
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Why do people perceive music and literature as varying in their beauty based on factors such as culture, society, historical period and individual taste? The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, founded in 2012, aims to use scientific methods to explain the psychological, neuronal and socio-cultural basis of aesthetic perceptions and judgements. The institute, which is currently in the process of being established, will be managed by a Board of Directors consisting of four scientists whose expertise covers the areas of literature, music, and the empirical cognitive and social sciences. The research programme will focus on music and literature, and, in cooperation with the Max Planck institutes for art history in Florence and Rome, the visual arts. Other fields, such as architecture and fashion will be incorporated by way of Max Planck research groups and Max Planck fellows from universities. In addition, the scientists will regularly invite “artists in residence”, in particular composers and writers, to the Institute to participate in research projects.
Contact
Grüneburgweg 1460322 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 69 8300479-501
Fax: +49 69 8300479-599
PhD opportunities
This institute has no International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS).
There is always the possibility to do a PhD. Please contact the directors or research group leaders at the Institute.