Wulf Schiefenhövel

Born in 1943.

1965/66 first ethnomedical fieldstudy in New Guinea, since then fieldwork, including film documentaries, in ethnomedecine, anthropology, medecine and human ethology, mainly in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya.

1970 MD.

1974-75 fielddirector of the German Research Foundation Priority Programme "Man, Culture and Environment in the Central Highlands of Irian Jaya, West New Guinea".

Since 1976 senior research fellow, human ethology unit, Max-Plank-Society, Andechs

Since 1991, professor for medical psychology and ethnomedecine and transcultural psychiatry. Lecturer for human ethology University Innsbruck

Guestprofessor, Universities of Toronto, Zurich and (at present) Jakart

Fellow, Institute of Advanced study in Berlin (88/89) and Budapest (95/96)

Member, Center for Interdisciplininary Studies, University Bielefeld (91/92).

Books, papers, exhibitions and media contributions on ethnomedecine, ethnobotany and the biopsychology of human behaviour.

Interested in crosscultural studies, the crossroads between disciplines and the exchange of knowledge between the different epistemological systems.