In his welcoming speech, Benjamin Hoff, Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs and Head of the State Chancellery, congratulated the scientists and with them the university on this great success. Founding director Professor Cornelia Betsch then introduced the IPB team: Besides her and Professor Guido Mehlkop as deputy director, Professor Tilmann Betsch, Professor Johannes Bauer, Jun.-Professor Fabian Prochazka as well as the scientific director Dr Miriam Jenny shape the institute with its approx. 40 members. After a panel discussion on the topic "Out of the individualization trap: How individuals, society and politics can act in a climate-friendly way", the approximately 130 guests celebrated the new institute with music and evening sun on the campus.