{"id":127,"date":"2015-08-22T22:11:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T20:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:30:08","slug":"research-institutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/research-institutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Institutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/institutes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1027 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/institutes.jpg\" alt=\"Research institutes page \u2013 picture of a young Greek tortoise\" width=\"540\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Below is a partial list of academic institutions engaged in research and teaching in the field of Behavioural Biology, covering those based in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. A comprehensive list of Dutch and Flemish institutions can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gedragsbiologie.nl\/list-of-scientists-in-behavioural-biology\/\">here<\/a>. If you notice any missing institutions, please contact Dr. Manon Schweinfurth at ms397[at]st-andrews.ac.uk.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bio1.uni-freiburg.de\/oeko\/evo-eco\">Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friedrich-L\u00f6ffler-Institute, Celle (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fli.de\/en\/institutes\/institute-of-animal-welfare-and-animal-husbandry-itt\/\">Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>German Primate Center, G\u00f6ttingen (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpz.eu\/en\/unit\/sociobiology-homepage\/about-us.html\">Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpz.eu\/en\/unit\/cognitive-ethology\/about-us.html\">Cognitive Ethology Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpz.eu\/en\/unit\/cognitive-neurosciences\/about-us.html\">Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpz.eu\/en\/unit\/social-evolution-in-primates\/about-us.html\">Research Group: Social Evolution in Primates<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcp.fu-berlin.de\/en\/biologie\/arbeitsgruppen\/verhaltensbiologie\/index.html\">Department of Animal Behaviour and Neurophysiology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcp.fu-berlin.de\/en\/biologie\/arbeitsgruppen\/zoologie\/index.html\">Department of Zoology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.uni-mainz.de\/fb10-evolutionary-biology\/foitzik-susanne-prof-dr\/\">Department of Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-giessen.de\/fbz\/fb08\/Inst\/tphys?set_language=de\">Department of Animal Physiology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-giessen.de\/faculties\/f10\/departments\/clinic\/animal-welfare-and-3r-centre\">Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Welfare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Konrad Lorenz Research Station, Gr\u00fcnau (Austria)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/klf.univie.ac.at\/\">Centre for Behaviour and Cognition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"st\">L&#8217;Ecole polytechnique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne \/ EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/labs\/lnco\/\">Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.izw-berlin.de\/welcome.html\">Department of Evolutionary Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behavioural-ecology.bio.lmu.de\/people\/professor\/dingemanse\/index.html\">Department of Behavioural Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animal-physiol.uni-halle.de\/\">Department of Animal Physiology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoologie.uni-halle.de\/allgemeine_zoologie\/\">Department of Zoology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour, Konstanz (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ab.mpg.de\/wikelski\">Department of Animal Migration<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ab.mpg.de\/couzin\">Department of Collective Behaviour<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ab.mpg.de\/crofoot\">Department of Ecology of Animal Societies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ab.mpg.de\/aplin\">Research Group: Cognitive and Cultural Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/comparative-cultural-psychology\/index.html\">Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Pl\u00f6n (Germany)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.evolbio.mpg.de\/biologicalclocks\">Research Group: Biological Clocks<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"serif\"><strong><span lang=\"de\">Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried &amp; Seewiesen (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/gahr\">Department of Behavioural Neurobiology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/kempenaers\">Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/goerlitz\">Research Group: Acoustic and Functional Ecology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/brumm\">Research Group: Animal Communication and Urban Ecology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/rattenborg\">Research Group: Avian Sleep<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/kuepper\">Research Group: Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/von-bayern\">Research Group: Comparative Cognition<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/baldwin\">Research Group: Evolution of Sensory Systems<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/hau\">Research Group: Evolutionary Physiology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/vallentin\">Research Group: Neural circuits for vocal communication<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bi.mpg.de\/1507872\/Physiological-Ecology-of-life-histories\">Research Group: Physiological ecology of life histories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbn-dummerstorf.de\/en\/research\/units-and-groups\/ethology\/\">Research Group: Animal Behaviour &amp; Welfare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Basel, Basel (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/evolution.unibas.ch\/\">Department of Evolutionary Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Bern, Bern (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behav.iee.unibe.ch\/index_eng.html\">Department of Behavioural Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Bern, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Bern (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tierschutz.vetsuisse.unibe.ch\/index_eng.html\">Division of Animal Welfare<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-bielefeld.de\/fakultaeten\/biologie\/forschung\/arbeitsgruppen\/behaviour\/\">Department of Animal Behaviour<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-bielefeld.de\/fakultaeten\/biologie\/forschung\/arbeitsgruppen\/behav_eco\/\">Department of Behavioural Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologie.uni-bonn.de\/biob\/de\/biob\/biob-ii\"><span class=\"\">Institut for Animal Diversity<\/span><\/a><span id=\"parent-fieldname-title\" class=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Graz, Graz (Austria)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zoologie.uni-graz.at\/en\/\">Section Zoology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Greifswald, Greifswald (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zoologie.uni-greifswald.de\/struktur\/abteilungen\/allgemeine-und-systematische-zoologie\/personal\/prof-dr-gabriele-uhl\/\">Institute of Zoology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de\/en\/forschung\/evolutionsbiologie\/verhbio\/mitarbeiter\/schneider-jutta.html\">Department of Behavioural Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\"><strong><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-hildesheim.de\/fb4\/institute\/biologie\/abteilung-biologie\/arbeitsgruppen-research-groups\/zoologie-tieroekologie-zoology-animal-ecology\/\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Zoology &amp; Animal Ecology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (Austria)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uibk.ac.at\/zoology\/index.html.en\">Department of Zoology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boku.ac.at\/en\/nas\/nuwi\">Division of Livestock Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiho-hannover.de\/kliniken-institute\/institute\/institut-fuer-tierhygiene-tierschutz-und-nutztierethologie-ittn\">Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Behaviour<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiho-hannover.de\/en\/clinics-institutes\/institutes\/institute-of-zoology\">Institute of Zoology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/dee\/home.html\">Department of Ecology and Evolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of M\u00fcnster, M\u00fcnster (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-muenster.de\/Biologie.NeuroVer\/Verhaltensbiologie\/en\/index.html\">Department of Behavioural Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Neuch\u00e2tel, Neuch\u00e2tel (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unine.ch\/biologie\/en\/presentation\/\">Institute for Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uol.de\/en\/animalbiodiversity\">Department of Animal Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Osnabr\u00fcck, Osnabr\u00fcck (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verhaltensbiologie.uni-osnabrueck.de\/?q=en\">Department of Behavioural Biology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparative-biocognition.de\/\">Institute of Cognitive Science \/ Comparative BioCognition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Potsdam, Potsdam (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-potsdam.de\/de\/ibb-tieroekologie\/research\">Department of Animal Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Regensburg, Regensburg (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-regensburg.de\/biologie-vorklinische-medizin\/evolutionsbiologie\/team\/prof-dr-juergen-heinze\/curriculum-vitae\/index.html\">Department of Evolutionary Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Siegen, Siegen (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemie-biologie.uni-siegen.de\/biologie\/fachgruppen\/oekologie\/witte\/?lang=de\">Department of Ecology and Behavioural Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen (Germany)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uni-tuebingen.de\/fakultaeten\/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet\/fachbereiche\/biologie\/institute\/evolution-und-oekologie\/\">Institut of Evolution and Ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna (Austria)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/becogbio.univie.ac.at\/\">Department for Behavioral &amp;\u00a0Cognitive Biology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetmeduni.ac.at\/en\/animal-welfare-science\/\">Institute of Animal Welfare Science<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetmeduni.ac.at\/en\/konrad-lorenz-institute-of-ethology\/\">Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetmeduni.ac.at\/en\/messerli\">Messerli Research Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>University of Zurich-Irchel, Zurich (Switzerland)<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieu.uzh.ch\/en\/research.html\">Department of Animal Behaviour<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieu.uzh.ch\/en\/research\/ecology.html\">Department of Ecology and Environment<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieu.uzh.ch\/en\/research\/evolbiol.html\">Department of Evolutionary Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a partial list of academic institutions engaged in research and teaching in the field of Behavioural Biology, covering those based in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. A comprehensive list of Dutch and Flemish institutions can be found here. If you notice any missing institutions, please contact Dr. Manon Schweinfurth at ms397[at]st-andrews.ac.uk. Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg (Germany) Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Friedrich-L\u00f6ffler-Institute, Celle (Germany) Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry German Primate Center, G\u00f6ttingen (Germany) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit Cognitive Ethology Laboratory Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Research Group: Social Evolution in Primates Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin (Germany) Department of Animal Behaviour and Neurophysiology Department of Zoology Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany) Department of Behavioural Ecology and Social Evolution Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen (Germany) Department of Animal Physiology Laboratory Animal Science and Animal Welfare Konrad Lorenz Research Station, Gr\u00fcnau (Austria) Centre for Behaviour and Cognition L&#8217;Ecole polytechnique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne \/ EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland) Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin (Germany) Department of Evolutionary Ecology Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (Germany) Department of Behavioural Ecology Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) Department of Animal Physiology Department of Zoology Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour, Konstanz (Germany) Department of Animal Migration Department of Collective Behaviour Department of Ecology of Animal Societies Research Group: Cognitive and Cultural Ecology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (Germany) Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Pl\u00f6n (Germany) Research Group: Biological Clocks Max-Planck-Institut for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried &amp; Seewiesen (Germany) Department of Behavioural Neurobiology Department of Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Research Group: Acoustic and Functional Ecology Research Group: Animal Communication and Urban Ecology Research Group: Avian Sleep Research Group: Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group: Comparative Cognition Research Group: Evolution of Sensory Systems Research Group: Evolutionary Physiology Research Group: Neural circuits for vocal communication Research Group: Physiological ecology of life histories Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf (Germany) Research Group: Animal Behaviour &amp; Welfare University of Basel, Basel (Switzerland) Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Bern, Bern (Switzerland) Department of Behavioural Ecology University of Bern, Veterinary Public Health Institute, Bern (Switzerland) Division of Animal Welfare University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld (Germany) Department of Animal Behaviour Department of Behavioural Ecology University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany) Institut for Animal Diversity University of Graz, Graz (Austria) Section Zoology University of Greifswald, Greifswald (Germany) Institute of Zoology University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany) Department of Behavioural Biology University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim (Germany) Zoology &amp; Animal Ecology University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (Austria) Department of Zoology University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria) Division of Livestock Sciences University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover (Germany) Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Behaviour Institute of Zoology University of Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland) Department of Ecology and Evolution University of M\u00fcnster, M\u00fcnster (Germany) Department of Behavioural Biology University of Neuch\u00e2tel, Neuch\u00e2tel (Switzerland) Institute for Biology University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg (Germany) Department of Animal Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology University of Osnabr\u00fcck, Osnabr\u00fcck (Germany) Department of Behavioural Biology Institute of Cognitive Science \/ Comparative BioCognition University of Potsdam, Potsdam (Germany) Department of Animal Ecology University of Regensburg, Regensburg (Germany) Department of Evolutionary Biology University of Siegen, Siegen (Germany) Department of Ecology and Behavioural Biology University of T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen (Germany) Institut of Evolution and Ecology University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna (Austria) Department for Behavioral &amp;\u00a0Cognitive Biology Institute of Animal Welfare Science Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology Messerli Research Institute University of Zurich-Irchel, Zurich (Switzerland) Department of Animal Behaviour Department of Ecology and Environment Department of Evolutionary Biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["en","de"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":114,"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257,"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etho-ges.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}