Peace from Within: Training the Relational Brain

Scientific Head, Social Neuroscience Lab, Max Planck Society, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Tania Singer is a social neuroscientist and psychologist heading the Social Neuroscience Lab of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. Throughout her career, she worked at multiple international institutions such as the Welcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in London and the University of Zürich. She is a world expert on empathy and compassion and has developed diverse evidence-based mental training programs to train the social brain and improve resilience and mental health. She is now bringing these training programs, especially her novel partner-based Dyad programs, into society to help boost compassion and resilience in education and healthcare. She has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles and books and is a sought-after speaker on diverse international platforms. https://taniasinger.de