Think Tank Meetings and other Activities
We are interested in supporting Think Tank meetings and other events, such as the Symposium in Berlin in July 2019, which correspond to the Foundation’s objectives in terms of content. Please contact us first with a summary of your idea and your preliminary concept. We will then decide whether we are interested in a further discussion of your proposed activity and invite you to meet with us.
Pre-Conference Symposium: Prevention of couple distress and divorce: International status of online programs
At the 9th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies WCBCT from July 17-20, 2019 in Berlin, organized by the Klaus Grawe Foundation together with the Scientific Advisory Council for Family Affairs at the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs (BMFSFJ) and the German Youth Institute… Read more
Think Tank Meetings
2015
Klaus Grawe Think Tank Meeting 2015, Current and Future Directions in Narcolepsy Research
Monastery of Bigorio, Ticino, Switzerland
Co-hosted by
- Prof. Claudio Bassetti, Chairman of the Department of Neurology, at the University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland and Past-President of the European Sleep Research Society and one of the most prominent researchers in sleeping disorders and the ASSS (Alpine Sleep Summer School)
- Dr. Mariann Grawe-Gerber, Klaus Grawe Institut für Psychologische Therapie, Zürich, Switzerland
20 international experts in narcolepsy research, genetics, immunology, the physiopathology of sleep, mental health, neurology, sleep science, metabolism and cell biology, molecular neuroscience and molecular biology were invited.
2012
Klaus Grawe Think Tank Meeting 2012, Children as victims: Psychosocial and psychobiological sequelae of early life violence exposure, state of the art, future research recommendations and goals for translation to prevention and intervention programs
Hotel Castell, Zuoz, Engadin and Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland
Co-hosted by
- Prof. Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D. Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, USA and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
- Prof. Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D. Edward M. Arnett Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, USA and Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
- Dr. Mariann Grawe-Gerber, Klaus Grawe Institut für Psychologische Therapie, Zurich, Switzerland
Twelve international experts in developmental psychology, neurosciences, molecular biology, genetics, epigenetics, immunology, clinical psychology, child psychiatry, and social policies were invited to this meeting.
Klaus Grawe Think Tank Meeting 2012, Follow-Up: Vorträge an der Universität Zürich (ZIHP)
Together with Prof. Dr Max Gassmann and the Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), the Klaus Grawe Foundation organized a public event with the title „The Child is Father of the Man – The enduring effects of childhood experiences and psychological well-being on adult health“:
„Adverse childhood experiences and risk of age-related disease“ by Dr Andrea Danese, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK
„Children’s self-control and their nation’s health and wealth“ by Prof. Avshalom Caspi and Prof. Terrie E. Moffitt
from left to right: Prof. Dr Max Gassmann, Prof. Dr Andrea Danese, Prof. Dr Terrie Moffitt, Prof. Dr Avshalom Caspi, Dr Mariann Grawe-Gerber
Artikel von Prof. Dr Terrie Moffitt: Childhood exposure to violence and lifelong health: Clinical Intervention science and stress-biology research join forces (PDF)
2010
Klaus Grawe Think Tank Meeting 2010, Families in Trouble: Bridging the gap between child and adult psychopathology
Hotel Castell, Zuoz, Engadin, Switzerland
Co-hosted by
- Prof. Nina Heinrichs, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institut für Psychologie, Braunschweig, Germany and
- Dr. Mariann Grawe-Gerber, Klaus Grawe Institut für Psychologische Therapie, Zürich, Switzerland
2007
Klaus Grawe Think Tank Meeting 2007, Couples in despair: Evidence-based interventions for treatment and prevention
Hotel Castell, Zuoz, Engadin, Switzerland
Organized and Chaired by
- Prof. Don Baucom, PhD, Psychology Dept., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
- Dr. Mariann Grawe-Gerber, Klaus Grawe Institut für Psychologische Therapie, Zürich, Switzerland
- Prof, Dr. Kurt Hahlweg, TU Braunschweig, Institut für Psychologie, Abteilung für Klinische Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Diagnostik, Braunschweig, Germany
Resulting in the Book: Enhancing Couples – The Shape of Couples Therapy to Come by Kurt Hahlweg, Mariann Grawe-Gerber and Don Baucom.
Other Activities
Prevention Conference 2009 at the Technical University of Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Kurt Hahlweg, moderator Maybrit Illner, Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider, Dr. phil. lic. iur. Mariann Grawe-Gerber
On October 6, a symposium on “Growing up mentally healthy” was held at the TU Braunschweig. It was organized by Prof. Dr Kurt Hahlweg (Institute of Psychology at the TU) and Prof. Dr Silvia Schneider (University of Basel) on behalf of the Klaus Grawe Foundation together with the Universities of Braunschweig and Basel and the Psychotherapeutic Chamber of Lower Saxony (PKN), the Medical Chamber of Lower Saxony (ÄKN), the Federal Center for Health Education (BzgA) and the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (DGKJP).