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= Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE = The Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe) in Frankfurt is an economic research institute that focuses on the financial system and its participants as a thematic area. SAFE is a member of the Leibniz Association and is based in the House of Finance on Campus Westend of Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

History
The institute was founded in 2013 under the name "LOEWE-Zentrum SAFE" as a cooperation between the Center for Financial Studies and Goethe University Frankfurt. Between 2013 and the end of 2019 it was funded by the Hessian State Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE). In September 2017, the State of Hesse applied for SAFE to become a member of the Leibniz Association. On 3 May 2019, the Joint Science Conference decided to include SAFE in the joint federal/state funding from 2020 onwards. On 28 November 2019, the General Assembly of the Leibniz Association approved the admission of SAFE.

Objectives and structure
According to its own account, SAFE is dedicated to interdisciplinary research on the financial markets and their players in Europe as well as to research-based, independent policy advice. The institute focuses on the cooperation of researchers from the fields of economics, law and political science as well as on the diversity of scientific methods.

According to its own account, the research program is divided into six departments, which are thematically linked: Financial Intermediation, Financial Markets, Household Finance, Macro and Finance, Money and Finance, Law and Finance In addition, SAFE operates a Data Center, which is responsible for the providing research data and the creation of own data sets.

Also, SAFE operates a Policy Center, through which policy advice is offered with a focus on Berlin, Brussels and Wiesbaden. According to its own statements, SAFE conducts an ongoing dialogue with members of government and parliament on current financial market issues on the basis of scientific independence.

Funding
From 2013 to the end of 2019, SAFE was funded by the Hessian Excellence Initiative LOEWE. As a Leibniz Institute, SAFE is funded jointly by Federal and state governments since 2020.

Management Board
The institute is managed by the Scientific Director Jan Pieter Krahnen, the Deputy Scientific Director Uwe Walz and the Administrative Director Muriel Büsser, who together form the Management Board.

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees supervises and advises the Management Board of SAFE. The board of trustees members at present (as of January 2020):


 * Angela Dorn (Chairwoman), Minister for Science and Art of the State of Hesse (DE)
 * Philipp Steinberg (Vice-Chairman), Head of the Department for Economic Policy in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (DE)
 * Otmar Issing, President of the Center for Financial Studies
 * Thomas Schäfer, Minister of Finance of the State of Hesse (DE)
 * Jakob von Weizsäcker, Chief Economist and Head of the Policy Department in the Federal Ministry of Finance
 * Birgitta Wolff, President of the Goethe University

Professors
Some of the academics involved in the research center:


 * Andreas Hackethal
 * Jan Pieter Krahnen
 * Loriana Pelizzon
 * Tobias Tröger (DE)
 * Uwe Walz (DE)

Weblinks
Official homepage