Hamburg Institute for Social Research

Hamburg Institute for Social Research
Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung
AbbreviationHIS
Formation1984
FounderJan Philipp Reemtsma
TypeResearch institute
PurposeSocial research
Location
Coordinates53°34′09″N 9°59′41″E / 53.56920°N 9.99472°E / 53.56920; 9.99472
Director
Wolfgang Knöbl
Websitewww.his-online.de

The Hamburg Institute for Social Research (German: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung; abbreviated HIS) is an independent private foundation whose scholarship is focused on both contemporary history and the social sciences.[1] Founded in 1984 by Jan Philipp Reemtsma,[2] it currently employs about 50 people with roughly 50% working in the research fields of sociology and history. The institute publishes a bimonthly journal called Mittelweg 36 [de] and has its own publishing house.[3]

  1. ^ "Home". Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ "About Us". Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ Neumann, Volker Maria. "A Few New Questions: The Hamburg Institute for Social Research". Goethe-Institut.