The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI analyzes the origins and impacts of innovations. We research the short- and long-term developments of innovation processes and the impacts of new technologies and services on society. On this basis, we are able to provide our clients from industry, politics and science with recommendations for action and perspectives for key decisions. Our expertise is founded on our scientific competence as well as an interdisciplinary and systemic research approach.

Today, Fraunhofer ISI employs about 390 staff members, among them scientists from the fields of natural sciences, engineering, economics and social sciences who each year work on about 400 research projects. The annual budget, 40.4 million euro in 2024, is mainly earned from contracts performed for national and international public bodies, for industry and for foundations and scientific organizations.

As an internationally leading innovation research institute, we work closely with universities and research institutions at home and abroad – through professorships and academic teaching, and through exchange programs for visiting scientists. Our scientists are also active in research networks and on advisory boards.