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Description

This talk offers an overview of the most important institutions of the German science system. Germany offers an unusually differentiated landscape of research and teaching institutions: universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university institutions, affiliated institutes, research museums and libraries, etc. All of these institutions differ in their tasks, organization, financial resources and have different functions in the science system. In addition, research funding institutions and science policy have a strong influence on these institutions. The principle of academic freedom and the ideas of "New Public Management" must also be taken into account in order to gain a deep understanding of the academic system.

The lecture aims to provide an overview of this complex system and a presentation of its systemic interrelationships. By presenting the historical differentiation of the German science system since 1945, the special situation and unusual diversity of institutions in the context of federalism will be presented in an easily comprehensible and entertaining way.