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The Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) at the University of Durham is a prestigious, ideas-based Institute with global reach. We bring together world-leading researchers from all disciplines to work with Durham colleagues on collaborative projects of major intellectual, scientific, political and practical significance.

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Latest news

IAS announces a further call for development projects (2022/23)

Jun 20, 2022

The IAS remains keen to support research conversations, workshops, and network building which have the potential to develop into major projects in the future. Colleagues are invited to apply for small scale funding to help the early stage development of ambitious...

Where are they now?: Professor Tiziana de Rogatis

Where are they now?: Professor Tiziana de Rogatis

May 17, 2022

Friendship and Scholarship at the IAS (October-December 2017) My experience at the IAS has been foundational from several points of view. In 2017, the year in which I held the fellowship, the selected topic was Structure. I entered an incredible dimension of shared...

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Current projects

Each year, the IAS supports ambitious and adventurous interdisciplinary projects tackling major research questions. Researchers from around the globe join Durham colleagues in collaborative teams to develop ground-breaking ideas, explore interdisciplinary synergies and develop new programmes of research. Learn more about our current projects by following the links below.

 

Developing new practices for fusing scientific and artistic invocation and explanation of Arctic environments.

Identifying the opportunities, challenges and barriers to creating a sustainable space industry.

Developing methods to automate the processes involved in a literature review.

  
 

Exploring how ideas of extended cognition can seek to explain memory at an individual level.

Exploring the social and cultural capital that might be accessed by advantaged and disadvantaged children.

  

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Recent publications

Recent articles, books, chapters and reports from our IAS Fellows.

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Fellows' publications

Publications begun or published during IAS Fellowships.

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Post-fellowship outputs

Publications catalysed by research conducted during IAS Fellowships.

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Insights e-journal

The journal which captured the ideas and work-in-progress of Fellows who visited the IAS during its thematic framework (from 2006 – 2017)

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Transformations newsletter

Browse previous editions of Transformations, the official newsletter of IAS Durham.

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References

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