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Participating Institutions

Four university centres and seven non-university institutions foster a collaborative research environment based on interdisciplinary work.

Founded in 1409, Leipzig University (LU) is among the oldest in Europe, and it is one of the country’s leading universities when it comes to top-class research.

Prof. Dr. Eva Inés Obergfell

Rector

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Prof. Dr. Claudia Becker

Rector

With a 500-year-old tradition, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU Halle) offers a wide range of academic subjects in the areas of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and medicine.

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The Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) is one of the world’s leading research in environmental issues. Its research focuses on understanding the consequences of human actions on the environment and developing options for social decision-making processes.

Prof. Dr. Rolf Altenburger

Scientific Director

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Prof. Dr. Maren Röger

Director

Located in Leipzig, the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) is among the leading institutes examining the history and culture of  the region between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic seas from the Early Middle Ages to the present. 

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The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI) conducts research across multiple eras of Jewish lifeworlds and emigration processes.

Prof. Dr. Yfaat Weiss

Director

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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lentz

Director

The Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) is concerned with spatial structures in Europe, as well as with the theoretical and historical foundations of regional geography.

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Founded in 1997, the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Evolutionary Anthropology is a top institution for the investigation of the history of humankind using comparative analysis of genes, cultures, cognitive abilities, languages, and social systems.

Prof. Dr. Svante Pääbo

Managing Director

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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn

Managing Director

The Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Geoanthropology examines multiple crises related to climate change, biodiversity crisis, overexploitation of natural resources, and sustainable persistence of human communities.

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One of the world’s leading centres for research in sociocultural anthropology, the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Social Anthropology focuses on anthropological theory and the observation of global multiplicity.

Prof. Dr. Ursula Rao

Director

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