Research Team 2023–2025/26

Last update: September 2026

The team of the Max Planck Research Group Biosocial — Image: MPI for Human Development

Image: MPI for Human Development

Head

Laurel Raffington

Postdoctoral Fellows

Muna A. Aikins (LIFE), Qinya Feng, Patrick Maher, Jessica Sperber Knott, Yayouk E. Willems, Qiao Wu

Predoctoral Fellows

Deniz Främke (LIFE), Nadia V. Harerimana, Sepideh Zarandooz (LIFE)

Visiting Researchers

Marta Bosanac (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Javier de la Fuente (The University of Texas at Austin, USA), Sofia Denaro (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Abby deSteiguer (The University of Texas at Austin, USA), Kompal Fayyaz (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany), Catarina Gomes (University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil), Bridget Goosby (The University of Texas at Austin, USA), Anna Miller (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), Kiera O'Higgins (The Hertie School, Berlin, Germany), Simon Raabe (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), Ada Rezaki (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), Kirsten Schunn (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), Elleke Tissink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands), Jan-Henrik Walter (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)