Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR)
The Institute for Advanced Social Research, IASR, is the research collegium of the University of Tampere. It conducts advanced research focusing on society, provides a productive research environment and facilities for researchers, and promotes multidisciplinary research and international interaction. The institute accomplishes its mission by annually awarding fixed-term one- or two-year fellowships to academics and scholars from both abroad and the University of Tampere.
The Director of the Institute for Advanced Social Research is Professor Risto Heiskala (risto.heiskala@uta.fi, tel. +358 40 741 7518) and its steering committee is the Research Council of the University of Tampere.
The Institute is located in the Atalpa Building (Ratapihankatu 55, 2nd and 3rd floor) at the main campus of the university.
EVENTS
Professor Heiskala's 60th Birthday Seminar and Birthday Banquet, 11 November 2016
IASR Fellows 2014-2015/2016 appointed >> See Rector's decision here
IASR Fellows 2015-2016/2017 appointed >> See Rector's decision here
10-year Anniversary of the Institute for Advanced Social Research
Photo Gallery - Anniversary Banquet
News
» IASR Lecture 4.10. Christine Syrek: Capturing life as it is lived: Research on social media use (26.9.2016)
The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) organizes a series of Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society (kollegiumluennot) bimonthly. The lecture series is open to all those interested.
» IASR Lecture Series 2016-17, Fall (6.7.2016)
The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) organizes a series of Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society (kollegiumluennot) bimonthly. The lecture series is open to all those interested.
» Newly published (29.2.2016)
Childhood and Nation. Interdisciplinary Engagements. Edited by Zsuzsa Millei & Robert Imre. Critical Studies of Childhood Series, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
» Newly published in Finnish (4.4.2016)
Heikki A. Kovalainen: Mädän elämän alkeet (Teos, 2016)
» Newly published (6.7.2016)
Changing Power of Journalism: The Two Phases of Mediatization by Risto Kunelius & Esa Reunanen, Communication Theory, Wiley Online Library 2016
Mailing address: FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
