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.
VACANCIES
The University of Tampere declares open eleven (11) new one- or two-year fixed-term RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS starting on 1 August 2015. Six (6) of the fellowships focus on the study of society and five (5) on the study of health, one of which particularly on respiratory diseases.
Kollegiumtutkijan määräaikaisia työsuhteita / Research Fellowships at the University of Tampere
(application deadline: 27 February 2015, at 15:45, UTC +02:00)
IASR Fellows 2014-2015/2016 appointed >> See Rector's decision here
10-year Anniversary of the Institute for Advanced Social Research
Photo Gallery - Anniversary Banquet
News
» IASR Lecture 3.3. Hannele Mäkelä: Accounting, Accountability and Sustainability (23.2.2015)
The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) organizes a series of English-language Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society bimonthly. The lecture series is open to all those interested.
» IASR Ad hoc Lecture 10.3. Michael John Jones: Creative Accounting, Fraud and International Accounting Scandals (12.2.2015)
The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) organizes a series of English-language Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society bimonthly and ad hoc lectures occasionally. The lecture series and ad hoc lectures are open to all those interested.
» Newly published: Children and Family in Late Antiquity. Life, Death and Interaction (2015) by Christian Laes, Katariina Mustakallio and Pia Vuolanto (eds) (16.2.2015)
Children and Family in Late Antiquity. Life, Death and Interaction has been published in the Series Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion, 15, Leuven: Peeters Publishers.
» IASR Lecture Series 20 January-12 May 2015 (13.1.2015)
The Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) organizes a series of English-language Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society bimonthly. The lecture series is open to all those interested.
Mailing address: FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
