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| Abbreviation | SHH |
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| Formation | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) |
| Type | Scientific institute |
| Purpose | Research inarchaeogenetics,evolutionary linguistics andarchaeology |
| Headquarters | Jena,Germany |
Key people | Johannes Krause Russell Gray Nicole Boivin |
Parent organization | Max Planck Society |
| Affiliations | TPC |
| Website | (in English) (in German) |
Formerly called | Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems Max Planck Institute for Economics Max Planck Institute for History and the Sciences Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History |
TheMax Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (German:Max-Planck-Institut für Geoanthropologie) performs fundamental research intoarchaeological science.[1] The institute is one of more than 80 research institutes of theMax Planck Society and is located inJena,Germany.
The predecessor of the present institute was founded in 1993 as theMax Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems (Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Wirtschaftssystemen) and later renamed theMax Planck Institute of Economics (Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik). Its initial mission was researching the transition of the formerEastern Europeansocialist economic systems, but it later researched a broad set of problems relating to change in modern economies more generally, includingevolutionary economics,experimental economics, andentrepreneurial studies.[2]
It was organized into three research units:
In March 2014, the institute was renamed the Max Planck Institute for History and the Sciences. A few months later, on November 21, 2014, the Institute of Economics was realigned and renamed to the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.[3] From 2016, it consisted of three interdisciplinary research departments that integrate methods and research questions from the natural sciences and the humanities: the Department of Archaeogenetics, led byJohannes Krause, the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, led byRussell Gray, and the Department of Archaeology, led byNicole Boivin. In 2015 it took over from theMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology the task of maintaining theGlottolog. In October 2021, Boivin was removed from her position, after an investigation found evidence of "workplace misconduct and bullying".[4]
In June 2022, the Max Planck Society announced that it would rename the institute as the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology.[5]
The institute is located on Kahlaische Strasse, about 1 km south-east of the city center. It is housed in a restoredVictorian villa, linked by a glass bridge to a much larger modern building, which includes offices and other facilities for each of the research units, each unit having one floor of the main section of the building.
The director of the institute is:
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