Berlin Institute for Population and Development
| Berlin Institute for Population and Development | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Foundation, endowment |
| founding | August 2000 |
| Seat | Berlin |
| purpose | Research on demographic changes |
| Managing directors | Catherina Hinz |
| sales | 578,393 euros (2018) |
| Employees | 10 (2018) |
| Website | www.berlin-institut.org |
The Berlin Institute for Population and Development is a third-party funded think tank that deals with global demographic changes. His main task is to prepare scientific findings for the public and for the political decision-making process as well as to develop concepts for solving demographic and development problems.
The institute was founded in August 2000 with start-up capital provided by the Falk and Marlene Reichenbach Foundation and is recognized as a non-profit foundation for promoting science and research . According to the statutes and funding code, the institute is politically independent and not confessional . It does not receive any public institutional funding and is financed through project grants, donations and research contracts. Sponsors and clients are u. a. the BMFSFJ , the European Commission , the Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), the GfK Nürnberg eV , the New Social Market Economy Initiative , the KfW Development Bank , the Körber Foundation , the Ministry of Inner Brandenburg, the Robert Bosch Foundation , the Erste Foundation , the World Bank and the Software AG Foundation .
organization
Catherina Hinz has been managing director and board member of the Berlin Institute for Population and Development since September 2019. In addition to the board of trustees, the institute also has a scientific advisory board.
Main focus of work and topics
The institute publishes studies, discussion papers and reports and prepares background papers . It operates an online manual on demographics and development and sends out an irregular newsletter. The publications revolve around the description of demographic change and its effects. Main topics are about
- Effects of demographic development in rural areas; Presentation of possibilities how the technical and social infrastructure can or must adapt in particularly shrinking regions.
- Development potential and demographic development in countries with high population growth; Development of strategies with which partners in development cooperation can ensure that these countries continue to develop in a demographically, socio-economically and ecologically compatible manner.
- Immigration and Integration.
According to its own statements, the aim of the foundation is to improve the public's perception of global demographic changes and the challenges associated with them, and thus to help cope with demographic change. Another goal is to prepare statistical data and existing research results and to present them in a way that is understandable for the general public. Publications of the institute are frequently mentioned and quoted in the media and employees appear as experts, especially on the topics of rural development and general demographic topics such as birth and population trends .
Publications (selection)
A full list is available on the institute's website.
- 2019
- Demographic change in the Berlin Institute. Articles on the farewell to Reiner Klingholz - online
- Contested terrain. The international resistance to the right to sexual self-determination - online
- (Gem) lonely city? Communities against social isolation in old age - online
- 2020
- On a mortal word. How the aging society wants to face death - online
- Fast, affordable, sustainable. How great leaps in development are possible in Africa - online
- Who already has a lot, is given more? Why the personal contribution to funding programs disadvantages structurally weak municipalities - online
Web links
- Website of the Berlin Institute
- Publications of the Berlin Institute in the catalog of the German National Library
- “Why should we panic?” - Interview with statistician Gerd Bosbach about manipulation in the demographic debate
- Albrecht Müller to the Institute for Population and Development ("a public relations institution")
- Criticism by Wolfgang Lieb (paragraph 15: "private opinion-forming institute")
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on funding on the website of the Berlin Institute. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Berlin Institute for Population and Development: Catherina Hinz. In: berlin-institut.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
- ^ The first ten years . Published by the Berlin Institute. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Strategic profile of the Berlin Institute . Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ Press review of the Berlin Institute . Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ Villages should shrink better . In: ZEIT Online. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ↑ Mother at 29: The first baby always comes later . In: Hamburger Abendblatt on December 9, 2014. Retrieved on April 19, 2015.
- ↑ Publications on the institute's website