People

Employees

More than 150 people work in research and in the research-supporting infrastructure at the ZZF Potsdam. By far the largest area of the ZZF is research, with around 115 scientists.

Of the 103 people directly employed at the ZZF (as of 31 December 2023), 53 are women. In addition to the salaried employees, 67 other people financed through other means, like scholarships, work at or are affiliated with the ZZF, including 41 doctoral students, 18 researchers and a number of guest researchers.

Student assistants support the scientific and non-scientific staff in the areas of research, administration, infrastructure and management. Interns also regularly work in the research departments. For some time now, it has also been possible to complete an academic traineeship at the ZZF in Department III: Media and Information Society and in the Public History department.

 

FELLOWS

In addition, the ZZF hosts researchers from Germany and abroad on various fellowships each year. The period varies from one month to over a year. In 2023, the ZZF hosted 27 fellows from Western and Eastern Europe, the USA and Germany.