Law and neuroscience at the EUI by Sofia Moratti, Max Weber Fellow, LAW, 2011-2013 (www.sofiamoratti.eu) Cognitive neuroscience – a field of scientific knowledge that has developed rapidly in the past decade – is the study of the neurobiological bases of higher mental abilities, including language, reasoning, intention, memory and perception. Recent progress in cognitive neuroscience […]

ACO Attends European Conference on Researcher Mobility by Alanna O’Malley, Academic Careers Observatory The Academic Careers Observatory (ACO) was represented at the Researcher Careers and Mobility Conference in Dublin in May by the Academic Assistant for ACO, Alanna O’Malley. O’Malley was one of 15 winners of a travel bursary competition to attend the conference. The […]

The Max Weber Programme 2006 – 2013: The Villa La Fonte years   The Max Weber Programme team is in the process of preparing a 7-year report, which will summarize the most relevant features of the Programme in its first seven years. From September 2006, when the Programme opened its doors at Villa La Fonte to the […]

The call for applications is open The call for applications for 2014-2015 recently went out with the usual deadline of 25 October. The MWP Team would appreciate it greatly if you would circulate it widely within your networks.   Max Weber Fellowships  The Max Weber Programme is the largest post-doctoral programme for young researchers in […]

7th Max Weber Fellows’ June Conference, 12-14 June 2013 The 2013 June conference of the Max Weber Programme brought past and present Fellows together under the roof of Villa La Fonte for the fourth time, and was the biggest conference so far in terms of number of fellows coming back and presentations. A total of […]