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Research Establishments

In Hannover, numerous research establishments are working in a great variety of disciplines. The city thus contains tremendous potential for quality research and international cooperation.

Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung  
Research into the spatial impacts of human activities in the economic, social, ecological and cultural spheres, and analyse the scope for sustainable spatial development

District Heating Institute in Hannover (FFI)  
Research: heat conductivity, district heating technology, metering and measurement technology, environmental research, soil mechanics and refrigeration technology. Services: quality assurance monitoring, advice and training

Eduard Pestel Institut für Systemforschung  
The Pestel Institute concerns itself with the modelling and simulation of dynamic systems.

European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working  
Promotion of collaborative research on the entire technology chain of sheet metal working

Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) – Institute of Animal Breeding  
The FAL carries out research in agriculture and associated sciences; it publishes the findings and cultivates national and international collaboration with scientists and establishments.

Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover  
Philosophy and cultural studies and natural sciences, and theology, ontology – advisory services, lectures, colloquia

Fraunhofer-Institut für Toxikologie und experimentelle Medizin ITEM  
Research foci: inhalation toxicology, environmental and health protection, research and applications of modern biotechnological methods, toxicological investigations

Geozentrum Hannover  
Geozentrum Hannover comprises the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, the State Agency for Mining, Energy and Geology and the Institute for Applied Geosciences.

German Institute of Rubber Technology  
Research into elastomer chemistry, elastomer physics, materials development and processing technology - Services: advice, commissioned research, initial and in-service training.

Hannover Centre for Production Technology (PZH)  
PZH brings together all the Leibniz University Hannover’s manufacturing technology institutes and their facilities, where more than 350 scientists and technicians from all fields of the natural and engineering sciences work with partners from industry.

Higher Education Information System (HIS)  
Development of standardised software, sociological surveys, planning, use and maintenance of higher education buildings, advisory services, training programmes

INI Hannover - International Neuroscience Institute  
The INI provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment facilities for diseases of the nervous system.

Institute for Applied Geosciences (GGA)  
Independent research establishment, funded by Federal and State Government, for applied earth sciences with a geophysical dimension

Institute for Federal Studies  
Federalism research and contemporary history of constitutional law – publications, consultancy, symposia, workshops and lectures

Institut für Bauforschung  
Research: economically viable planning and construction, construction physics, process technology and building materials. Services: research, advice, training and project development

IPH - Institute of Integrated Production Hannover  
Private sector, applications-oriented establishment – research and development, industrial consultancy, technology transfer, initial and in-service training

Kompetenzzentrum für Energieeffizienz  
To achieve the planned climate protection aims in the Hannover region the competence centre serves to intensify efforts of academe, research and teaching and link them with private sector business. Main foci are energy efficiency retrofitting, building technology, energy and plant technology and climate protection.

Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen e.V. (KFN)  
Independent interdisciplinary, praxis-oriented research institute focusing on criminology research and the transfer of findings in praxis, politics and the public sphere

Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)  
LZH links physics and engineering technology; close collaboration between manufacturing technicians, materials scientists and physicists create cross-disciplinary solutions to problems from all areas of laser applications.

Leibniz Editorial Center Hannover  
General office

Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) Teilinstitut Hannover  
Developmental biology, neurobiology – DNS sequencing, in-situ hybridisation, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy

Mittelstandsinstitut Niedersachsen e.V.  

Niedersächsisches Institut für Historische Regionalforschung e.V.  
Research and information on the history of regions, towns and villages, companies, associations and families in Lower Saxony

Niedersächsisches Institut für Peptidforschung GmbH (IPF)  
Preparative and analytical peptide chemistry, peptide synthesis, molecular biology and function analysis

Niedersächsisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (NIW)  
Independent economics research institute

Seismic Data Analysis Center  
Department of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources – constantly updated information on seismic occurrences in Germany and abroad, and on underground nuclear explosions.



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