Our Mission
- To understand the biodiversity of life on Earth in its complexity, functions, and interactions with people;
- To develop scientific knowledge for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, together with the international scientific community and society;
- To advance the field of integrative biodiversity research, through scholarly contributions, education, capacity building, and the promotion of early-career researchers.
“Biodiversity is more than the sum of all plants and animals, and it is more than an abstract concept. Biodiversity is the fabric of life that sustains us all. The better we understand biodiversity, the better we safeguard our own well-being.”
iDiv’s Partners and Funders
Founded in 2012 with a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), iDiv has grown to include nearly 300 employees and 170 members within its wider consortium.
Here, professors, postdoctoral, and doctoral researchers, work alongside management staff, to move biodiversity research forward.
iDiv is largely supported by Central Germany’s three states: Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Saxony. Their three universities in Halle, Jena, and Leipzig, run the research centre in cooperation with the UFZ.
What Does the ‘i’ in iDiv Stand For?
The ‘i’ in iDiv stands for integration: By bringing together different research approaches, iDiv scientists can better answer questions about how biodiversity is changing at different scales and levels of complexity.
Integration also promotes ongoing collaboration and knowledge exchange between scientists across disciplines and at the interface between policy and society. This is how we ensure our research makes an impact.
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