Tina Malti awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
Published: December 16, 2022
管家婆免费开奖大全 Mississauga psychology professor Tina Malti has been awarded for 2023 to 2027 at Leipzig University.
The 鈧5 million research award will allow Malti to develop and lead a multidisciplinary research team to uncover the roots of child empathy and positive development.
Malti has been at 管家婆免费开奖大全 Mississauga since 2017. She is the director of the , and the founding director of the . Her previous research has focused on the psychological effects of war and violence on children and the social-emotional development and mental health of children.
With her new research funding, Malti wants to identify the root causes of empathy in children, as well as methods to encourage healthy and positive development in children.
鈥淭he potential for empathy with others is infinite, even in young children, and we are able to overcome trauma even very severe trauma,鈥 Malti says. 鈥淲e can become even stronger and even more caring as a result, which sounds paradoxical. But that is very much what also our data shows.鈥
Malti hopes to work collaboratively between 管家婆免费开奖大全 Mississauga and Leipzig to develop research-based knowledge to share with institutions, organizations, and the general public.
