Institut für Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin

What Institut für Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin does

The Institut für Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin is a publicly funded research and teaching institute within Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, located at Thielallee 71 in Berlin-Dahlem. Founded in 1930 by medical historian Paul Diepgen as a central state institute, it is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in Germany. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the institute was formed by merging two historically separate medical history institutes from East and West Berlin into a single unit under the CharitéCentrum für Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften (CC 1); in 2013 the combined institute relocated to Dahlem, consolidating all staff and collections at one site. Today the institute is led by Prof. Volker Hess (director since 2004) alongside Co-director Prof. Birgit Nemec, Prof. Nadine Metzger, and Prof. Susanne Michl, with a small core team supplemented by research associates, doctoral candidates, and library/collection staff.

Name

Institut für Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin

Legal name

Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Website

https://medizingeschichte.charite.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Institut für Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin is a publicly funded research and teaching institute within Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, founded in 1930, specializing in modern medical history and ethics for medical, dental, and health-sciences students and academic researchers.

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Product category

Academic Medical History Research & Education

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Libraries and Archives (51921)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAGAI

Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAGABAG

Medicine & Allied Health (Clinical)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Higher Education Textbooks & Courseware

SECONDARYEDAGAFAB

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

SECONDARYEDAGABAF

Health Sciences & Nursing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Higher Education Textbooks & Courseware

Keywords

• Medical history research
• Medical humanities education
• Academic research institute
• Medical ethics teaching
• Historical library collections

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public University Funding: As an institute of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, a public university hospital, funding is derived from government university allocations and institutional budgets rather than commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Institut für Geschichte und Ethik in der Medizin is a public university research and teaching institute within Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. It conducts source-based research on the history of medicine — including the history of Charité, Berlin medicine, psychiatry, pharmaceuticals, and medicine under National Socialism — and teaches medical history, ethics, and medical terminology to medical, dental, nursing, and health science students. It also maintains the Library & Medical Humanities Collection with approximately 200,000 media units and several online research databases.

Product overview

The Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin operates as a research and teaching institute within Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, offering no commercial software products. Its portfolio consists of academic services including the Library & Collection Medical Humanities (BSMH) with approximately 200,000 media units; teaching programs for Model Medicine Curriculum, Dentistry, and Bachelor programs; and research projects in medical history with associated databases (Ärztinnen im Kaiserreich, Verfolgte Ärzte, MedBeruf, MedZeit). The institute also hosts academic events such as the Kolloquium Qualitative Forschung and contributes to public engagement via the #CharitéHistory Instagram channel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bibliothek & Sammlung Medical Humanities (BSMH)

Quantifiable outcome

• 42 expert interviews conducted on abortion care situation in Germany in first study section of current research project

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Berlin Museum of Medical History (BMM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Berlin Museum of Medical History is closely associated with the institute. The institute maintains the Charité Medical History Collection Portal in cooperation with the Berlin Medical History Museum (BMM) of the Charité. The museum holds 300 years of medical history and Charité history.
• DGGMNT e.V. (German Society for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional society for researchers in the history of medicine, science and technology.
• BVÖGD e.V. (Federal Association of Physicians of the Public Health Service)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal association of physicians in public health service.
• Medical Library of the CharitécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Medical Library of Charité provides institutional library services and is part of the Charité network.
• Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
• Association for the History of Medicine e.V. (Fachverband-Medizingeschichte)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of medical history institutes in German-speaking countries.
• The Humboldt ArchiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchive of Humboldt University zu Berlin containing historical university records.
• HiKo Berlin e.V. (Historical Commission of Berlin)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical Commission of Berlin for Berlin's contemporary history research.
• Netzwerk Qualitative Forschung (Network Qualitative Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Qualitative Research Network, founded in 2017, aims to network methodological and substantive research competencies at Charité for health-related/medical qualitative research. Organizes the 'Kolloquium Qualitative Forschung' in cooperation with the institute.
• Berlin Society for the History of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe institute is closely associated with the Berlin Society for the History of Medicine (BGGM).

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wellcome Trust (History of Medicine): Major UK charitable foundation funding history of medicine research and operating its own library, archives, and digital collections on a global scale; comparable as a large-scale funder-operator of medical history research outputs analogous to IGMEM's research databases and BSMH collection.
• Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School: Harvard's history of medicine unit embedded in a leading US medical school, combining archival collections, doctoral training, and a museum; comparable as a much larger English-language incumbent in the same niche, with overlapping teaching and collection-management activities.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (parent): Public university hospital and IGMEM's parent organization; comparable as the broader institutional context that houses IGMEM and many peer clinical/research units, providing the funding and teaching infrastructure within which the institute operates.

Others

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik (DGGMNT): German learned society for history of medicine, science, and technology; comparable as an ecosystem partner that convenes the same scholarly community and disciplines that IGMEM serves, and with which IGMEM has an existing minor partnership.
• Fachverband Medizingeschichte e.V. German-speaking network of medical history institutes; directly comparable as a coordinating body for the same set of institutions IGMEM belongs to and an existing core strategic partner.

Direct peers

• Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Medizinische Universität Wien: Austrian university institute within the medical faculty conducting history of medicine research and teaching; comparable as a peer DACH-region academic institute with similar teaching scope (medical history, ethics, terminology) and small research staff profile.
• Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Zürich: Swiss university institute dedicated to history of medicine research and medical school teaching; directly comparable as a German-language academic unit performing source-based medical history research and humanities teaching to medical/dental students.
• Max Planck Institute for the History of Science: Berlin-based research institute dedicated to history of science including medicine; directly comparable as a publicly funded, grant-driven humanities research institute with overlapping research topics (history of medicine, scientific collections) and an existing research collaboration with IGMEM.
• Berlin Museum of Medical History (Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum): Closely affiliated museum at Charité maintaining 300 years of medical history; comparable as a Charité-affiliated institution specializing in preserving and exhibiting the same medical history domain that IGMEM researches and teaches.

Emerging players

• Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford: University of Oxford research unit conducting history of medicine scholarship and training graduate students; comparable as an academic history of medicine unit with similar research/teaching mission, though operating in a different national funding and governance environment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chariteberlin
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@charite_berlin
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChariteUniversitaetsmedizinBerlin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institut-f%C3%BCr-geschichte-und-ethik-in-der-medizin
• Instagraminstagram.com/chariteberlin

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Profiles6 records

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