LIGHT Profile
Photonics and Quantum Technologies, Materials of the Future
Profile Areas
The three profile areas form the basic pattern of the interdisciplinary research profile of the Friedrich Schiller University
Flag LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY
LIGHT.LIFE.LIBERTY – connecting people and ideas
The main research areas of the Friedrich Schiller University belong to three distinct profiles: LIGHT. LIFE. LIBERTY. Each of these profiles has evolved from a long-standing tradition of scholarship. They reflect the interdisciplinary research profile of the University of Jena and are a structural expression of the close cooperation within the university and with its non-university partners, which are given an appropriate perspective for continuity and development through the formation of centres and clusters. The triad LIGHT, LIFE, LIBERTY always reflects the connection between tradition and future orientation.
Profile-defining scientific centres of the Friedrich Schiller University
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- Abbe Center of Photonics (ACP)
- Aging Research Center Jena (ZAJ)
- Cluster of Excellence Balance of the MicroverseExternal link
- Cluster of Excellence Imaginamics
- Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC)
- Center for Right-Wing Extremism Research, Democracy Education and Social Integration (KomRex)
- Center for Functional Polymers - Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
- Centre for Teacher Training and Educational Research (ZLB))
- Jena Center for Romanticism StudiesExternal link
- Schumpeter Center for Research on Socio-Economic Change (JSEC)
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research iDivExternal linkde
Cross-profile formats
LIGHT, LIFE and LIBERTY profiles are actively linked through shared event formats. The L3cture and the L^3 Week create new spaces for interdisciplinary exchange, innovative teaching and dialogue with the public.