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FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure is one of the large infrastructure institutions in Germany and member of the Leibniz Association.
  • Profile
  • Mission
  • Mission Statement
  • Sustainability
  • Management
  • Organizational Chart
  • Institutions and Boards
  • Annual Reports
  • Working for FIZ Karlsruhe
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  • Open Access Policy
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  • Anti-corruption policy
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Profile

By “information infrastructure” we mean the entire set of content, technologies, methods, processes, and associated services that make it possible to generate, distribute, and maintain knowledge. The information infrastructure is part of the research infrastructure; it is becoming increasingly important in the course of the digital transformation of science.

With our activities, we contribute significantly to the information infrastructure: We provide information to researchers in science and industry worldwide. To this end, we develop very large volumes of patent and research information from a wide variety of sources. For precise research and intelligent analysis of these data, we develop and operate innovative information services and e-research solutions, e.g. for research data management and digital preservation.

We advise our customers so that they can use our services competently and efficiently.

The first priority for us is the quality of our services. In order to maintain and further develop their high level, we conduct research with a focus on new methods of text and data mining and semantic analysis.

Our unique selling proposition: We are a large company in the SME sector and generate significant revenues on the international information market with our products and services. We combine the neutrality, independence and reliability of a public institution with the professionalism of a service provider who has been internationally successful for decades. We see ourselves as a partner for science, industry and politics.

FIZ Brochure (PDF)

Mission

Our public mission is to provide scientists and researchers all over the globe with scientific information, to develop the appropriate products and services, and to conduct applied research. Accordingly, we are dedicated to strengthening knowledge transfer in Germany and abroad, fostering innovation, and supporting collaboration in science and research.

Current PDF version of the Articles of Association

Articles of Association – status: 28.07.2017 (PDF)

Mission Statement

Mission Statement

Our Vision, our Mission, our Values.
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Sustainability

FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure is committed to the basic principles of sustainability: the responsible treatment of employees and material resources. In this sense, we manage our institute and company in accordance with the recommendations of the PCGK (section 5.5). We have been applying the Public Corporate Governance Code (PCGK) of the German federal government since 2010. It contains the most important provisions in accordance with internationally and nationally recognized standards of good and responsible, and thus also sustainable, corporate governance. Once a year, the Supervisory Board and the Management jointly submit the Corporate Governance Report.

Our guiding principles:

  • Sustainability in organizational development: sustainable development, i.e. development that is effective in the longer term, in structures, procedures and control processes
  • Sustainability in research and development processes: We research, develop and operate methods, processes and services for a sustainable information infrastructure. We treat the environment and its resources with care.
  • Sustainability of human resources management: equal opportunities, appreciation of diversity, and compatibility of work and caring responsibilities.
  • Sustainability management in the operation of buildings and infrastructures as well as with regard to procurement and mobility.

FIZ Karlsruhe - We follow sustainable paths
As an institute of the Leibniz Association, we are guided by the Leibniz Association's guiding principle of sustainability and have anchored the topic of sustainability in our mission statement.

An important step towards sustainable corporate development was realized with the company agreement "Future Work". Employees have the option of working up to 80 percent of their working hours on a mobile basis. In this way, we promote and support the compatibility of work, family, and caring duties, and at the same time contribute to reducing environmentally harmful emissions caused by commuting to work. Since 2016, FIZ Karlsruhe has been certified by the "berufundfamilie" audit.

The topic of "sustainability management in the operation of buildings and infrastructures, procurement, and mobility" continues to accompany us: In 2022, we fundamentally revised our procurement regulations and expanded them to include important sustainability aspects. We have also developed further in terms of mobility and since 2022 have offered the option of leasing bicycles via FIZ Karlsruhe.

Sustainability Officer
FIZ Karlsruhe has created the function of a sustainability officer in its organizational structure as of January 1, 2023, and has established a separate position in the management staff for this purpose. The sustainability officer will develop a sustainability concept tailored to FIZ Karlsruhe and develop and continuously support the corresponding strategy for implementation in everyday work. Internally, she will act as the central contact person on the subject of sustainability and will be responsible for sustainability reporting at the corporate level.

The goal is to firmly anchor the idea of sustainability at FIZ Karlsruhe and to establish it as a decisive decision-making criterion in all processes and projects.

FIZ Karlsruhe has created the function of a sustainability officer in its organizational structure as of January 1, 2023.

Contact
Micaela Münter
Phone: +49 7247 808 469
nachhaltigkeit [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Management

Sabine Brünger-Weilandt

President & CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe
Phone:
+49 7247 808 102
+49 7247 808 102
s.bruenger-weilandt [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Thomas Bausenwein

Head Service Development & Operations
Phone:
+49 7247 808 342
+49 7247 808 342
thomas.bausenwein [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Prof. Dr. Franziska Boehm

Vice President Intellectual Property Rights
Phone:
+49 7247 808 401
+49 7247 808 401
franziska.boehm [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de
Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Nadine Lambert

Head of Human Resources/Facility Management
Phone:
+49 7247 808 245
+49 7247 808 245
nadine.lambert [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de
portrait photo

Matthias Razum

Vice President e-Research
Phone:
+49 7247 808 457
+49 7247 808 457
matthias.razum [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Silke Rehme

Vice President Subject Specific Services
Phone:
+49 7247 808 351
+49 7247 808 351
silke.rehme [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Hans-Jürgen Rudolph

Vice President IT-Systems & Data Networks
Phone:
+49 7247 808 342
+49 7247 808 342
h.-j.rudolph [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Prof. Dr. Harald Sack

Vice President Information Service Engineering
Phone:
+49 7247 808 195
+49 7247 808 195
harald.sack [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de
Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Andreas Schwartz

Vice President Administration
Phone:
+49 7247 808 547
+49 7247 808 547
andreas.schwartz [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Dr. Rainer Stuike-Prill

Senior Vice President Patent & Scientific Information
Phone:
+49 7247 808 112
+49 7247 808 112
rainer.stuike-prill [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Organizational Chart

Link to Organizational Chart (PDF)

Organizational Chart with Organizational Units and Fields of Work/Research (PDF)

Institutions and Boards

The Shareholders Representative Board

The Shareholders Representative Board decides, among other things, on the approval of the annual financial account, the selection and appointment of the auditor as well as the appointment and dismissal of the President & CEO and the Supervisory Board.
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The Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board monitors the Management’s activities with respect to legality, expediency and economic efficiency.
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The Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory Board offers advice to the Supervisory Board and the Management in all professional, scientific and political matters.
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The President & CEO

The President & CEO runs the business and represents FIZ Karlsruhe externally.
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Annual Reports

Photo, FIZ Karlsruhe Building, © Daniel Vieser

Annual Reports

Our annual reports concisely present relevant facts and figures. We describe key projects in more detail and provide insights into the work of our employees.
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FIZ Karlsruhe as an employer

Working for FIZ Karlsruhe

FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure is a modern and family-friendly employer with an international team of employees.
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Chancengleichheit

Foto, Arbeitsplatz bei FIZ Karlsruhe, © Daniel Vieser

Chancengleichheit

Chancengleichheit ist im Leitbild von FIZ Karlsruhe als Grundwert verankert und ein zentraler Anspruch in der täglichen Arbeit.
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Leibniz Association

Logo Leibniz Association

FIZ Karlsruhe is one of the institutes of the Leibniz Association. The Leibniz Association connects 97 independent research institutions that range in focus from the natural, engineering and environmental sciences via economics, spatial and social sciences to the humanities. Leibniz Institutes address issues of social, economic and ecological relevance. 

Good scientific practice

FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure has anchored integrity as a value in its mission statement. As a scientifically working institution, we consider scientific integrity and good scientific practice  a responsibility of both our institute and all our employees - and we undertake to comply with the corresponding standards. Our guideline is intended as an institute-specific specification of the "Leibniz Code of Good Scientific Practice" and the "Guideline for Good Scientific Practice within the Leibniz Association".

PDF version of our standards of good scientific practice

On 19th June 2023 Dr. Diana Dimitrova was elected as ombudsperson, Dr. Heike Fliegl as her deputy. 

Photo Diana Dimitrova

Contact

Dr. Diana Dimitrova
Telefon +49 7247 808-154
diana.dimitrova [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Photo Heike Fliegl

Dr. Heike Fliegl
Telefon +49 7247 808-439
heike.fliegl [at] fiz-karlsruhe.de

Open Access Policy

Open Access stands for unrestricted and free access to quality-assured scientific information on the Internet. By removing technical, financial and legal barriers, Open Access helps to accelerate scientific innovation processes and improve the visibility of research results.

We encourage our scientists to publish research results in accordance with the Open Access principle.

Complete PDF version of our Open Access Policy – status August 2021

Research data policy

Research data are data generated in the course of scientific projects, e.g., through observations, experiments, simulations, surveys, interviews, source research, recordings, digitization, evaluations. Algorithms and (research) software are also included. Research data management begins with the planning of a project and ends only after the deletion of the data after an appropriate holding period.

Where legally and ethically possible, research data should be published in suitable repositories and offered for subsequent use for reasons of transparency, traceability, and connectivity of research. FIZ Karlsruhe supports the FAIR and CARE principles in this regard.

PDF version of our complete Research Data Policy, as of August 2022

Anti-corruption policy

Corruption can cause considerable financial and intangible damage in companies and public institutions alike. This is hardly measurable and has a major impact. Preventing and combating corruption is therefore a high priority. The federal government's "Public Corporate Governance Code" (PCGK) emphasizes the prevention of corruption as a central task of management. The application of the PCGK is stipulated in the articles of association of FIZ Karlsruhe.

Since June 2013, FIZ Karlsruhe has had its own anti-corruption guideline. It is the basis for the protection and sensitization of all employees and at the same time a guide to action and assistance in combating corruption. An anti-corruption officer was already appointed as a central contact in April 2012.

Our anti-corruption policy as of May 2023 (PDF)

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The employees of FIZ Karlsruhe work at two locations in Germany and at a subsidiary in the USA.
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