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SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURALSCIENCES

Research
in Germany

Researchin Germany

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SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

PREFACE
This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the field of social andbehavioural sciences and is especially recommended to early career researchers fromabroad.
Social and behavioural research in Germany is primarily conducted at universities but
also at non-university research institutions. Almost all universities host a social andbehavioural research section; many universities of applied sciences have research
capacity for business administration. The spectrum ranges from small monothematic
working groups to large interdisciplinary departments and covers a variety of topics
from traditional areas to new explorative research fields.
This brochure is intended to give an initial overview. The following map and tables
highlight research consortia and graduate training programmes at universities and nonuniversity research institutes with a main focus on social and/or behavioural sciences.
On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude ofindividual projects in the area of social and behavioural sciences. These individual
grants outweigh the research consortia both in number and in overall funding volume.
Towards the end of this brochure, you will find a link to the online database GEPRIS
that provides an overview of all DFG funded research projects. You will also findadditional important links for further information about programmes in the field of social
and behavioural sciences and profiles of German universities and research institutions.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer andwelcome your feedback.

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OVERVIEW

Kiel
Rostock

Hamburg
BremenBerlinHannoverMünster

Braunschweig

PotsdamErknerBielefeld

DortmundGöttingen

BochumEssen

Halle/Saale
Leipzig

Düsseldorf
CologneMarburg

Bonn

Trier

GießenLeibniz Graduate Schools

International Research Training Groups

International Max Planck
Research Schools

Integrated Research Training Groups in
Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios
Centres for Advanced Studies in the
Humanities and Social SciencesFrankfurt/Main

Mainz

Saarbrücken
Research Training Groups

Bamberg
Mannheim
Heidelberg

OthersClusters of Excellence

PassauTübingen

Leibniz Institutes
Max Planck Institutes

Dresden

Jena

MunichFreiburg
Konstanz

Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios
DFG funded Priority Programmes and Research Units are not shown on the map since they are notnecessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 13, 14 and 19.
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CENTRES OF RESEARCH- funded by dfg Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen
the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive
fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career
researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive
between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, startingin 2019. A second seven-year period is possible.
Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established atuniversities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programmecrossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The
traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university
and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key
objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers
may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework ofan Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded
for a period of up to 12 years.
Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities
collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of thecooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint
research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among theparticipating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use ofresources. There is also the option of international Transregios.

CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Title

Funded Since

Contact

CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinContestations of the Liberal
Script (SCRIPTS) (EXC 2055)

2019

www.scripts-berlin.eu

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Science of Intelligence(EXC 2002)

2019

www.
scienceofintelligence.
deECONtribute: Markets &Public Policy (EXC 2126)

2019

http://selten.institute/econtribute

The Politics of Inequality:
Perceptions, Participation
and Policies (EXC 2035)

2019

www.exc.unikonstanz.de/en/
inequality

Technische
Universität Berlin
BonnRheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

CologneUniversität zu Köln

Konstanz

Universität Konstanz

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinAffective Societies –Dynamics of Social
Coexistence in Mobile
Worlds (CRC 1171)

2015

www.sfb-affectivesocieties.de

BerlinTechnische
Universität Berlin

Re-Figuration of Spaces(CRC 1265)

2018

https://sfb1265.de

BochumRuhr-Universität
BochumExtinction Learning(CRC 1280)

2017

https://forschung.ruhruni-bochum.de/en/
sfb-1280

Universität Bremen

Global Dynamics of Social
Policy (CRC 1342)

2017

www.
socialpolicydynamics.
de/enUniversität zu Köln

Prominence in Language(CRC 1252)

2017

http://sfb1252.unikoeln.de

Universität zu Köln

Our Way to Europe:
Culture-Environment
Interaction and Human
Mobility in the Late
Quaternary (CRC 806)

2009

www.sfb806.unikoeln.de

DortmundTechnische
Universität Dortmund

Statistical Modelling of
Nonlinear Dynamic
Processes (CRC 823)

2009

www.statistik.tudortmund.de/sfb823.
html

DresdenTechnische
Universität Dresden

Volition and Cognitive
Control: Mechanisms,
Modulators andDysfunctions (CRC 940)

2012

www.sfb940.deBremenCologneCologne>8

Institution

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

CENTRES OF RESEARCH

Institution

Title

Heinrich HeineUniversität
Düsseldorf

The Structure ofRepresentations in
Language, Cognition, andScience (CRC 991)

2011

Universität Leipzig

Processes of Spatialization
under the Global Condition(CRC 1199)

2016

http://cas.sozphil.unileipzig.de/research/collaborativeresearch-centre-sfb1199-processes-ofspatialization-underthe-global-condition

Universität
Mannheim

Political Economy of Reforms(CRC 884)2010

http://reforms.unimannheim.de

Universität Potsdam;

Limits of Variability in
Language: Cognitive,
Grammatical, and Social
Aspects (CRC 1287)

2017

www.uni-potsdam.
de/en/sfb1287

Saarbrücken

Universität desSaarlandes

Information Density and
Linguistic Encoding(CRC 1102)

2014

www.sfb1102.unisaarland.de

Tübingen

Eberhard-KarlsUniversität Tübingen

Threatened Order – Societies
under Stress (CRC 923)

2006

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/collaborative-researchcenters/sfb-923.html

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

The Construction of
Meaning: The Dynamics andAdaptivity of Linguistic
Structures (CRC 833)

2009

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/collaborative-researchcenters/sfb-833.html

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Düsseldorf

Leipzig

Mannheim
Potsdam

Funded Since

Contactwww.sfb991.uniduesseldorf.de

Location

Institution

Title

GießenJustus-LiebigUniversität Gießen

Cardinal Mechanisms ofPerception: Prediction,
Valuation, Categorization(TRR 135)

Marburg

Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Funded Since
2013

Contactwww.allpsych.unigiessen.de/sfb

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Bonn

Rheinische Friedrich
Wilhelms-Universität
Bonn

CologneUniversität zu Köln

Bonn

Rheinische Friedrich
Wilhelms-Universität
Bonn

Mannheim> 10

Universität
Mannheim

Rationality and Competition:
The Economic Performanceof Individuals and Firms(TRR 190)2017https://rationalityand-competition.de

Future Rural Africa:
Future-Making andSocial-EcologicalTransformation (TRR 228);2017

www.crc228.deEconomic Perspectives onSocietal Challenges: Equalityof Opportunity, Market
Regulation, and Financial
Stability (TRR 224)2017

www.crctr224.de/en

11 <RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg Research Units (FOR) often contribute to establishing new research directions. Research
Units are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project
which is often of an interdisciplinary nature. Research Units consist of several researchersand subprojects. The subprojects of a Research Unit are often located at several
locations throughout Germany. Research Units are generally funded for up to six years.
Research Units are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the thematic focus and the
project websites are listed.

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RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Constructing Scenarios of the Past: A New Framework
in Episodic Memory (FOR 2812)

2018https://for2812.rub.de

Multi-sectoral regional microsimulation model(MikroSim) (FOR 2559)

2018

www.uni-due.de/soziologie/
schnell_foschung_mikrosim.php

Emerging grammars in language contact situations: A
comparative approach (FOR 2537)

2018

www.uni-potsdam.de/de/dspdg/
projekte/rueg.html

Facilitation of Diagnostic Competences in SimulationBased Learning Environments in Higher Education(FOR 2385)

2017

www.en.for2385.uni-muenchen.de

Law – Gender – Collectivity: Processes ofStandardization, Categorization and Generating
Solidarity (FOR 2265)

2017

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/259250500

Overlapping Spheres of Authority and Interface
Conflicts in the Global Order (FOR 2409)

2016

www.osaic.eu/project

The Dynamics of Risk – Perception and Behavior in
the Context of Mental and Physical Health(RISKDYNAMICS) (FOR 2374)

2016

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/pr
www.sfb991.uni-duesseldorf.deojekt/273711585

Spoken Morphology: Phonetics and Phonology ofComplex Words (FOR 2373)

2015

www.spoken-morphology.hhu.de

Active Perception (FOR 2293)

2015

www.for2293.uni-muenchen.de

Crossing the Borders: The Interplay of Language,
Cognition, and the Brain in Early Human
Development (FOR 2253)

2015

https://crossing-project.de/Organized Creativity – Practices for Inducing and
Coping with Uncertainty (FOR 2161)

2015

www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/forschung/organized-creativity

Questions at the Interfaces (FOR 2111)

2015

https://typo.uni-konstanz.de/questionsInterfaces

Relativity in Social Cognition: Antecedents andConsequences of Comparative Thinking (FOR 2150)

2014

http://soccco.uni-koeln.de/research-unit.html

Needs-Based Justice and Distribution Procedures(FOR 2104)

2014

http://bedarfsgerechtigkeit.hsu-hh.
de/aktuelles/forschergruppeverlaengert

Urban Ethics: Conflicts about the Good and Proper
Conduct of Life in 20th and 21st Century Cities(FOR 2101)

2014

www.en.urbane-ethiken.unimuenchen.de

Selecting Personnel for Key Societal Roles (FOR 1664)

2014

www.geschichte.uni-frankfurt.
de/53149801/FOR_PE_p (DE)Marketing of Hedonic Media Products in the Age of
Digital Social Media (FOR 1452)

2014

www.bwl.uni-hamburg.de/en/
fg1452.html

International Public Administration: The Emergenceand Development of Administrative Patterns and their
Effects on International Policy-Making (FOR 1745)2013

http://ipa-research.com

13 <RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Un/doing Differences. Practices in Human
Differentiation (FOR 1939)

2012www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/undoingdifferences-e

Psychoeconomics. Interacting Decision Processes andTheir Consequences for Economic Performance(FOR 1882)

2012

www.zu.de/lehrstuehle/swp/
dfg_psychoecon_index.php

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CENTRES FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES- funded by dfg Centres for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (FOR) areoutstanding centres of humanities and social sciences research and are headed byexperienced and well-established researchers. The Centres achieve their specific profiles
and attractiveness by deliberately adopting comparatively open-ended approaches or a
decidedly experimental character. No thematic focus is prescribed.
The key characteristics for Centres of Advanced Studies are intensive independent
research made possible, where applicable, through (partial) leaves of absence for the
responsible scholars, a fellow programme for visiting researchers, both national andinternational, and the integration of early career researchers.
Centres for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences are generally
funded for up to eight years. Visiting researchers are invited for up to two years.

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CENTRES FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

The International Rule of Law– "Rise or Decline"(FOR 2235)

2014

www.kfg-intlaw.de

Universität Hamburg

Futures of Sustainability:
Modernization,
Transformation, Control(FOR 2769)

2018

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/392769165

Friedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

Landnahme, Acceleration,
Activation. Dynamics and(De)stabilisation of Modern
Growth Societies(FOR 1642)

2011

www.kollegpostwachstum.de

Universität Leipzig

Multiple Secularities –Beyond the West, beyond
Modernities (FOR 2344)

2015

www.multiplesecularities.de

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Words, Bones, Genes, Tools:
Tracking Linguistic, Cultural
and Biological Trajectories ofthe Human Past (FOR 2237)

2014

www.
wordsandbones.
uni-tuebingen.de

Hamburg

Jena

Leipzig

Tübingen17 <PRIORITY PROGRAMMES- funded by dfg Priority Programmes (SPP) have a programmatic focus and have the purpose ofadvancing knowledge in an emerging field of research through collaborative networked
support.
They are characterised by their enhanced quality of research through the use of new
methods and forms of collaboration in emerging fields. One programme can consist of
up to 30 individual researchers and subprojects located at several institutions acrossGermany; it usually has one coordinating person. Priority Programmes normally receive
funding for a period of six years.
Priority Programmes are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the overall themes
and the project website are listed.

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PRIORITY PROGRAMMES
Title

Funded Since

Contact

The Active Self (SPP 2134)

2018

www.uni-muenchen.de/forschung/news/2017/paulus_
dfgschwerpunkt.html

Intentional Forgetting in Organizations (SPP 1921);

2016

www.spp1921.deExperience and Expectation. Historical Foundationsof Economic Behaviour (SPP 1859)2015

www.experience-expectation.de

Human Performance under Multiple Cognitive Task
Requirements: From Basic Mechanisms to Optimized
Task Scheduling (SPP 1772)2015

www.spp1772.uni-freiburg.de

The German Labor Market in a Globalized World:
Challenges through Trade, Technology, and
Demographics (SPP 1764)

2014

www.zew.de/en/forschung/coordination-priority-programmethe-german-labour-market-in-aglobalised-world-challengesthrough-trade-technology-anddemographics-spp-1764

Xprag.de: New Pragmatic Theories Based onExperimental Evidence (SPP 1726)

2014

www.xprag.deFinancial Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic
Performance (SPP 1578)

2012

www.dfg-spp1578.de

Education as a Lifelong Process: Analysing Data of
the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)(SPP 1646)

2012

https://spp1646.neps-data.de

New Frameworks of Rationality (SPP 1516)

2011

www.spp1516.de

Adaptation and Creativity in Africa – Technologies
and Significations in the Production of Order andDisorder (SPP 1448)

2011

www.spp1448.de

19 <NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONSNON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

Institution

Contact
LEIBNIZ INSTITUTESThe Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 93 research institutes. The annual
budget amounts to 1.93 billion euros. Some 9,800 researchers – approximately 20% ofthem from abroad – work on a widely diverse range of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences, mathematics, natural andengineering sciences and environmental research. www.leibniz-association.eu
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of Germany’s largest
independent non-profit research organisations. The Max Planck Society has been
allocated approximately 1.7 billion euros for 2018. A combined total of 15,600
researchers, postdoctoral/junior researchers and visiting researchers at 84 Max Planck
Institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences
and humanities. One third of the researchers and more than half of the junior andvisiting researchers come from abroad. www.mpg.de> 20

Bamberg

Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi)

www.lifbi.de

BerlinThe German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)

www.diw.de/en

BerlinSocial Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

www.wzb.eu/en

BerlinLeibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)

www.zas.gwz-berlin.de

Bonn

German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Center for
Lifelong Learning (DIE)

www.die-bonn.de raunB
schweig

Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research(GEI)www.gei.de/en

DortmundResearch Institute for Regional and Urban Development(ILS)

www.ils-research.de

Dresden

Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional
Development (IÖR)

www.ioer.de/1/homeErkner(Berlin)

Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)

https://leibniz-irs.de/en

Essen

Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (RWI)

http://en.rwi-essen.deFrankfurt/
Main

German Institute for International Educational Research(DIPF)

www.dipf.deFrankfurt/
Main

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

www.hsfk.deHalle/Saale

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition
Economies (IAMO)

www.iamo.de/en

Hamburg

GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies

www.giga-hamburg.
de/enHannoverAcademy for Spatial Research and Planning – Leibniz
Forum for Spatial Sciences (ARL)

www.arl-net.de

Kiel

German National Library for Economics – Leibniz
Information Centre for Economics

www.zbw.eu/en/

Kiel

Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education(IPN)

www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/en

Leipzig

Leibniz-Institut for Regional Geography (IfL)

www.ifl-leipzig.de/en.htmlMannheim

Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

www.zew.eu

Mannheim

Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)

www.gesis.org/en

Mannheim

Institute for the German Language

www1.ids-mannheim.
de (DE)

MunichIfo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the
University of Munichwww.cesifo-group.de/
ifoHome.html

Trier

Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information

www.zpid.de

21 <NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location
TübingenInstitution

Contact

Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)

www.iwm-tuebingen.de

MA X- PL ANCK- INSTITUTES
BerlinMax Planck Institute for Human Development

www.mpib-berlin.mpg.
de/en

Bonn

Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

www.coll.mpg.de

CologneMax Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)

www.mpifg.deFrankfurt/
Main

Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

www.aesthetics.mpg.
de/en.html

Frankfurt/
Main

Max Planck Institute for European Legal History

www.rg.mpg.de/en

Freiburg

Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International CriminalLaw

www.mpicc.de

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic
Diversitywww.mmg.mpg.deHalle/Saale

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

www.eth.mpg.de

Hamburg

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International
Private Law

www.mpipriv.de

Heidelberg

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law andInternational Law

www.mpil.de

Leipzig

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

www.eva.mpg.de

MunichMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain
Scienceswww.cbs.mpg.de/en

MunichMax Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy

www.mpisoc.mpg.de

MunichMax Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Financewww.tax.mpg.de

Rostock

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)

www.demogr.mpg.
de/enFrankfurt/
Main

Point Sud

http://pointsud.org

Frankfurt/
Main

Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)

http://safe-frankfurt.de

OTHERS> 22

23 <GRADUATE TRAINING- funded by dfg Research Training Groups (RTG) combine an ambitious research programme atuniversities with comprehensive training, tailored supervision and academic freedom toform an ideal environment for a successful doctorate. Research Training Groups can also
have an interdisciplinary approach. They are funded for a period of up to nine years.
International Research Training Groups (IRTG) provide opportunities for joint doctoral
training programmes between German universities and universities abroad. The researchand study programmes are jointly developed and supervised. Doctoral students in the
programme spend six months at the partner institution.
Integrated Research Training Groups (within Collaborative Research Centres/
Transregios) offer ideal research environments for doctoral researchers. The main aim ofthese structured training programmes is to provide young scientists and academics with
opportunities to independently carry out research at an early stage of their career. The
programmes further take care to closely integrate early career researchers into an
academic network. Working in Clusters of Excellence or Collaborative ResearchCentres projects, doctoral researchers achieve additional qualifications. As research
assistants in these projects, they contribute to the Research Centre’s success. They areclosely involved with the projects and have access to the entire project infrastructure.

GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution

BerlinTechnische
Universität Berlin

Funded Since

Contact

Innovation Society Today:
The Reflexive Creation ofNovelty (RTG 1672)

2012

www.innovation.
tu-berlin.de/v-menue/
graduiertenkolleg/
parameter/en

Universität Bielefeld

World Politics: The
Emergence of Political
Arenas and Modes ofObservation in World
Society (RTG 2225)

2017

www.uni-bielefeld.de/soz/iw/gk

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

The Macroeconomics ofInequality (RTG 2281)

2017

www.rtgmacroinequality.de

Düsseldorf

Heinrich-HeineUniversität Düsseldorf

Competition Economics(RTG 1974)2014www.dice.hhu.de/en/phd-programme/
graduate-programmecompetition-economicsdfg-grk-1974.html

Frankfurt/
Main

Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt

Nominal Modification(RTG 2016)2014

http://nominalmodification.deFrankfurt/
Main

Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt

Doing Transitions. The
Transformation of Transitions
over the Life Course(RTG 2105)

2017

www.doingtransitions.
org/en/Statistical Modeling in
Psychology (SMiP)(RTG 2277)2017

http://smip.unimannheim.deResource Efficiency inInterorganizational
Networks – Planning
Methods to Utilize
Renewable Resources(RTG 1703)

2012

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/485168.html

RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS

Bielefeld

Bonn

TübingenFreiburg

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen
Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Heidelberg

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Mainz

Universität KoblenzLandau

Mannheim

Universität
Mannheim

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Göttingen

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Title

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

25 <GRADUATE TRAININGGRADUATE TRAINING

Location

Institution

Title

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Understanding Social
Relationships (RTG 2070)

2015

www.uni-goettingen.
de/en/509586.html

Universität Hamburg

The Economics of theInternationalisation of theLaw (RTG 1597)

2010

www.jura.unihamburg.de/en/
einrichtungen/instituteseminare/institut-rechtoekonomik/lehre/
doktoranden
programme/
internationalesgraduiertenkolleg.html

Hamburg

HannoverLeipzig

Funded Since

Contact

Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz Universität
Hannover

Globalization andDevelopment (RTG 1723)

2012

www.glad.unihannover.de

Universität Leipzig

Interaction of Grammatical
Building Blocks (RTG 2011)2014

https://igra.philol.
uni-leipzig.de/en/
homepage/

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Transnational Social Support(TRANSSOS) (RTG 1474)

2008

Marburg

Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Expectation Maintenance vs.
Change in the Context of
Expectation Violations:
Connecting Different
Approaches (RTG 2271)

2017

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Trust and Communication
in a Digitized World(RTG 1712)

2012

www.uni-muenster.
de/GK-VertrauenKommunikation/en/
index.html

MunichTechnische
Universität München

Advanced Optimization in a
Networked Economy(AdONE) (GRK 2201)

2016

www.gs.tum.de/adone/start/

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Microeconomic Determinantsof Labor Productivity(RTG 1928)2013

www.grk1928.econ.
uni-muenchen.de

Universität Passau

Privacy. Forms, Functions,
Transformations (RTG 1681)

2012

www.privatheit.unipassau.de/en

Universität Rostock

DEUTUNGSMACHT Religion
und Belief Systems in
Deutungsmachtkonflikten(RTG 1887)

2014www.deutungsmacht.
uni-rostock.de/en

Münster

PassauRostock> 26

http://transsos.com/
phd-program.html
www.uni-marburg.de/
de/fb04/grk-2271

Location

Institution

Title

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Ambiguity – Production andPerception (RTG 1808)

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinFunded Since
2013

Contactwww.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/coreresearch/researchtraining-groups/
rtg-1808-ambiguityproduction-andperception.html

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS

Jerusalem(Israel)BerlinXiamen(China)GießenHuman Rights under Pressure– Ethics, Law and Politics(HR-UP) (IRTG 1879)

2014

www.hr-up.net

2013

www.wiwi.hu-berlin.
de/de/forschung/irtg

Xiamen University

High Dimensional Non
Stationary Time Series(IRTG 1792)

Justus-LiebigUniversität Gießen

The Brain in Action(IRTG 1901)

2013

www.uni-marburg.de/en/irtg1901

The Hebrew
University ofJerusalem
Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Marburg

Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Kingston(Canada)Queen‘s University

London(Canada)Western University

Toronto(Canada)York University

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRESCologneDüsseldorf

Universität zu Köln

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Our Way toEurope: Culture-Environment
Interaction and Human
Mobility in the Late
Quaternary (CRC 806)2009

http://sfb806irtg.
uni-koeln.de

Heinrich HeineUniversität Düsseldorf

Integrated Research Training
Group “SToRE” within: The
Structure of Representationsin Language, Cognition, andScience (CRC 991)

2011

www.sfb991.uniduesseldorf.de/en/
integrated-graduateprogram

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Location
Potsdam

Saarbrücken

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Title

Universität Potsdam;

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Limits of
Variability in Language:
Cognitive, Grammatical, andSocial Aspects (CRC 1287)

Funded Since
2017

Contactwww.uni-potsdam.
de/en/sfb1287

Universität desSaarlandes

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Information
Density and Linguistic
Encoding (CRC 1102)

2014

www.sfb1102.unisaarland.de

29 <GRADUATE TRAINING- at non - university research institutions Leibniz Graduate Schools were established to foster the systematic promotion ofjunior researchers. Young researchers are given the opportunity to do their doctorates
in an excellent, collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment. To this end,
Leibniz institutions cooperate closely with universities. As every Leibniz institution
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particular character of research at the institutions in the Leibniz Association, which
includes fundamental, large-scale and application-oriented research, means doctoralcandidates can conduct research from basic idea right through to application.
International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) offer talented German andinternational junior scientists the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent
research conditions. The research schools are established by one or several Max
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framework for the graduate students to work in, and is a great advantage ininterdisciplinary research projects, or in projects that require special equipment.

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GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Title

Contact
LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS

BerlinDIW Berlin Graduate Center

www.diw.de/en/
diw_01.c.467159.
en/graduate_center/home/home.html

Halle/Saale

IAMO Graduate Schoolwww.iamo.de/nc/
iamo/forschung/iamo-graduate-school.
html

Hamburg

Hamburg International Graduate School for the Study ofRegional Powers

www.regionalpowers.
org

Hamburg

Doctoral Program of the GIGA German Institute of Global andArea Studies

www.giga-hamburg.
de/en/dp

Marburg

Leibniz Graduate School for Empirical Research in Adult
Educationwww.lgs-ae.de/englishTübingen

Leibniz Graduate School for Knowledge Media Research

www.iwm-tuebingen.
de/www/en/
karriere/promotion

INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS)
BerlinIMPRS for Moral Economies of Modern Societies(IMPRS-MEMS)

www.mpib-berlin.
mpg.de/en/
research/researchschools/imprs-moraleconomies

BerlinIMPRS on the Life Course (LIFE)

www.imprs-life.mpg.
de/enCologneIMPRS on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy(IMPRS-SPCE)

http://imprs.mpifg.de

Freiburg

IMPRS for Comparative Criminal Law

www.imprs-cc.de (DE)

Leipzig

IMPRS on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure,and Plasticity

http://imprsneurocom.mpg.de/home

MunichIMPRS on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain
World (Uncertainty School)www.imprs.econ.
mpg.de31 <OPEN POSITIONSFURTHER INFORMATIONRESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, PROJECTS, FUNDING, CONTACTS

Research in Germany: www.research-in-germany.org/jobs
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Leibniz Society: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/karriere
Max Planck Society: www.mpg.de/jobboard

www.research-in-germany.org

The “Research in Germany” Portal: Information on research
and funding opportunities, academic and research-related
job portals, as well as advice on preparing a research
stay or initiating a collaboration with German researchorganisations. www.research-in-germany.org
German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online
database providing information about all current DFGfunded research projects and contact information for the
Principal Investigators. http://gepris.dfg.deGerman Research Institutions (GERiT): Information on morethan 25,000 institutes at German universities and nonuniversity research institutions, searchable by geographic
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Website of the DFG: Further background information about
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www.hrk.de/home (go to Research Map)
The Higher Education Compass: Information on Germany’s
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and who to contact locally.
www.hochschulkompass.de/en/higher-education-compass

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