Innovation emerges when knowledge is shared, combined, and further developed. In this session, Dr. Ewa Adamkiewicz, Prof. Hajo Zeeb, and Prof. Markus Huff will discuss why scientific progress today can no longer be achieved alone, but only through the exchange of perspectives, methods, and cultures. They will present key Leibniz research clusters, including the international research groups of the Leibniz Research Alliances, collaborations with universities as the Leibniz Campi, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary hubs of research synthesis and transfer as the Leibniz Labs.