Organisation

The IRS investigates the interactions between social change and the transformation of spaces. It conducts solution-oriented research in dialog with politics and civil society in order to promote the sustainable development of villages, cities and regions and to alleviate socio-spatial inequality.

Research and transfer at the IRS are based on the interdisciplinary expertise of scientists from the specialist disciplines of economic and social geography, political science, sociology, planning science, history and the history of art and architecture. The scientific work at the IRS is supported by two central areas: Administration and Research Support and Communication.

As a non-university research institute and member of the Leibniz Association the IRS is scientifically independent. The basic funding is made by grants from the federal state of Brandenburg together with the federal government.