Science and research

The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, is a private economic research institute for national and international labor market research. Headed by Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann, the institute analyzes the rapid changes taking place in the organization of labor in an increasingly globalized economic environment.

The IZA also offers consulting services, acting as a mediator where science, politics, and the industry intersect. With the founding of IZA, Deutsche Post DHL contributed to a facility that is unique in the German and European research scene.

Thanks to the financial support of the Deutsche Post Foundation the foundation operates independently and offers ideal working conditions.  Awarded every year, the IZA Prize in Labor Economics is the most important award in labor market economics and one of the most prestigious scientific awards in the world.

Successful companies typically enter into partnerships with science. Through our cooperation with the Universities of Aachen and Kassel and the setup of new endowed chairs, we expect important impulses for developing existing and creating new business areas.

In 2004, we helped establish a new Chair for Optimizing Distribution Networks at the RWTH Aachen University. The endowed chair has deepened the long-standing partnership and successful cooperation between Deutsche Post DHL and RWTH Aachen University.

Three chairs introduced in 2005 at the University of Kassel provide the scientific basis for a growing dialog marketing market. These chairs focus their research on Dialog Marketing, Communications and Media Management, and International Direct Marketing. The professorships were sponsored by the Siegfried Vögele Institut (SVI) in Königstein/Ts., Germany, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL.