Behavior and Cognition

The BeCog-Colloquium

Current Schedule

The colloquium is organized jointly with the Research Training Group 2070 "Understanding Social Relationships" and has the format of mini-symposia followed by a joint happy hour.

  • Wednesday, Feb 14th 2024, 16.00 - Cancelled

  • Wednesday, May 29th 2024, 16.00 - Cancelled

  • Wednesday, Aug 28th 2024, 16.00
    German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, Groundfloor seminar room (Multifunction building)
    Sriranjani Manivasagam - Role of social information on perception and decision-making
    Marie Hirel - Social evaluation of skillfulness in Tonkean macaques and brown capuchins
    Judith Kalinowski - The growth of early phonological and semantic vocabulary networks


If you would like to present at an upcoming colloquium, please contact the student representatives.
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Career Café


The Career Café is organized together with the RTG 2070 to give students insights into possible job options. Invited speakers will report about their experience and describe their everyday work life. After the talk, all participants are invited to an informal coffee break to get in contact with the speaker in more detail. The Career Café will take place during the colloquium slots on wednesdays.


  • Insights into Science Management - Dr. Christine Haunhorst (BeCog - Alumni, University of Mainz)
    Date: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018, 3.00 p.m.
    Location: Seminar room E0.14, DPZ, Kellnerweg4
  • Insights into Science Journalism - Dr. Lennart Pyritz (DPZ - Alumni)
    Date: September 7th, 2018
    Location: Seminar room E0.14, DPZ, Kellnerweg4
  • Insights into a nature / wildlife film production company - Dr. Petra Löttker (DPZ - Alumni)
    Date: November 15th, 2018, 4 p.m.
    Location: Seminar room E0.14, DPZ, Kellnerweg4
  • Press and Public Relations - Dr. Nina Mainz (DFG)
    Date: October 24th, 2019, 13:30 p.m.
    Location: Seminar room E0.14, DPZ, Kellnerweg 4
  • Insights into working as a Data Scientists - Dr. Florian Kornrumpf
    Date: September 23rd, 2020 2 p.m.
    Location: via video conference tool
  • Insights into Science Management from a non-native German perspective - Dr. Derya Nuhbalaoglu
    Date: December 9th, 2020 3.30 p.m.
    Location: via video conference tool
  • Insights into Organizational Consulting - Mathias Kesting
    Date: March 6th,2023 3 p.m.
    Location: Institute for Psychology, Goßlerstraße 14, Room 1.110
  • Research Officer for the Environment Fund and World Development Fund Manager of an international NGO - Dr. Tabitha Ndiaye (DPZ Alumni)
    Date: November 21, 2022 3:30 p.m.
    Location: Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ), Besprechungsraum - Bürotrakt (West), EG
  • Developing your career and yourself as an (interdisciplinary) researcher - Dr. Fabiola Gerpott
    Date: November 10th, 2022 12:30 p.m.
    Location: Institute for Psychology, Goßlerstraße 14, Room 1.140