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The Academic Information Service (WID)

A key aim of the Institute is to encourage communication between scholars and research institutions in academic and cultural exchange across borders, in order to support mutual co-operation both internationally and interculturally. 

The Academic Information Service (WID), published since 1991, serves to provide current mutual information on all interested researchers; each issue covers around 2.600 titles of work projects. The WID is annually collated and includes only the titles of academic work that is being produced but is not yet published. All themes are included which deal with German culture and history in the following areas: the Baltic, East and West Prussia, Lausitz/Neumark, Silesia, Poland/Poznan, Bohemia/Moravia/Czech Republic/Slovakia, South Eastern Europe (Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia etc.) and Russia (the former Soviet Union). Work which covers more than one region is also considered, as well as studies on integration and acculturation. The WID aims to supplement the existing relevant bibliographical aids. The annual questionnaire covers over 2.400 researchers and institutions in 39 countries in Europe and beyond, although the focus is on the current states of East Central and Eastern Europe. Current work on monographs, essays, editions, contributions to collections, habilitation, doctoral, masters and graduation theses and the publication of anthologies are all recorded. References to examination theses include the location of the university if possible. The following are not included: editorial work on periodicals and smaller pieces such as reviews, obituaries, seminar papers, and reports of excursions or newspaper articles. To encourage scientific communication, including networking across borders, requests directed to the Institute within the framework of the WID are passed on to the relevant authors, of course respecting the data protection requirements.

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