Dr. Anke Skopec, CEO, Berliner Institut für Innovationsforschung GmbH 

1. Describe your company. 

The Berlin Institute for Innovation Research (BIFI) has been exploring how ideas create impact since 2010. We combine scientific insights with entrepreneurial thinking and support companies, start-ups, and investors in making innovation measurably successful. Through psychologically grounded research, strategic consulting, and interdisciplinary expertise, we provide decision-making foundations that enable growth and generate societal value.

2. Why are you involved as a Berlin-Partner? 

Berlin is our habitat for innovation. Here, ideas emerge at the intersections of science and business, research and policy, vision and implementation. As a Berlin Partner, we aim to strengthen the exchange with people and organizations who want to shape the future. We are convinced: networking is the foundation of every sustainable innovation.

3. Which topics drive you in relation to your industry?  

Innovation starts with people. We focus on topics such as the interplay between psychology and technology, the development of sustainable business models, and the question of how diversity enriches the innovation process.
Through our networks GAIA (FemTech), PROMETHEUS (ClimaTech), FREYA (FairTech), and LUNA (ImmersiveTech), we create spaces where science, business, and society collaborate on solutions for transformation.
Our goal: to make research tangible and create impact.

4. What makes Berlin special for you? 

Berlin is a place of possibilities. Here, creative freedom, scientific excellence, and entrepreneurial courage come together. Nowhere else is the spirit of new beginnings so palpable. This openness and drive shape our approach to work, because this is where the future truly emerges: through experimentation, interaction, and trust in progress.

5. Why is Berlin attractive for your company? 

Our partners, clients, and research collaborators are here. Berlin uniquely combines technology, science, art, and entrepreneurship – a mix that fuels innovation! The city is dynamic, diverse, and bold, offering exactly the ecosystem that transforms research into implementation and ideas into impact.

6. What does Berlin stand for you? 

Berlin stands for new beginnings. For diversity. For confidence in change. It is the place where visions become prototypes and people come together to shape their future. In short: Berlin is the laboratory where innovation comes to life.

7. How does your company implement sustainability? 

For us, sustainability means responsibility in every dimension: ecological, social, and economic. We promote sustainable innovation through knowledge transfer and interdisciplinary research. With PROMETHEUS, we help shape change in the construction sector; GAIA supports gender-equitable health solutions; FREYA advocates for fair technologies; and LUNA explores immersive solutions for education, tourism, and culture.
Our approach: sustainability begins with knowledge and leads to impact.