The Institute of Advanced Study is delighted to welcome its first cohort of 2021/22 Fellows to Durham. The IAS Fellowship plays a major role in the life of the IAS, and we encourage your engagement with our Fellows. Fellows’ lectures and seminars are scheduled across the term, and collaborators will develop programmes of work during the term (see IAS events for further information).

The Institute's second cohort of visiting Fellows has begun to arrive in Durham. This term we welcome a number of Fellows to the Institute and wider University, as well as our virtual Fellows.

Congratulations to recent IAS Fellow, Professor Donald Dingwell from the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, who has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Society.

The IAS is keen to develop long-term clusters of research developments on key topics, in particular those addressing major global issues. A topic that has generated enthusiasm this year is that of Pollution. Colleagues are welcome to suggest others.

From today we welcome applications for IAS Research Development Projects (RDPs) to run in 2024/25. RDPs are aimed to help and support the early-stage development of ambitious interdisciplinary ideas and projects. Funding of up to £1500 is available and can be used to support, for example, research conversations, workshops, and network building which have the potential to develop into major projects in the future.

We are launching a Sandpit event and a new Project Funding Opportunity to advance the interdisciplinary research and leadership skills of our post-doctoral researchers and fellows at DU. This is a joint initiative between the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) and the university’s Research Culture development project Flourish@Durham.

The Epiphany Term edition of the IAS newsletter, Transformations, is now available.

The IAS has a busy term ahead and details of seminars, public lectures, workshops from both our Fellows and projects (major projects and research development projects) are listed in our Term Card.

The IAS welcomes its Epiphany Term (2024) Fellows to Durham. Several of our Fellows will be collaborating across the University with colleagues on two major IAS projects (Understanding Offence; and Justice and Artificial Intelligence) or joining forces with other colleagues on additional research until the end of this term. 

The latest edition of Transformations, the IAS's newsletter, is out now

The IAS welcomes its Michaelmas 2023 Fellows to Durham to work with colleagues until the end of this term. We are pleased to welcome:

Our latest edition of the IAS Newsletter, Transformations, is available to download now.