Kathrin Kopp

Postdoc

Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig

e-mail: kathrin_kopp@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de

Research Interests
GrApeNet - Great Ape Research Network
Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center
Kickerlingsberg 3
D-04105 Leipzig
Germany

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8414-3193

Research Interests

Prosocial behaviour, underlying processes, regulation and development in great apes
Inter-individual variation in social behaviours and socio-cognition in apes: development and socio-ecological factors
Social bonds and dynamics in zoo-housed ape groups
Research as cognitive and behavioural enrichment for apes and in zoos and sanctuaries

GrApeNet - Great Ape Research Network

The main project in my current position is to establish a network of scientifically managed European zoos for long-term comparative psychological and behavioural research with great apes.
Zoos that keep great apes and are interested in the project are welcome to contact me. - I would be happy to present our ideas for GrApeNet at your institution and answer any questions you may have.

Curriculum Vitae

Professional History

Since 10/2022 Since 01/2021	Research fellow with teaching assignment Human Biology & Primate Cognition Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Leipzig Post-doctoral researcher, GrApeNet Coordinator Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
04/2019-12/2020	Post-doctoral researcher Evolution of Brain Connectivity Project; Line manager for behavioural research at zoos and sanctuaries Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
01/2017-03/2019	Post-doctoral researcher with teaching assignment Comparative Developmental Psychology Freie Universität Berlin
06/2015-12/2016	Scientific assistant with teaching assignment Comparative Developmental Psychology Freie Universität Berlin
04-05/2015	Visiting lecturer Department of Education and Psychology Freie Universität Berlin
05/2012-10/2014	Scientific assistant Cluster of Excellence Languages of Emotion; Group Evolutionary Psychology Freie Universität Berlin

Education

01/2017	Doctor of Philosophy Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin Prosocial behaviour in captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii)
2017	Certificate "University Didactic" Freie Universität Berlin
2013-2016	Advanced training in university didactic, certification programme "SUPPORT für die Lehre" at Freie Universität Berlin
10/2010-09/2016	Doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin: Comparative Psychology
12/2009	Magistra Artium in Philosophy and Biology Department of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Publications

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