Institutes for "Home Economics"


BfR - Division 7: Safety of consumer products (BfR - PRS) Details of (BfR - PRS)

Berlin 10589, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10 (Berlin)

Parent institution: Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Details of (BfR)

Coordinated projects : 62

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • Migration, penetration/absorption and metabolism of substances of commodities (e.g. food-contact articles, toys, clothes) in skin and lung with special regard to plasticizers (e.g. phthalates), perfluorinated substances, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (
  • Method development and validation for the sensitive analytical detection of the above mentioned substances and their metabolites and of nanoparticles that have been migrated, in cell cultures or tissue cultures or as basis for biomonitoring studies
  • Development and validation of screening methods for sensitizing, endocrine and genotoxic characteristics of chemical substances of consumer products
  • Analyses of consumer products (including tobacco) and their ingredients to tissue-specific toxicological characteristics with regard to metabolism

Center for Technology and Society at the TU Berlin (ZTG) Details of (ZTG)

Berlin 10623, Hardenbergstraße 36a (Berlin)

Parent institution: Berlin Institute of Technology (TUB) Details of (TUB)

Coordinated projects : 2

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Department of Agricultural and Food Marketing Details of Department of Agricultural and Food Marketing

Witzenhausen D-37213, Steinstr. 19 (Hesse)

Parent institution: University of Kassel Details of University of Kassel

Coordinated projects : 14

Coordinated collaborative projects: 2

Department of Nutrition (OET) Details of (OET)

Hamburg 21033, Lohbrügger Kirchstr. 65 (Hamburg)

Parent institution: Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) Details of (HAW)

Coordinated projects : 3

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Faculty of Oecotrophology Details of Faculty of Oecotrophology

Münster D-48149, Corrensstraße 25 (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Parent institution: University of Applied Sciences Münster Details of University of Applied Sciences Münster

Coordinated projects : 1

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • (FSP) Sustainable Nutrition
  • Kompetenzzentrum Humanitäre Hilfe

German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Details of (DITSL)

Witzenhausen 37213, Steinstraße 19 (Hesse)

Coordinated projects : 2

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • Technology transfer and capacity building
  • Resource management in agro-ecosystems
  • Low external input and organic farming practices

Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen e.V. (IFF) Details of (IFF)

Hamburg 20459, Rödingsmarkt 31/33 (Hamburg)

Coordinated projects : 1

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) Details of (IÖW)

Berlin 10785, Potsdamer Straße 105 (Berlin)

Coordinated projects : 4

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • Corporate Environmental Management
  • Ecological Economics and Environmental Policy
  • Urban planning, Transport
  • Regional Economic Policy/Sustainable Regional Development
  • Sustainable Consumption
  • Ecological Product Policy
  • Sustainable Energy and Climate Protection

Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management (ISWA) Details of (ISWA)

Stuttgart 70569, Bandtäle 2 (Baden-Württemberg)

Parent institution: University of Stuttgart Details of University of Stuttgart

Coordinated projects : 1

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • Wastewater Technology
  • Hydrochemistry and Hydrobiology
  • Urban Drainage
  • Wastemanagement and Emissions
  • Biological Air Purification

MRI - Department of Nutritional Behaviour (MRI-EV) Details of (MRI-EV)

Karlsruhe 76131, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9 (Baden-Württemberg)

Parent institution: Max Rubner-Institut - Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (MRI) Details of (MRI)

Coordinated projects : 9

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • Assessment, analysis and evaluation of the offer of nutritional information and education measures as well as and on the informational behaviour of consumers
  • Nutritional behaviour of consumers and the respective determinants
  • Policy impact assessment
  • National Nutrition Survey II, Nutrition monitoring (NEMONIT) and further development of the German Nutrient Database (BLS)

MRI - Department of Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables (MRI-OG) Details of (MRI-OG)

Karlsruhe 76131, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9 (Baden-Württemberg)

Parent institution: Max Rubner-Institut - Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food (MRI) Details of (MRI)

Coordinated projects : 8

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Focal points:

  • Fruits and Vegeatbles
  • Coffee
  • Tea
  • Spices
  • Nuts
  • Fungi

Organic market consumer and agricultural consulting V. Details of Organic market consumer and agricultural consulting V.

Hamburg 20259, Osterstr. 58 (Hamburg)

Coordinated projects : 2

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Section site- and environment-friendly agriculture Details of Section site- and environment-friendly agriculture

Bonn 53115, Meckenheimer Allee 172 (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Parent institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn Details of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn

Coordinated projects : 8

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) Details of (SPI)

Porto 4050 - 318, Edificio 'Les Palaces' - Rua Julio Dinis, no. 242, 208 (Portugal)

Coordinated projects : 1

Coordinated collaborative projects: 0

University of Kassel Details of University of Kassel

Kassel 34109, Mönchebergstraße 19 (Hesse)

Coordinated projects : 12

Coordinated collaborative projects: 1