Background
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenäus was born on June 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria.
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenäus was born on June 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna, 1950. Habilitation, University Munich, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Salamanca, Spain, 1994.
Research associate, Biological Station Wilhelminenberg, Austria, 1946-1949;
research associate, Institute Comparative Behavior Studies, Altenberg, Austria, 1949;
research associate, Max-Planck-Institute Behavioural Physiology, Westphalia, Bavaria, 1951-1957;
research associate, Max-Planck-Institute Behavioural Physiology, Seewiesen, Bavaria, 1957-1969;
professor zoology, U. Munich, 1970;
head research group human ethology, Max-Planck-Society, Seewiesen, Andechs, Bavaria, 1970-1996;
professor emeritus, head film archives human ethology, Max-Planck-Society, Andechs, since 1996. Participant diving expeditions Galápagos, 1953, 54, Maldives, Nicobares, 1958. Head diving expedition Galápagos Islands United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1957.
Honorary scientific director International Institute Submarine Research, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1957-1970. Guest professor University of Chicago, 1961, University of Minnesota, 1967. Founder, director Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute Urban Ethology, Vienna, since 1992.
Participant numerous anthropological expeditions.
(Contents: Preface, A Short History of Ethology, The Ethog...)
(The Biology of Peace and War: Men, Animals and Aggression...)
(The author argues that there are specific turning points ...)
( With the discovery of conditioned reflexes by I. P. Pa...)
Member Senckenberg Nature Research Association, German Academy Leopoldina Naturforscher, Charles Darwin Foundation (Executive Board since 1959), International Society Human Ethology (president 1985-1993), European Academy (founding, prodekan).
Married Eleonore Siegel, 1950. 2 children: Bernolf, Roswitha.