Institute of Advanced Study (Durham)
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The Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) is a research centre of Durham University. The IAS has been set up to bring researcher from across the world to collaborate on cutting edge research. The IAS was set up to mark Durham's 175th anniversary and will be housed in the Grade I listed Bishop Cosins Hall on Palace Green, Durham. The Institute will accept its first fellows in January 2006.
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[edit] Facilities and Themes
Fellows of the IAS will be able to access all the facilities of the University and will work in one of the University's 27 departments along side existing scholars. Fellows will also be involved with the colleges by giving and attending various lectures, seminars and formal dinners within the IAS, colleges and departments. The fellows will a dedicated office building, access to the four university libraries, two museums and botanic garden as well as the university's laboratories and research centres.
The research of the IAS is based around research themes across the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. The theme of the IAS's research is published a year in advance. A scoping exercise in late 2005 set out the core themes across the three academic strands with the inaugural theme in 2006-2007 being the "Legacy of Darwin". Research with the theme will include:
- the conflict between scientific and creationist thinking on evolution,
- the dynamics of complex systems, and
- long-term geophysical change
[edit] Fellowships
The IAS offers fellowships to UK and international scholars with two different types of fellowships: distinguished and fast-track.
- Distinguished Fellowships will be offered to members of Academia who have an international standing and a history of high quality research in their field of study.
- Fast track Fellowships will be offered to scholars who are emerging as forerunners in their chosen discipline but who as yet are not of a high international repute.
The Fellowships will each last three months, with ten award each semester. The first semester runs from January to June and the second from September to December.
Accommodation for the fellows will be provide by some of the university's colleges:
- Collingwood College
- Grey College
- Hatfield College
- St Chad's College
- St John’s College
- St Mary’s College
- University College
- Van Mildert College
[edit] Directorates
The IAS is run by four directors nominally appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the university. The directors are responsible for the academic calendar and research events of the IAS. Three of the directors are responsible for maintaining links with the IAS and are thus named after the relevant faculty. The present directors are:
- Professor Ash Amin - Executive Director
- Professor Michael O'Neill - Director for the Arts and Humanities
- Professor Susan J Smith - Director for the Social Sciences
- Professor James Stirling - Director for the Sciences
[edit] Advisory Council
The advisory council works along side the directors and meets once a year to develop the academic calendar of the IAS and aid in its promotion through members acting as ambassadors to the IAS and advising on new research themes. The present members of the council are
- Professor Sir Kenneth Calman
- Dr Bill Bryson
- Professor Dame Gillian Beer
- Professor Gillian Clark
- Professor Julia Goodfellow
- Professor Martin Daunton
- Professor Sally Macintyre
- Professor Nikolas Rose
- Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh
- Dr Matt Ridley
- Professor Malcolm Schofield
- Professor Peter Smith
- Mr Peter Watson
| Colleges: | Collingwood · Stephenson · Grey · Hatfield · John Snow · Josephine Butler · St Aidan's · St Chad's · St Cuthbert's Society · St Hild and St Bede · St John's · St Mary's · Trevelyan · University · Ushaw · Ustinov · Van Mildert · Former Colleges |
| Departments and Research Institutes: |
Business School · Institute of Advanced Study · Institute for Hazard and Risk Research School for Health · Wolfson Research Institute |
| Student Life: | Athletic Union · Durham UCCE · Palatinate Newspaper · Purple Radio Students' Union · Durham Union Society (debating) · University Boat Race |
| Miscellaneous: | Academic Dress · People · Botanic Gardens · Images of Durham · University Library |
