IPA Webinar Series 2025
Staying alive in the academic world -
The importance of the Joseph Sandler Psychoanalytic Research Conference

Does psychoanalysis need to be present in the academic world?
Some say that the vitality of psychoanalytic thinking lies in the consulting room, while others argue it thrives when in dialogue with contemporary research. In this IPA Webinar — Staying Alive in the Academic World: The Importance of the Joseph Sandler Psychoanalytic Research Conference — we will explore how the encounter between psychoanalysis and academia can foster innovation, strengthen methodological rigor, and open new spaces for intergenerational and international exchange. Featuring Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Clara Schejtman, and Rogério Lerner, this discussion promises to inspire and challenge our views on where psychoanalysis belongs.


Presenters : Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Clara Schejtman, and Rogério Lerner (whom will serve as moderator as well) 

Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber
Prof. Dr. phil, director in charge of the Sigmund-Freud-Institut in Frankfurt a.M., Germany (2001-2016),   professor em. for psychoanalysis at the University of Kassel, senior research fellow  at the Universitymedicine in Mainz. She is training analyst of the German Psychoanalytical Association (DPV) and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). Chair of the Research Subcommittees for Clinical, Conceptual, Epistemiological and Historical Research of the IPA (2001-2009), Vice Chair for Europe of the Reseach Board der IPA 2010-2021; Chair of the IPA Subcommittee for Migration and Refugees 2018/19. Since then member of the committee.  
She received the Mary Sigourney Award 2016, the Haskell Norman Prize for Excellence in Psychoanalysis 2017, the Robert S. Wallerstein Fellowship (2022-2027)and the IPA’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, 2023
Her research fields are clinical and extraclinical research in psychoanalysis, psychoanalytical developmental research, prevention studies, interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and literature, educational sciences and the neurosciences

Clara Schejtman
Permanent Professor and Research Director, University of Buenos Aires and University of Belgrano. Training analyst and Chair of the “Babies, Children and Adolescents Department”, Argentine Psychoanalytic Association (Member IPA).
Faculty member Research Training Program (RTP) and Member of the Research Board, IPA.  Psychoanalyst in private practice and supervisor. Author of numerous publications and books (Rotuledge, Akadia, WAIMH Handbook of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health:) Psychoanalytic Research Exceptional Contribution Award of IPA (2013).

Rogerio Lerner
Member of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo and Professor at the University of São Paulo. Co-Chair of the Research Training Programme and the Joseph Sandler Psychoanalytic Research Conference (with Stephan Hau). Member of the Research Committees of IPA and FEPAL and of the editorial board of the Psychoanalytic Quarterly.  Associate editor of Jornal de Psicanálise and Psicologia USP. Recipient of the Community and Culture Award of FEPAL (2012) and Psychoanalytic Research Exceptional Contribution Award of IPA (2019).

Isabel Silveira
IPA Communications Committee - Webinar coordinator; Clinical Member, American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA); Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo (SBPSP).