Paris Institute for Advanced Study

The Paris Institute for Advanced Study (Paris IAS, or Institut d'études avancées de Paris) is an international research center that offers fellowships to researchers from all over the world in the field of humanities and social sciences. It is also open to other disciplines, in particular the life sciences, for projects in dialogue with the humanities and social sciences. The institute was designed to foster high level research, international and interdisciplinary exchanges and the development of new methods and research objects. The Paris IAS hosts yearly an average of twenty five researchers for stays of five to ten months.

The institute is located at the hôtel de Lauzun, île Saint-Louis, Paris

History

The Paris IAS was founded in 2008 by the Foundation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Paris (FMSH), in collaboration with the École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales (EHESS) and the École normale supérieure (ENS Paris).[1] It was inspired by the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, founded in 1930, which counted as its fellows well known researchers such as Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel or Clifford Geertz, and who served as a model for similar IAS that were subsequently created all over the world. The Paris IAS became an autonomous institution in 2011, supported by the City of Paris and the Île-de-France Regional authority, the French Ministry for Higher education and Research, as well as Universities and research institutions of the Paris area.

Since 2013, the Institute has been located at the hôtel de Lauzun, a 17th-century "hôtel particulier", lent by its owner the City of Paris.[2] There, the fellows have offices and rooms for their scientific activities (lectures, conferences, etc.). The Paris IAS is a member of the French network of Institutes for Advanced Study (RFIEA) and the European network of Institutes for Advanced Studies (NetIAS).[3] Its current director is Saadi Lahlou, Chair of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The sociologist Dominique Schnapper is president of the Board of trustees, and the historian Carla Hesse is president of the Scientific advisory board.[4]

Research

The research fellows work on projects in the humanities and social sciences (disciplines such as history, philosophy, sociology, literature, history of science and others). Gretty Mirdal, who was the director from 2012 until 2018, broadened this field of enquiry by creating a thematic program dedicated to neuro- and cognitive sciences.[5] Research projects at the institute are characterized by an interdisciplinary approach and the development of new methodologies or lines of research.[6]

The fellows as well as the partner institutions of the Paris IAS organize each year about a hundred scientific events in its premises, sometimes addressing major societal issues.[7]

Fellows

The applications for a fellowship are subject to a selection process meeting the standards of the European Research Council (ERC). Each year, about 25 researchers are selected. Jennifer Boittin,[8] Robert Darnton,[9] Itzhak Fried,[10] Giandomenico Iannetti,[11] Mark Lilla[12] Leonardo López Luján[13] and Elisabeth Spelke can be mentioned among the researchers who were granted a fellowship at the Paris IAS.

Partnerships

The Paris IAS is supported by the Mairie de Paris, the Île-de-France Regional Authority, the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research, as well as Universities and research institutions of the Paris area:

References
  1. Naissance et développement de l’IEA de Paris au sein de la fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, FMSH. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. Edouard Launet, Les grands esprits se racontent, Libération, 8 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. NetIAS
  4. Carla Hesse on the website of the University of Berkeley. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. Jakob Sheikh, Med ret til eget palæ Dansktyrkiske Gretty Mirdal har konkurreret sig til akademisk toppost i Paris, Politiken, 22 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. Anna Maria Vileno, L’Institut d’Etudes avancées de Paris consacre deux journées d’études à la kabbale, Observatoire des Religions et de la Laïcité, 30 may 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. The kill switch, in Nature, 19 May 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018. Comment les populistes confisquent le peuple, France Culture, 5 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. Jennifer Boittin : Luttes féministes, anti-coloniales, anti-racistes, France Culture, 7 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. Le témoin du vendredi : Robert Darnton, un américain à Paris, France Inter, 28 April 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. Itzhak Fried, What makes peaceful neighbours become mass murderers, Nature, 11 May 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  11. Giandomenico Iannetti : Universities abroad headhunting 95% of UCL’s top EU researchers, provost says, The Guardian, 29 August 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  12. La campagne américaine. Open debate with Christine Ockrent, Mark Lilla, Roger Cohen, Laurence Nardon and Papa Ndiaye, France Culture, 20 June 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  13. Leonardo López Luján, member of the British Academy, 13 septembre 2013. Consulté le 22 avril 2020.

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