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Leipzig
21.06.2024
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09:04
Leipzig: Shock and horror on the Fraunhofer Institute
The Leipzig Heart for Worldwide Administration and Info Financial system will probably be closed this yr – many researchers are dealing with a response.
By Sven Heitkamp
4 Min.
The IMW was based in 2006 because the Fraunhofer Heart for Central and Japanese Europe and have become the Institute for Worldwide Administration and the Data Financial system in 2015.
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Leipzig. Six months in the past, the euphoria was nonetheless nice on the Leipzig Fraunhofer Heart for Worldwide Administration and Info Financial system (IMW): The institute with greater than 220 staff moved to a brand new dwelling on the Leipzig metropolis middle ring. The administrators of the institute have been very comfortable that “the transition was one other step in direction of a progressive and profitable stage for the socio-technical establishment”. The brand new workplace area would create an modern atmosphere that fosters creativity. However now the temper has modified utterly. In mid-June, the Senate of the Fraunhofer Society determined to liquidate the Leipzig institute for probably the most half.