Current and Previous Minerva Schools

German-Israeli Minerva-Schools since 2006

2022

“Crafting for the God(s): Dynamics of Cult, Craft Production, and Socio-Technological Identities“ (Ramat-Gan/Jerusalem)

• Laura Gonnermann M.A., University of Leipzig
• Vanessa Workman M.A., Bar-Ilan University
• Dr. Shira Albaz, University of Haifa

“Parliaments after the Pandemic – Lessons from the Covid-19-Crisis for Political Practice and the Future Research on Parliaments“ (Halle/Berlin)

• PD Dr. Sven T. Siefken, University of Halle-Wittenberg
• Dr. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Bar-Ilan University

“Social networks and health inequalities in ageing societies“ (Dortmund)

• Dr. Alina Schmitz, TU Dortmund
• Dr. Ella Cohn-Schwartz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Dr. Judith Kaschowitz, TU Dortmund
• Claudius Garten M.A., TU Dortmund

“What Do We Mean When We Talk About Jewish-Christian Dialogue?“ (Haifa)

• Silvana Kandel Lamdan M.A., University of Haifa
• Prof. Karma Ben Johanan, Humboldt University Berlin

2021

“Creativity, Innovation and Inter-Organizational Collaboration – Process Views“  (Berlin)

• Dr. Carolin Auschra, Berlin
• Prof. Jörg Sydow, Berlin
• Prof. Amalya Oliver, Jerusalem
• Dr. Adi Sapir, Haifa

"My Heart Stands in Fear of Your Word’ - The Historical and Cultural Significance of the Fear of Sin in Jewish Literature“ (Hamburg)

• Dr. Patrick Benjamin Koch, Hamburg
• Dr. Leore Sachs-Shmueli, Jerusalem

“Bioinspired Complex Systems from Basic Science to Practical Applications“ (Kibbutz Tzuba)

• Prof. Rachel Nechushtai, Jerusalem
• Prof. Itamar Willner, Jerusalem
• Prof. Wolfgang Parak, Hamburg

“Linking cave monitoring data and paleoclimate proxies to extract globally relevant relationships“ (Jerusalem)

• Dr. Yonatan Goldsmith, Jerusalem
• Dr. Yuval Burstyn, Jerusalem
• Prof. Miryam Bar-Matthews, Jerusalem
• Dr. Kira Rehfeld, Heidelberg
• Dr. Monika Markowska, Mainz
• Dr. Elan Levy, Mainz
• Dr. Sophie Warken, Heidelberg

2020

"The Individual and International Human Rights Law" (Heidelberg)

• Prof. Anne Peters, Heidelberg/Berlin
• Prof. Tomer Broude, Jerusalem

"An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Future Data Pedagogies and Digital Tools to Nurture Citizens’ Reasoning with Models and Modeling in the Big Data Era" (Haifa)

• Prof. Dani Ben-Zvi, Haifa
• Keren Aridor-Berger, M.A., Haifa
• Michal Dvir, Haifa
• Dr. Daniel Frischemeier, Paderborn
• Dr. Susanne Podworny, Paderborn

2019

"Back to Redemption: Rosenzweig’s Star 1919-2019" (Jerusalem)

• Prof. Benjamin Pollock, Jerusalem
• Dr. Ynon Wygoda, Jerusalem
• Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese, Frankfurt/Main

"Bridging the gap between genes and behaviour: Neuropeptide regulation of socio-emotional behaviours" (Regensburg)

• Prof. Dr. Inga D. Neumann, Regensburg
• Prof. Dr. Oliver Bosch, Regensburg
• Dr. Thomas Grund, Regensburg
• Prof. Tali Kimchi, Rehovot
• Prof. Alon Chen, Rehovot
• Dr. Michael Mende, Munich

"Brain Rhythms in Computation, Communication, And Cognition" (Ramat Gan)

• Dr. Elana Zion Golumbic, Ramat Gan
• Prof. Leon Deouell, Jerusalem
• Prof. David Poeppel, Frankfurt/Main
• Prof. Lucia Melloni, Frankfurt/Main

2018

"Trade Routes between Aram and Israel in the Iron Age: A Multi-Disciplinary Examination of their Significance to Social and Cultural Exchange" (Jordan Valley and Golan Heights)

• Dr. Amit Dagan, Ramat-Gan
• Felix Hagemeyer, Leipzig
• Assaf Kleiman, Tel Aviv
• Juliane Stein, Leipzig