DeZIM-Institut

What DeZIM-Institut does

DeZIM-Institut (Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung) is a registered non-profit research association (e.V.) headquartered in Berlin that operates as Germany's federally designated center for integration and migration research. The institute conducts empirical research across societal participation, diversity, discrimination, and racism, and maintains a portfolio of research infrastructure including the DeZIM.fdz Research Data Centre, an Online Access Panel, the Data.Explorer tool, the DeZIM MIND.set methodology cluster, and the NaDiRa (National Discrimination and Racism Monitor). It also coordinates the DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft, a network of seven partner migration research institutes (BIM, IAB, IKG, IMIS, InZentIM, MZES, WZB), and runs the FoDiRa research alliance on discrimination and racism.

The institute's core outputs include a cumulative publication portfolio of 983 items (journal articles, book chapters, reports, edited volumes) and longitudinal survey programs including the DeZIM-Panel. Its technology stack is built around research data services using eHumanities and computational social science methods, with text-analysis tooling (MigTex) built on the polmineR R-package. Dissemination occurs through open-access publications, the DeZIM.fdz archive, an annual conference, the DeZIM_talk series, and channels spanning website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, YouTube, Academia.edu, and a monthly newsletter.

DeZIM's revenue model is non-commercial and grant-based. Core institutional funding flows from the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ), supplemented by third-party research grants (Drittmittel) from federal ministries and other public institutions. All research outputs, data services, and publications are provided free of charge; there are no commercial pricing models, no API offerings, and no software products sold to customers. The institute serves academic researchers, federal and state policy makers (primarily BMFSFJ), and civil society organizations engaged in integration, anti-racism, and refugee support.

Name

DeZIM-Institut

Legal name

Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM) e.V.

Website

https://dezim-institut.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DeZIM-Institut is a Berlin-based non-profit research association that serves as Germany's federally designated center for integration, migration, discrimination, and racism research, coordinating a network of seven partner institutes and delivering open-access research, data infrastructure, and the NaDiRa national racism monitor to academics, federal policy makers, and civil society.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Science Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Equity, Access & Inclusion Policy Research (EDADADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH)

Keywords

• Migration research
• Integration studies
• Discrimination monitoring
• Racism monitoring
• Social science research

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: Core institutional funding from the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ). DeZIM is a registered association (e.V.) funded primarily by government grants.
2. Third-Party Research Projects: Research projects funded through third-party funding (Drittmittel) from federal ministries and other institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

DeZIM-Institut is a German non-profit research institute that conducts empirical social science research on integration, migration, discrimination, and racism. It coordinates the DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft, a national network of seven leading migration research institutes, and operates research infrastructure including the DeZIM.fdz Research Data Centre, the NaDiRa National Discrimination and Racism Monitor, the Online Access Panel, the Data.Explorer, and the DeZIM MIND.set methodology initiative. Its research outputs include publications, policy recommendations, longitudinal surveys, and methodological consulting for the German federal government and the academic community.

Product overview

DeZIM-Institut (Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung) is a research institute focused on societal participation, diversity, discrimination, and racism research. Rather than a unified software product, the institute operates a portfolio of research services and platforms: DeZIM.fdz serves as the research data centre with archive and data search capabilities; the DeZIM Online Access Panel enables survey-based data collection; the Data.Explorer provides data exploration tools; DeZIM MIND.set offers research methodology frameworks; NaDiRa (National Discrimination and Racism Monitor) conducts systematic monitoring; and the DeZIM-Panel runs longitudinal surveys on migration and integration attitudes. These services collectively support the institute's mission to produce and disseminate research on integration, migration, and social cohesion in Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NaDiRa (Nationaler Diskriminierungs- und Rassismusmonitor): National Monitoring of Discrimination and Racism - a major research initiative of the institute
• DeZIM.fdz
• DeZIM.panel
• DeZIM MIND.set

Products and services

• DeZIM.fdz Research Data Centre (Forschungsdatenzentrum)
• NaDiRa (Nationaler Diskriminierungs- und Rassismusmonitor)
• DeZIM Online Access Panel
• Data.Explorer
• DeZIM MIND.set
• DeZIM-Panel (Longitudinal Survey Panel)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• BIM – Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und MigrationsforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterdisciplinary research centre at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, founded 2014. Led by Prof. Dr. Aileen Edele and Prof. Dr. Pauline Endres de Oliveira. Conducts research on dynamics of migration, integration, and inclusion in postmigrant societies across eight departments.
• IAB – Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und BerufsforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch institute of the Federal Employment Agency in Nürnberg, founded 1967. Led by Prof. Dr. Herbert Brücker and Prof. Dr. Yuliya Kosyakova. Conducts longitudinal migration surveys including IAB-SOEP-Migrationsstichprobe and IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung of refugees.
• IKG – Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und GewaltforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific institution at Universität Bielefeld, founded 1996. Directed by Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick since 2013. Researches causes and effects of social conflicts, particularly social disintegration and group-focused enmity. One of Germany's leading research institutions in this field.
• IMIS – Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle StudiencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies at Universität Osnabrück. Member of the DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft contributing to coordinated cooperation in migration research.
• InZentIM – Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Integrations- und MigrationsforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterdisciplinary Centre for Integration and Migration Research at Universität Duisburg-Essen. Hosts the MigTex project and contributes text resources infrastructure to the DeZIM research data ecosystem.
• MZES – Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische SozialforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMannheim Centre for European Social Research at Universität Mannheim. Contributes to the DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft research network and joint research projects.
• WZB – Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für SozialforschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial Science Research Center Berlin. One of the leading German non-university research institutes in social sciences, contributing expertise on migration, integration, and social inequality to the DeZIM network.
• FoDiRa – Forschungsverbund Diskriminierung und RassismusmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch Alliance on Discrimination and Racism funded by the Cabinet Committee on Combating Right-Wing Extremism and Racism (2021-2024). Includes multiple sub-projects on racism in healthcare, schools, sports, hiring discrimination, and digital discrimination.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Migration Policy Institute (MPI): US-based think tank studying migration and integration policy internationally. Comparable as a migration-focused research-to-policy intermediary, but operates outside Germany and on a different (private-donor) funding model.
• COMPAS – Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford: Oxford-based interdisciplinary research centre on migration, policy, and society. Comparable in academic research-to-policy orientation on migration, but operates in the UK and at a different scale of institutional funding.

Direct peers

• Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration (SVR): Independent expert council on integration and migration in Germany, producing annual policy reports and policy briefs. Directly comparable in subject matter and policy-transfer role, though structured as a council of foundations rather than a research institute.
• IMIS – Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien: Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies at Universität Osnabrück and a DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft member. Operates a directly overlapping research mandate on migration and intercultural studies, sharing the same federal funding ecosystem.
• InZentIM – Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung: Interdisciplinary Centre for Integration and Migration Research at Universität Duisburg-Essen, a DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft partner and host of the MigTex text-resources infrastructure. Comparable scale and research focus on integration.
• WZB – Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung: Social Science Research Center Berlin and DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft partner. Comparable as a leading non-university social science research institute with policy transfer functions in migration and inequality.
• IAB – Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung: Research institute of the Federal Employment Agency and DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft partner, operating the IAB-SOEP migration and refugee panels that feed DeZIM's data infrastructure. Directly comparable as a federal social-science research provider.
• BIM – Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung: Founding member of the DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft and one of Germany's leading centers for empirical integration and migration research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Directly comparable in subject matter (migration, integration, postmigrant societies) and academic output profile.
• IKG – Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung: Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research at Universität Bielefeld and a DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft partner. Directly comparable on the conflict, group-focused enmity, and discrimination research themes that DeZIM's Konsens & Konflikt department addresses.
• MZES – Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Mannheim Centre for European Social Research at Universität Mannheim and a DeZIM-Forschungsgemeinschaft member. Comparable as a large, interdisciplinary social science research centre with European scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

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