Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Uppsala

Jubileum celebration

This year SCAS celebrates its 40th anniversary since the inception of the Collegium in 1985. SCAS uses this milestone to look forward — to examine how Institutes for Advanced Study (IASs) can continue to foster free, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarship in an increasingly complex and evolving academic and global environment.

The jubilee symposium is on the theme Transitions: Future Trajectories of Institutes for Advanced Study (IASs) in Academia.

Jubileum symposium - Transitions: Future Trajectories of Institutes for Advanced Study (IASs) in Academia

The world of academic scholarship and science is currently undergoing significant change — in terms of organization, funding structures, mobility, and forms of collaboration. Questions around academic freedom and integrity are being reshaped in many regions, and Institutes for Advanced Study, are facing new challenges as well as new responsibilities. The symposium will reflect on these developments and explore how IASs can remain resilient, relevant, and responsive in supporting curiosity-driven research beyond institutional and disciplinary boundaries.

Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
Uppsala

SCAS Hosted European Network and Celebrated Milestone Anniversary

Last week, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study was the arena for two large events.

First, SCAS hosted the annual meeting of the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study (NetIAS) as we welcomed colleagues from our sister institutes across Europe for discussions on ongoing initiatives, future collaborations, and shared opportunities and challenges.

The network meeting was instantly followed by the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Collegium, which saw invited guests gather for an international symposium on the theme Transitions: Future Trajectories of Institutes for Advanced Study (IASs) in Academia. Speakers and participants attended from near and far and contributed to vibrant and stimulating discussions on the unique role of Institutes for Advanced Study and topics such as academic freedom, interdisciplinary collaboration, global mobility, the support to early-career researchers, institutional purpose, academic diplomacy, and the evolving conditions for research, among other things.