The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is Germany’s largest publicly funded social science research institute, with a long-standing tradition of welcoming international researchers and scholarship holders. In addition to visitors hosted by individual research units, the institute offers an institute-wide Visiting Scholars Program.

Through the Program, the WZB actively promotes national and international collaboration by inviting outstanding researchers at different career stages to initiate cooperation, exchange knowledge, and engage in academic dialogue. The program is designed to strengthen scholarly networks and to create vibrant spaces for intellectual exchange within the institute that extend beyond the duration of each visit.

All Visiting Scholars are expected to actively participate in the academic life of the WZB, contribute their topical and methodological expertise, and engage with researchers across career stages.

The WZB offers three visiting formats tailored to distinct career levels:

• Karl W. Deutsch Visiting Professorship (distinguished scholars; awarded by WZB directors annually)

• Senior Visiting Scholars Program (professorial level; annual deadline)

• Early Career Visiting Scholars Program (postdoctoral or assistant professor level; annual deadline)

Whereas the Karl W. Deutsch Visiting Professorship is awarded to distinguished, internationally renowned scholars, the Senior Visiting Scholars and Early Career Visiting Scholars programs are open to self-nomination.