Michael Herter

Part of infas Holding AG, infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH is a social research institute based in Bonn, Germany. The German company conducts research and provides advice to businesses, academia, and politics. With over 100 researchers from various disciplines, infas is the largest private research institute in the field of social research. The company conducts nationwide basic studies on mobility, measuring and analyzing the benefits, acceptance, as well as obstacles and barriers of innovative mobility solutions. The company also conducts research on current topics such as multimodality, electromobility, and automated driving. The company's expertise lies in accessing hard-to-reach populations, such as through multilingual surveys. The company was founded in 1959. Menno Smid has been the CEO of the company since 1995. infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH was acquired by infas Holding AG on July 09, 2013. In addition, the company's expertise includes research projects on identifying the prerequisites for education acquisition in different life phases and evaluating measures in education and intercultural competencies.