“…and where do you apply your research?” was a question I received at the outset of (almost) every introduction during my 5 month visit to the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) from, February through to July of 2024. ...

I had the joy of having a lengthy IAS research fellowship from October 2023 to June 2024. It was a luxury to step into the beautiful IAS building overlooking the canals, knowing I had a full day to work on my project ...

In the summer of 2017, at the start of my first research fellowship, I stumbled upon a short yet profound book titled “Usefulness of Useful Knowledge” by Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the very first ...

If I had to describe my IAS fellowship in three words, they would be: peace, space, and trust. As soon as you walk into the IAS building, you get the impression that you can slow down, take time to reflect, find ...

“During our time at IAS, we aim to set up a more comprehensive framework for designing triangulation studies in health research, especially with respect to the integration of methods employing genetic data, such as ...

A plain Tuesday in April, with that typically changeable Dutch weather when you can experience all seasons in one day. But a fantastic day in many other respects, a day that illustrates the fruits of having a ...

We look back at our sojourn at IAS very fondly, and not just because of the thriving and convivial atmosphere within which we worked, talked, and ate with colleagues across UvA and beyond. It was an experience that ...

In today's complex legal, economic and political landscape, the collaboration between civil society and academia plays a pivotal role to develop more informed policies. Reflecting on my policy fellowship experience ...

Two years within Australia's closed borders proved to be a challenging period filled with administrative responsibilities. As 2022 was my sabbatical year, I was determined to re-immerse myself in active academic ...

The phrase that caught my eye when looking for fellowship opportunities was slow science. I had an upcoming sabbatical that I wanted to use to kickstart my brand-new ERC project on social tipping dynamics. As is ...

In June 2022, I was selected as the first joint fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) and the Data Science Centre (DSC) of the University of Amsterdam. The topic of my fellowship was the connection ...

During my fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), I experienced a transformative period in my professional and personal life. The interdisciplinary environment allowed me to broaden my horizons, foster ...

Still under Peter Sloot’s lead, and during the pandemic, my Building as Being project was selected for the ‘UvA-IAS ArtScience fellowship’.

February 2021. The world is in lockdown, again. Brilliant sunshine is streaming in through the windows. I am frantically darting around my living room, carefully balancing my laptop, trying to find a spot where I can ...

Alumni Fellows Naja and Morten Hulvej Rod write in this blog about their time at IAS

Alumni fellows Lasse Gerrits and Brian Castellani mapped the history of the study of social complexity

Fellow Fernando Nóbrega Santos used online events to bring together 15 international experts and attracted over a hundred attendees all together

UvA researchers about their fellowship period at the IAS