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Professor Azzurra Ruggeri is an expert in Cognitive Developmental Psychology with a focus on how children actively seek information to learn about the world. Her research investigates the effectiveness of children’s information search strategies, particularly hypothesis testing and question asking, as well as the concept of 'ecological learning.' She emphasizes the ability of children to adaptively select active learning strategies to maximize learning efficiency. Currently, she leads the iSearch group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, which studies information search and ecological active learning in children. Ruggeri studied at the University of Pisa and has been associated with the Max Planck Institute since 2009. She earned her doctoral degree in Cognitive Science from the University of Siena in 2012 and was part of the Max Planck Graduate program in 'IMPRS Uncertainty.' Additionally, she was a Marie Curie Fellow at UC Berkeley from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, she became an Associate Professor of Cognitive Developmental Psychology at the Technical University of Munich's School of Education.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Teaching and researching in the field of Cognitive Developmental Psychology.
Max Planck Institute for Human Development • Berlin, Germany
Leading the iSearch group focused on information search and ecological active learning for children.