Partner Institutes of our Leibniz Research Alliance
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German Diabetes Center (DDZ)
The DDZ is an interdisciplinary research center which combines molecular, cellular, clinical, and epidemiological work to improve prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and therapy of diabetes mellitus and its associated secondary complications. Moreover, the DDZ conducts clinical studies in order to analyze onset and development of diabetes, and to develop new prevention therapies. The DDZ contributes to an improved quality of epidemiological data regarding diabetes in Germany.
German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE)
The mission of the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE) is to investigate the pathogenesis of nutrition-associated diseases in a collaborative effort of experimental, clinical and epidemiological research. Thereby, the institute contributes to the development of new strategies for prevention and treatment, and to nutritional recommendations that are based on scientific evidence.
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research institutions in Germany. Its core mandates are applied economic research and economic policy as well as provision of research infrastructure.
Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz-Lipmann Institute (FLI)
Human ageing is a multifactorial process controlled by both environmental and genetic factors. The mission of the FLI is to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the ageing process and lead to age-related diseases. With the help of model systems, they try to unravel fundamental mechanisms of aging. This knowledge can contribute to a more healthy ageing of people and create a rational basis for the development of molecular therapies.
Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo)
The Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo) investigates potentials and risks of modern work on the basis of behavioral and life sciences. The results lead to principles of beneficial and healthy design of the working environment.
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, IGB, is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of knowledge about freshwater ecosystems. Working in close partnership with the scientific community, government agencies, as well as the private sector, it guarantees the development of innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing freshwater ecosystems and human societies.
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)
The Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) is a research institution dedicated to the study of the mechanisms of learning and memory. The research concept includes all levels of brain organization – from molecules and cells to neuronal networks and circuits to animal and human behavior. Basic research on the central research topic is tightly associated with translational aspects in medicine and clinical applications, technology and engineering, as well as education and life-long learning.
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)
As an epidemiological research institute, our mission is to identify causes of health problems and to develop new concepts for disease prevention. Our goals are to disseminate our research findings to the society, to inform the general public about health risks, and to contribute to a healthy living environment. We pursue this goal in interdisciplinary teams of researchers and technical staff whose expertise covers a broad spectrum of methodologies from medicine, the natural sciences, and humanities.
Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
The Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR) is a non-university research institute in which neurobiologists, physicists, physicians, and psychologists investigate the phenomenon of resilience, i.e. the ability to maintain or restore mental health during or after stressful life events, in an interdisciplinary manner. Its main goal is to understand resilience mechanisms from a neuroscientific point of view, to develop respective interventions to promote resilience, and to foster changes in living and working environments in such a way that resilience is strengthened. Thus, the LIR is addressing one of the currently most pressing societal questions and is the first institute of its kind in Europe.
Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF)
The IUF investigates the molecular mechanisms of environmentally induced aging processes and disorders of the immune system. Our goal is the development of innovative strategies, either as therapeutic approaches or as new risk assessment procedures. For this we use human organ-like in vitro models, integrative research approaches and modern bioinformatics and systems biology approaches.
Leibniz Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
The IZW is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to developing the scientific basis for novel approaches to wildlife conservation. We study the adaptability and resilience of wildlife to global change, with the goal to develop novel concepts, tools and intervention methods for conservation.
Senckenberg – Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN)
It is the goal of Senckenberg’s research to gain a better understanding of the earth system. For almost 200 years, the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN) has explored the “System Earth.” The integrative approach of this “geobiodiversity research” places the role of biodiversity in the entire earth system at the center of its focus. The research projects at the institute investigate the interconnections that exist between the biosphere and the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere and the solid earth.
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) is one of the major centers for research in global economic affairs, economic policy advice and economic education. The Institute regards research into potentially innovative solutions to urgent problems of the world economy as its main task. On the basis of this research work, it advises decision makers in politics, the economy and society, and keeps the interested public informed on important matters of economic policy. As a portal to world economic research, it manages a broadly cast network of national and international experts, whose research work flows directly or indirectly into the Kiel Institute‘s research and advisory activities. The Kiel Institute attaches particular value to economic education and further training and closely co-operates with the world‘s largest library in the economic and social sciences.
Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center conducts basic research with a focus on problems of modern societies in a globalized world. The research is theory-based, problem-oriented, often long-term and mostly based on international comparisons.
