Research, training, advice, information - on all the challenges cities face today and in the future: The German Institute for Urban Studies (DIFU) has been focusing on the most important municipal issues since 1973 - urban development, business and finance, social issues, culture, communal infrastructures, urban mobility, the environment and communal climate protection.

As the largest urban research institute in the German-speaking region, DIFU places particular emphasis on interdisciplinary and practice-oriented work. As an independent, non-profit think tank, the institute advises and informs administration, politics and society and cooperates with many other institutions - nationally and internationally. Above all, through close cooperation with the cities, DIFU succeeds in combining scientific expertise with valuable experience from the municipalities and thus ensuring a strong practical orientation.

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