Organization
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PIK was founded in 1992 and is a non-profit organization. The constitutional organs are the General Meeting, the Board of Trustees, the Management Board and the Scientific Advisory Board. PIK currently has 300 employees.
PIK is a member of the Leibniz Association and funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Brandenburg in about equal shares. In 2010, the institute received circa 9.4 million Euro institutional funding and 1.5 million Euro from the German Federal Government's economic stimulus packages and the European regional development fund ERDF. Additional project funding from external sources amounted to 8.1 million Euro.
Research at PIK is organized in four interdisciplinary Research Domains. The Executive Staff, Administration and IT-Services support the scientific activities.
Research Domains:
Earth System Analysis
Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities
Sustainable Solutions
Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods
