Daniel Haun

Daniel Haun is a Professor of Comparative Cultural Psychology at Leipzig University and Director of the Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. His work bridges developmental psychology, primatology, and cross-cultural research, focusing on socio-cognitive development in humans and non-human primates.

• Current Positions: Director at Max Planck Institute (since 2019), Professor at Leipzig University (since 2019).
• Education: PhD in Psychology (2007, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics), M.A. in Psychology (2002, University of South Carolina).

Research interests include cross-cultural variation in child development, great ape cognition, social motivation, and spatial cognition. His fieldwork spans Namibia, Indonesia, and Zambia, studying populations like the Akhoe Hai//om and orangutans. Recent studies explore imitation fidelity, gaze following variability, and the social foundations of cognitive development.

Publications highlight interdisciplinary methods, such as combining primate behavior analysis with neuroimaging (e.g., chimpanzee brain studies) and leveraging technology for non-invasive research (e.g., cardiac signal estimation via digital cameras).