In the Research Programme 'Culture and Foreign Policy' and the Research Programme Martin Roth Initiative, experts from the fields of art, culture, politics and media explore current questions relating to Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy. Research commissions are awarded for a period of three to six months. The experts draw up recommendations to strengthen and further develop international cultural relations and shape civil society's scope of action.
Reflection on the research results takes place in expert talks, at international conferences and in public discussion, in the ifa publication series 'Culture and Foreign Policy' as well as in the impulse papers ifa-Inputs on the Forum for International Cultural Relations.