{"id":162935,"date":"2026-04-17T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/sprechstunde-mit-mazda-adli-162935\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:01:27","slug":"sprechstunde-mit-mazda-adli","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/talk\/sprechstunde-mit-mazda-adli-162935\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultation hour with Mazda Adli"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since 2024, the Berlin district of Reinickendorf has had Germany’s first loneliness commissioner. The United Kingdom has a Ministry for Loneliness, and the German federal government has at least adopted a loneliness strategy. Loneliness is increasingly entering public discourse. Yet, despite the success of books like Daniel Schreiber’s Alone <\/em>(orig.: Allein<\/em>, 2021), it remains deeply bound up with shame.<\/p>\n

Mazda Adli is here to explain why, and to answer your questions. As a psychiatrist and stress researcher, he investigates the social conditions and consequences of loneliness \u2013 and works to bring the subject out of the shadows.<\/p>\n

What triggers the feeling of loneliness? What distinguishes it from solitude? How widespread is loneliness, and is it really an illness? What can be done about it? What misconceptions persist \u2013 and why does it affect so many young people?<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Mazda Adli is Medical Director of the Fliedner Klinik Berlin and Head of the Mood Disorders Research Group at the Charit\u00e9 \u2013 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin, where his work focuses on depression and stress research. He founded the Interdisciplinary Forum for Neurourbanism<\/em> and published Stress and the City<\/em> (2017), which examines how urban life affects mental health. Since 2022, he has led the citizen science project \u201cYour Emotional City!<\/a>\u201d, in which anyone can take part. He is a co-founder of the World Health Summit and a member of the DGPPN Task Force on Climate and Mental Health.<\/p>\n

Ask Mazda Adli your questions. A Consultation Hour for everyone \u2013 free of charge, no appointment necessary, no waiting time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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