The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) is conducting problem-oriented basic research on development capacity, versatility and adaptability of space and thus the spatial dimension of social action in local, national and international relations.
Research on society and space at IRS is based on the interdisciplinary expertise of the approximately 40 researchers of the disciplines economic and social geography, political sciences, social sciences, planning sciences, historical sciences as well as art history and architecture history.
