IAS DURHAM

Welcome to the Institute of Advanced Study

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

Where are they now? Professor Monica Grady

Where are they now? Professor Monica Grady

Jul 6, 2021

Written by Monica Grady I was privileged to have a Visiting Fellowship at the IAS in Epiphany Term 2010. It was a little different from other Fellowships, as it was a joint appointment with my husband, Ian Wright both invited by Professor Martin Ward, then Director of...

Meet the team: New Co-Director Patrick Zuk

Meet the team: New Co-Director Patrick Zuk

Jul 6, 2021

Professor Patrick Zuk joins the IAS as Director, Arts & Humanities, on 1 October 2021. Based in the Department of Music, Professor Zuk joined Durham University in 2006. A cultural historian specialising in the study of music in Eastern Europe and Great Britain and...

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Current projects

Each year, the IAS supports four ambitious interdisciplinary projects tackling major research questions. Leading 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 the social and cultural capital that might be accessed by advantaged and disadvantaged children.

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

Upcoming events

More-than-human Memory: Engaging the Non-human in the Aftermath of Genocide

More-than-human Memory: Engaging the Non-human in the Aftermath of Genocide

Date September 22, 2021Time 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmVenue Virtual

Firing Up the Epistemological Engine: Workshop 1 – The Challenge

Firing Up the Epistemological Engine: Workshop 1 – The Challenge

Date January 19, 2022Time 9:00 am - 5:00 pmVenue Institute of Advanced Study

Firing up the Epistemological Engine: Workshop 2 – The Design

Firing up the Epistemological Engine: Workshop 2 – The Design

Date February 2, 2022Time 9:00 am - 5:00 pmVenue Institute of Advanced Study

Publications

Recent publications

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

Fellows' publications

Publications begun or published during IAS Fellowships.

Post-fellowship outputs

Publications catalysed by research conducted during IAS Fellowships.

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)

Transformations newsletter

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

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