Institut d'études avancées de Paris

The Paris Institute for Advanced Study offers to its fellows several types of stays as well as various research programs. Whether short or long-term, individual or group-based, the Paris IAS’s research residencies enable international researchers to integrate into a high-level academic community and promote collaboration and collective intelligence.

LONG STAYS (5 to 10 months)

Non-thematic residencies

The research projects of Fellows on long stays at the Paris IAS can cover all disciplines or themes in the social sciences, humanities, and other disciplines concerned with societal issues. The Institute selects projects that stand out for their excellence and that of the researchers who carry them out. The impact that this research can have on its discipline and the academic field in general is a factor that is particularly valued in the selection of the many applications that the Paris IAS receives each year. These projects also stand out for their originality, whether because they use new methodologies, bring theoretical innovations to the state of the art, or are rooted in an interdisciplinary field. Ultimately, the Paris IAS strives to support projects that are relevant, ambitious, and essential to understanding the contemporary world, its mechanisms, and its transformations.

The FIAS program

Most long-term resident researchers at the Paris IEA participate in the FIAS (French Institute for Advanced Study) international mobility program, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, Marie Skłodowska-Curie action. The Institute is one of the French institutions coordinated by the French Network of Institutes for Advanced Study (RFIEA) that benefit from this program, which enables high-level scientists to develop their projects during ten-month research residencies at the heart of the local university network.

Research chairs

With the collaboration of several of its members and partners, the Paris IAS has been able to develop research chairs that can be used by certain long-term resident fellows:

• The City of Paris chair, created with the support of the municipality, The
• The Riksbankens Jubileumsfond chair, created with the Bank of Sweden Foundation
• The CAS program. A collaboration has been established with the Center for Advanced Study of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, as part of a partnership with the Gudmund Hernes Foundation.

SHORT STAYS (1 to 3 months)

Writing residencies “Paris IdeAS”

Since September 2023, writing residencies have offered the opportunity to spend a month at the Paris IAS to work on an article presenting and developing an idea or concept, with a view to shaping this notion into a clear, widely accessible publication with the potential to become an influential work beyond the discipline. These short stays welcome researchers in the humanities and social sciences, as well as experts who have recently held senior positions: all are selected by a group of 45 “Editorial Fellows” and by the scientific council of the Paris IAS and are invited for a defined period.

The CAT (Constructive Advanced Thinking) program

Launched in 2019 by the Paris IAS and supported by several European institutes of advanced studies that are members of the NetIAS network, the CAT program encourages small groups of young researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are dedicated to developing new ideas for understanding and addressing current and emerging societal challenges by proposing concrete solutions. The CAT program, which is free and non-thematic, supports fundamental research and encourages openness to non-academic actors.

Invitation Support Programs

With the collaboration of several of its members and partners, the Paris IAS has developed research chairs that certain short-term resident fellows may benefit from:

• The PostGenAI@Paris program, led by Sorbonne Université,
• The invitation program in partnership with the CNRS,
• The HERMES program (Heritage in the Making: Emerging Strategies/Patrimoines en devenir), led by Université Sorbonne Nouvelle as part of the AMI SHS France 2030,
• The RELIGIS program (Religions and Societies Facing Contemporary Challenges), led by the Université de Strasbourg as part of the AMI SHS France 2030,
• The CAS program, which hosts short-term residents in partnership with the Gudmund Hernes Foundation. The first fellow will arrive in spring 2027,
• The Brain, Culture and Society Program.