Oldendorff Research Institute

The Oldendorff Research Institute was founded by the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences in June 2001. The institute fosters all the fundamental research in the faculty. By providing its research staff and visiting researchers with a congenial research environment and excellent opportunities, it promotes innovative and high-quality multi-disciplinary, multi-level and international research. Researchers from different fields like psychology, sociology, organizational sciences and methodology are accommodated in a professional way. The institute has grown very fast in the last five years. About 100 researchers, varying from full professor to postdoctoral fellow, are now registered as member of the staff of the institute.

The Oldendorff Research Institute also includes a Graduate School. Within the Graduate School a Master's program in Research is offered for very talented young students who wish to specialize for a career in academic research. The Graduate School also accommodates about 90 internal PhD students as well as about 200 external PhD students.

The institute is named after Antoine Oldendorff. Who was Antoine Oldendorff?