University of Frankfurt Institute for Social Research

The Institute for Social Research (German: Institut für Sozialforschung, IfS) is a research organization for sociology and continental philosophy, best known as the institutional home of the Frankfurt School and critical theory. Currently a part of Goethe University Frankfurt, it has historically also been affiliated with Columbia University in New York City.

For the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, see Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan).
Institut für Sozialforschung
AbbreviationIfS
Formation1923 (1923)
FounderFelix Weil
Legal statusFoundation
HeadquartersFrankfurt am Main
Coordinates50°07′06″N 8°39′14″E
LeaderFerdinand Sutterlüty (Acting Director)
AffiliationsGoethe University Frankfurt
Columbia University
Websitewww.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de
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