Until 2019, shortly after its acceptance into the Leibniz Association, the GWZO’s research activities were primarily organised through project groups of different combinations of cooperating historians, archaeologists, onomasticians, ethnologists, geographers as well as cultural and literary studies researchers. Employment length was regulated by the parameters of the respective sponsor. We thank all previous employees for your excellent work and your many new impulses that have collectively contributed to the further development of research on Eastern Europe. Please stay in touch!