LeibnizCampus

Leibniz ScienceCampus “Multiscale Challenges: from Astrophysics to Climate Models”

The Senate of the Leibniz Association approved funding for a new Leibniz ScienceCampus, “Multiscale Challenges: from Astrophysics to Climate Models” on March 24, 2026. The Campus will be jointly funded by the participating Leibniz institutes, the Leibniz Association, the University of Potsdam, and the state of Brandenburg, with a total budget of 4.12 million euros.

Under the leadership of the AIP, the Campus is being established in close collaboration with the University of Potsdam as well as the participating Leibniz institutes — the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics. Additional partners include the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, and the German Center for Astrophysics. The initiative will be coordinated by Prof. Dr. Christoph Pfrommer (AIP), who serves as a spokesman together with Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich from University of Potsdam.

 

Period: Approved in 2026; funding started October 2026