Research Lunch Club in Berlin
Berlin's research scene is sprawling and international, spread across universities, institutes and a fast-growing tech sector. Research Lunch Club matches you into a small group of Berlin researchers for lunch, once a month. No conference hall, no small talk for its own sake — just three people who do the work, sharing a table, for the cost of a coffee a quarter.
📍 Real researchers, real lunch
Who's in the Berlin group
Our Berlin members include researchers from Humboldt, FU Berlin, TU Berlin and the Charité, teams at SAP, Zalando and Google, and the Max Planck and Fraunhofer institutes. Computer scientists, medical researchers, social scientists, UX researchers — Berlin's mix is as broad as the city itself.
Researchers from across Berlin
A sense of where Berlin members spend their days — the universities, institutes and companies they come from.
Where Berlin members meet
Berlin groups meet across the districts: Mitte for Humboldt and the Charité, Dahlem for FU Berlin and the Max Planck institutes, Charlottenburg near TU Berlin, and Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain for the tech crowd. Your group picks a lunch spot — a café, an Imbiss, a Kantine — wherever's easiest for the three of you.
Third-wave coffee, Berlin-style
Lunch has a way of running into coffee. A few independent, third-wave spots Berlin researchers gravitate to — chains need not apply.
The Barn
Mitte
Bonanza Coffee Roasters
Kreuzberg
Five Elephant
Kreuzberg
🍝 Three researchers, one table
How Research Lunch Club works in Berlin
You get matched
Every month we pair you with two other researchers in Berlin — deliberately across disciplines and career stages, so the conversation goes somewhere new.
Your group picks a day & a spot
You sort the time and place together in the member app — a lunch that works for all three of you, somewhere easy in the city.
You meet for lunch
Show up, swap notes, and build the kind of relationship that outlasts a conference badge. Most Berlin groups keep in touch long after.
Your first lunch is on us
Snap a photo at the table and tag us on LinkedIn or Instagram — we'll cover your first lunch. Our way of saying welcome.
Pricing & the 90-day guarantee
The cost of a coffee
£5 a quarter, and you can cancel anytime. The lunch itself you pay for at the table.
A fresh match monthly
Two new Berlin researchers every month you're a member.
90-day guarantee
Not feeling the lunches in your first 90 days? We'll refund your membership.
First lunch on us
Tag us in a photo from your first lunch and we'll cover it.
☕ Lunch that ran into coffee
Berlin researcher FAQ
Wherever suits your group — often Mitte, Charlottenburg, Dahlem or Kreuzberg, close to where members work and study. You pick the day and the place together in the app.
Other Berlin-based researchers across disciplines and career stages — Humboldt, FU, TU and Charité academics alongside researchers at SAP, Zalando, Google and the Max Planck and Fraunhofer institutes. Deliberately mixed.
Each month we group Berlin members into threes, mixing fields and seniority and avoiding repeat pairings. A new group lands every month you're a member.
Yes — Berlin's tech sector means many members are industry researchers, from UX to applied ML and research ops. If you do research, you're welcome at the table.
The cost of a coffee a quarter — £5, cancel anytime. The lunch you pay for at the table, and your first one is on us.
More on meeting other researchers
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The cost of a coffee a quarter. Cancel anytime. Your first lunch is on us.