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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. Researchers from the natural and social sciences work together to generate interdisciplinary insights and to provide society with sound information for decision making.
PIK was founded in 1992 and is a non-profit organization. The constitutional organs are the General Meeting, the Board of Trustees, the Management Board and the Scientific Advisory Board. PIK currently has around 280 employees. PIK is a member of the Leibniz Association and is funded to a roughly equal extent by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Brandenburg. In 2016, the institute received around 11.7 million euros in institutional funding. Additional project funding from external sources amounted to around 10.4 million euros. Research at PIK is organized in four interdisciplinary Research Domains.
The Executive Staff, Administration and IT-Services support the scientific activities.
Research Domains:
- Earth System Analysis
- Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities
- Sustainable Solutions
- Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods