Leibniz Programme

About the Leibniz Programme

The Leibniz Programme at the Research Academy Leipzig promotes exchange between researchers – interdisciplinary , internationally and intergenerational.

The Leibniz Programme expands conventional graduate education to include new formats for exchange between early career researchers and experienced international researchers. In this learning community, they discuss their subjects and experience and develop new ideas together. Our doctoral researchers and postdocs are thus encouraged to start developing their academic and personal profiles and to build important networks for their academic careers.

The Leibniz Programme includes the Leibniz Professorship and the exchange programme Leibniz MOBILITY.

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Why Leibniz?

The Leibniz Programme is named after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who is considered “the last universal genius” in pre-modern times and is one of the most famous Leipzig University students.

Leibniz himself lived and experienced the exchange of ideas across national borders, disciplines and generations. He worked in a truly interdisciplinary way and gained an international reputation as a mathematician, philosopher, historian, diplomat and politician. As a result, academic exchange with international scholars played a major role for him and led him to travel across Europe. On these journeys, he always found new inspiration for the topics he was working on. When he wasn’t travelling, he maintained a lively written exchange with more than a thousand colleagues from all over the world.

Learn more about Leibniz’ life and work