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
10-year Anniversary of the Institute for Advanced Social Research, 16 October 2013
>> Photo Gallery - Anniversary Banquet
IASR Fellows 2017-2019 appointed >> See Rector's decision here
News
» Speakers Series Lecture 26.09. Ali Qadir: The Moral Authority of Science in the Modern World Polity: Evidence from Parliamentary Discourse (20.9.2017)
The Speakers Series is a series of Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society organized weekly by the University of Tampere Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) in cooperation with the New Social Research Programme (NSR). The lectures are given by the Research Fellows as well as the distinguished guests of the IASR and the NSR. The lectures are open to all those interested.
» Speakers Series 2017-18, Autumn (18.9.2017)
The Speakers Series is a series of Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society organized weekly by the University of Tampere Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) in cooperation with the New Social Research Programme (NSR). The lectures are given by the Research Fellows as well as the distinguished guests of the IASR and the NSR. The lecture series is open to all those interested.
Mailing address: FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
