – Anna Wienhard Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Fascinated by Symmetries – Anna Wienhard Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute…
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Anna Wienhard as our new Max Planck director! Her newly established research group focuses on fundamental research in the areas of geometry, group theory, and dynamics.
Press Releases
30.09.22
Understanding Social Dilemmas Through Games – The Development of Moral Norms Encourages Selfless Behavior Understanding Social Dilemmas Through Games – The Development of Moral Norms Encourages…
Mohammad Salahshour has addressed the question of how individual strategic choices, social norms, and morality influence the decision-making process. His game-theory-based approach elucidates how the complexity of real-world strategic settings can lead to the evolution of moral norms.
Press Releases
01.08.22
Space Determines the Arrangement—Researchers Study Historical Developments of the Periodic System of Chemical Elements Space Determines the Arrangement—Researchers Study Historical Developments of the…
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences and the University of Leipzig provides computational approaches that explain the development of the first periodic systems.
Press Releases
14.07.22
László Székelyhidi Is Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences László Székelyhidi Is Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in…
The Leipzig mathematician and university professor László Székelyhidi was appointed director at the MPI MiS. Prof. Székelyhidi's research focuses on partial differential equations and the calculus of variations and their application.
Press Releases
30.06.22
Teubner Foundation Science Award Goes to Michael Struwe Teubner Foundation Science Award Goes to Michael Struwe
The Teubner Foundation honors Prof. Michael Struwe with the 2022 Prize for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences. The public award ceremony with laudation by Jürgen Jost and a keynote lecture will take place on July 8 at 4:30 p.m. at the University of Leipzig.
Press Releases
11.11.21
Human Activity Has Altered an Ocean-Wide Law of Nature Human Activity Has Altered an Ocean-Wide Law of Nature
In a worldwide collaboration, environmental scientists assessed the even distribution of aquatic biomass among size classes, from bacteria to whales, for the first time on a global scale.
Press Releases
01.09.21
Perfectly Linked — Minerva Fast Track Fellowship for the Study of Networks Perfectly Linked — Minerva Fast Track Fellowship for the Study of Networks
Dr. Raffaella Mulas was awarded a Minerva Fast Track position by the Max Planck Society to establish her first own research group at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig.
Press Releases
29.03.21
Precise and Fast – How Mathematical Methods From Nonlinear Algebra Ensure an Effective Handling of Huge Amounts of Data Precise and Fast – How Mathematical Methods From Nonlinear Algebra Ensure an Effective…
The constant creation of information and its corresponding data are one of the hallmarks of the 21st century. A newly founded Emmy Noether Research Group at the MPI MiS focuses on the interpretation, effective handling and usage of these huge amounts of data.
Press Releases
16.03.21
Its Curvature Foreshadows the Next Financial Bubble Its Curvature Foreshadows the Next Financial Bubble
An international team of interdisciplinary researchers has identified mathematical metrics to characterize the fragility of financial markets.
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