Welcome to the Institute of Advanced Study
Durham’s Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) is a home for growing big ideas. We support a broad and inclusive interdisciplinary community from across the full spectrum of Durham academics, where different perspectives are brought together to develop creative approaches to interesting and important problems. We welcome world-leading researchers to Durham, providing the time and space to work on projects and build future collaborations.
Latest news
Recruitment is now open for the second joint Charles Wallace India Trust / IAS Fellowship
The CWIT and IAS is delighted to invite applications from scholars in India for its second joint Fellowship in Epiphany term (11 January to 19 March 2027) joining the IAS project ‘Confronting Climate Apartheid: law, economy, culture’ and its Durham University research...
Call Launched for IAS 2026/27 Research Development Projects
Applications are now welcome for IAS Research Development Projects (RDPs) for the 2026/27 academic year. Led by Durham academics, the scheme supports the early-stage development of ambitious interdisciplinary research initiatives. Further details on eligibility,...
Current projects
Representing memory
Exploring how ideas of extended cognition can seek to explain memory at an individual level.
Quantifying global risk
Determining options available to the airline industry in the face of volcanic ash incidents.
Landscapes of rights
Examining the negotiation of rights around common resources.
Threshold worlds
An interdisciplinary project on dreams, narrative and liminal cognition.