Other researches

The "Interdisciplinary Forum on Neurourban Studies"  is a working group that includes researchers and practitioners from various disciplines: The focus is on investigating the effects of urban living on  emotions, behaviour and mental health of the urban population. It is a research cooperation of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, sponsored by the Alfred Herrhausen Society and headed by Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Adli as well as Professor Jörg Stollmann.
The world is urbanizing at a rapid pace. By 2050, about 70 percent of the world's population will be living in cities. At the same time, city dwellers have a higher risk of stress-related mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders. It is therefore necessary to understand whether urban stressors are responsible for this heightened risk and how pathogenic urban stress develops. In order to decipher the phenomenon urban stress and to better understand the influence of the urban environment on our emotions and behaviour, we have founded the Interdisciplinary Forum Neurourbanism as a working group of researchers and practitioners from psychology, medicine, urban research, architecture, sociology, and philosophy.
The aim is to develop scientifically based prevention measures and a public mental health strategy for cities. Therefore, the Forum is currently drafting a Charter of Neurourbanism, which provides recommendations for action in urban planning and politics. The aim is to create cities that prevent social isolation and the fragmentation of urban societies and thus ensure the mental health and resilience of their inhabitants. 

For more information and events, as well as the new "Charter of Neurourban Studies", please visit the website of the Neurourban Studies Forum.

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The research group "Diversity of Sexual and Gender Identities" focuses on the epidemiology, pathogenesis and neurobiology of mental health in people belonging to a marginalised sexual and gender minority. This includes sexual orientation (for example, homosexuality, pan- or bisexuality) as well as gender identity. A special focus here is on the group of people who identify themselves with terms such as trans* or non-binary. Taking into account societal, medical and social marginalization and discrimination processes the work of our interdisciplinary research group aims at an improved understanding of the development and maintenance of stress-related diseases and related resilience factors. Furthermore, we want to contribute to an improved health care of this vulnerable group of people through the development and community-based implementation of psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment services. We pursue a transdisciplinary research and work approach, in which we closely cooperate with university partners from various disciplines as well as stakeholders from the LGBTIQ* community and other social areas.

For more information, visit the Diversity of Sexual and Gender Identities Working Group website.