WZB Berlin Social Science Center

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; it is characterized by multidisciplinary cooperation, international comparison, and transnational perspectives. Important research topics include: • education, training and labor market • social inequality and problems of the welfare state • markets, behavior and institutions • innovation and science policy • democracy, rule of law and conflict • migration and integration. Around 160 German and international researchers work at the WZB, including economists, sociologists, political scientists, and legal scholars, historians and psychologists. Research results are published for the scientific community as well as for experts in politics, business, the media and civic organizations. As a non-university research institute, the WZB is member of the Leibniz-Association. The WZB closely cooperates with Berlin universities. Its research directors also hold chairs at universities in Berlin and beyond. The WZB was founded in 1969 by members of the German parliament from all parties. The WZB is funded by the Federal government and the state of Berlin.