The Working Groups of PIK's four Research Departments are:
Earth System Analysis
- Long-Term Trajectories
- Past and Future Earth
- Ecosystems in Transition
- Terrestrial Safe Operating Space
- Climate Extremes
- Planetary Boundary Science Lab
Climate Resilience
- Climate Change and Health
- Land Biosphere Dynamics
- Adaptation in Agricultural Systems
- Forest Ecosystem Resilience
- Hydroclimatic Risks
- Urban Transformations
- Land Use Transition Lab
Transformation Pathways
- Impacts of Climate Change on Human Population Dynamics
- Inter-Sectoral Impact Attribution and Future Risks
- Event-based Modeling of Economic Impacts of Climate Change
- Integrated Assessment Modelling
- Socioeconomic Transitions
- Climate and Energy Policy
- Energy Transition Lab
Complexity Science
- Infrastructure and Complex Networks
- Time Series Analysis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Behavioural Game Theory and Interacting Agenty
- Societal Transition and Well-being Lab
Climate Economics and Policy - MCC Berlin
- Welfare and Policy Design
- Climate Policy and Development
- Sustainable Carbon Management
- Cities: Data Science and Sustainable Planning
- Evidence for Climate Solutions
- Public Economics and Climate Finance
- Governance
- Policy Evaluation Lab
