From Centre to Institute
January 2012
Foundation of the Centre for Child Protection

The Centre for Child Protection (CCP) was established by the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the State University Clinic of Ulm. The inaugural event was a symposium entitled “Towards Healing and Renewal”. During its pilot phase from 2012 to 2014, the Centre was based in Munich.
September 2021
Transformation into the Institute of Anthropology
On 1 September 2021, following the approval of the Vatican’s former Congregation for Catholic Education, the Centre for Child Protection became the Institute of Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care (IADC).
