Die Junge Akademie was founded in 2000 as the world's first academy for outstanding early career researchers. Its members represent all academic disciplines as well as the arts and are appointed for a five-year period. The aim is to explore the potential and limits of interdisciplinary work, promote dialogue between research, art and society, and create new impulses for science policy discussions. Die Junge Akademie is supported by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Since it was founded, Die Junge Akademie has become a model for similar initiatives in numerous countries.
Speaker of Die Junge Akademie
Dr Gisela H. Kopp is a biologist and research fellow in the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz.
Members from the University of Konstanz
Professor Wolfgang Gaissmaier is a professor of social psychology and a member of the Cluster of Excellence: "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz.
Professor Giovanni Galizia is the director of the Zukunftskolleg and a professor of zoology and neurobiology at the University of Konstanz.
Dr Gisela H. Kopp is a biologist and research fellow in the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz.
Professor Marco F. H. Schmidt is a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Konstanz.