UvA researchers or researchers from another university at any career stage can apply for a research fellowship.
We explicitly welcome joint applications from small teams of researchers and are mindful of the importance of (gender) diversity within IAS. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.
Requirements:
Research fellowships typically have a duration of 2-5 months, depending on availability as well as possible visa limitations, with the possibility of extension.
For research fellows employed by UvA, time at IAS is organised as an in-kind arrangement with their department. This can take the form of spending sabbatical time at IAS or other arrangements (e.g. using a research grant).
Research fellows employed by other institutions (non-UvA fellows) enjoy guest status; they are not employed by the IAS.
For non-UvA fellows who relocate to Amsterdam for the duration of the research fellowship, IAS provides a needs-based compensation for your expenses (travel, accommodation, etc). They are responsible for paying tax to the Tax and Customs Administration of the Netherlands (Belastingdienst) or to the tax authorities of the country in which they are liable to pay taxes.
All research fellows will get access to:
The IAS consists of a curiosity-driven research community.
All research fellows are expected to:
The number of available research fellowships is limited. In the selection process we will therefore also consider how an applicant’s profile and proposal fits with the other research activities and the overall composition of the research fellowship cohort.
Research fellowship applications are assessed by the IAS Board of Associates, who advises the IAS Director. While we welcome applications at any moment throughout the year, ideal starting dates for research fellowships at IAS are February and September. Please note, that IAS is not able to host international fellows during the summer break. Kindly consider this in your planning and timeline. Our Board of Associates meets three times a year to assess applications: January, May and October.
To apply, please send an email to ias@uva.nl and include:
In the context of the IAS theme governance of complexity, we are launching a special fellowship modality: the Policy Fellowship.
Climate change, inequality, health, polarization, changing international orders: the challenges we face are numerous. Policymakers are not only confronted with complex issues, in a multi-actor, multi-level and multi-issue world but the governance of these problems has itself become a complex issue. To understand and to promote the interaction between science, research, and policymaking, governments, industries, non-governmental organisations and academia need to collaborate and design new modes of governance, regulation and decision-making that stimulate imagination and cooperation.
Policy Fellows are:
The IAS consists of a curiosity-driven research community.
In this atmosphere, Policy Fellows will:
Policy fellowship applications are assessed by the IAS Board of Associates, who advises the IAS Director. While we welcome applications at any moment throughout the year, ideal starting dates for policy fellowships at IAS are February and September. Please note, that IAS is not able to host international fellows during the summer break. Kindly consider this in your planning and timeline. Our Board of Associates meets three times a year to assess applications: January, May and October.
To apply, please send an email to ias@uva.nl and include:
The University of Amsterdam’s Data Science Centre (DSC) and Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) welcome applications for their fourth DSC/IAS Joint Fellowship Call.
The fourth call for research projects invites proposals that focus on Empirical Ethics and Data Science Methods and aim to address ethical questions through empirically grounded approaches and that explore and contribute to data science methods.
Empirical Ethics continues the so-called empirical turn in epistemology, ethics, and the humanities by connecting insights gained through qualitative and quantitative methods with value considerations. The analytical focus thereby shifts from principles to understanding what different actors and stakeholders consider as desirable and undesirable practices, whether at the individual, societal, or institutional level. Empirical Ethics blends normative, philosophical reflections on pressing contemporary issues with qualitative, ethnographic, and data-driven research (see also Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society).
This emerging field highlights the perspectives of affected stakeholders as essential component of the ethical equilibrium, thereby providing novel insights that may challenge dominant norms, tools, infrastructures, procedures, and institutions.
This approach represents a critical step in addressing some of the limitations within ethics, particularly its tendency to rely excessively on abstract principles and Western-centric viewpoints that often overlook the lived experiences of those directly or indirectly affected by diverse issues of concern. By integrating close-up ethnographic research with data science methods and ethical reflection, Empirical Ethics cultivates more nuanced and pluralistic understandings of complex normative questions that arise vis-à-vis evolving developments and dynamics.
UvA researchers or researchers from another university at any career stage can apply for a joint DSC/IAS fellowship.
We explicitly welcome joint applications from small teams of researchers that blend expertise in ethics, philosophy, anthropology, or science and technology studies, with data science approaches. Another option is a combination of a researcher and an individual/organisation with a specific use case/question.
We are mindful of the importance of (gender) diversity within DSC and IAS and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.
Requirements:
Joint DSC/IAS fellowships typically have a duration of 2-6 months. For non-EU nationals, the maximum duration of fellowships is 3 months.
For joint DSC/IAS fellows employed by UvA, time at DSC and IAS is organised as an in-kind arrangement with their department. This can take the form of spending sabbatical time at DSC and IAS or other arrangements (e.g. using a research grant).
Joint DSC/IAS fellows employed by other institutions (non-UvA fellows) enjoy guest status; they are not employed by the DSC or IAS.
For non-UvA fellows who relocate to Amsterdam for the duration of the research fellowship, IAS provides a needs-based compensation for expenses (travel, accommodation). They are responsible for paying tax to the Tax and Customs Administration of the Netherlands (Belastingdienst) or to the tax authorities of the country in which they are liable to pay taxes.
All joint DSC/IAS fellows will:
The DSC and IAS consists of a curiosity-driven research community.
All joint DSC/IAS fellows are expected to:
Joint DSC/IAS fellowship applications are assessed by a committee of DSC and IAS staff, advised by the IAS Board of Associates. Fellowships can start any time in the year 2025. Please note, that IAS is not able to host international fellows during the summer break. Kindly consider this in your planning and timeline.
The deadline for submission is 20 January 2025. We strive to notify applicants about their application in February.
To apply, please send an email before 20 January 2025 to ias@uva.nl and include: