About the Merian initiative
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The Merian initiative is a special initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research which was launched in 2015. Its overarching aim is to support research in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Global South by establishing and maintaining International Centres (or: Institutes) for Advanced Studies for a period of up to 12 years.
Aims of the Merian Centres
• Internationalisation of Humanities, Cultural and Social Sciences
• Understanding societal developments and global environmental changes from diverse perspectives
• Providing a counterbalance to the current asymmetric distribution of knowledge and supporting local knowledge production
• Laying the foundation for long-term cooperations of top local and global researchers
Strategy
Funding phases
Current Merian Centres
Maria Sibylla Merian





