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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.
  • Our Profile
  • Our Mission
  • Mission Statement
  • Management
  • Organizational Chart
  • Institutions and Boards
  • Leibniz Association
  • Locations
  • Working for FIZ Karlsruhe
  • Milestones
  • Our Open Access Policy
  • Our research data policy
  • Our standards of good scientific practice
  • Equal opportunity
  • Gender-friendly language

Our 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)

Our 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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Management

Sabine Brünger-Weilandt

President & CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe
Phone:
+49 7247 808 101
+49 7247 808 101
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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Leibniz Association

Logo Leibniz Association

FIZ Karlsruhe is one of the institutes of the Leibniz Association. The Leibniz Association connects 96 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. 

Where to find us

Locations

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

Milestones

Our products and services have paved the way for digitization and continue to do so. We have accompanied and promoted the digitization process throughout the more than 40 years of our our history, and we will continue to contribute our ideas and to research into innovative solutions in order to respond to the requirements of scientists. The “Milestones” timeline chronologically presents our interim goals in a wider context.

Our 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

Our 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

Our standards of 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, as of September 2022

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity is anchored in the mission statement of FIZ Karlsruhe and a fundamental value in our corporate culture. It is a central claim in the daily work of our institute. We understand equal opportunity to mean all measures aimed at equalizing the living situations of male and female employees as well as those of employees with a different gender identity.

PDF of FIZ Karlsruhe’s equal opportunity policy statement as of March 2022

Gender-friendly language

Equality is a central requirement in the daily work of FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. Gender-neutral language is an important element of equality, because language shapes reality and influences our perception.

FIZ Karlsruhe has prepared this guide for German publications:

Gendergerechte Sprache (PDF)

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