Promoting the free and independent pursuit of scholarly research in the context of an interdisciplinary intellectual community is the main mission of CEU Institute for Advanced Study (CEU IAS). Located in Budapest, the vibrant cultural and academic hub of Central and Eastern Europe, CEU IAS brings together scholars from all over the world who work in the fields of the social sciences, humanities a
nd the law. High level scholarly work is achieved through a combination of sustained individually undertaken research and ongoing collaborations and conversations with other scholars. CEU IAS is committed to providing its fellows with the time, space and opportunity to do both and to choose their balance and form. Scholars apply for fellowships and are selected through a rigorous selection process which involves soliciting multiple evaluations from renown experts in each field. Once in residence, IAS fellows set their own research agenda and pursue their work according to their individual schedules and pace. The Institute makes every effort possible to support this process through taking care of the fellows’ practical and intellectual needs during their stay. Fellows work on their own, with weekly formal and informal meetings and seminars, which foster an interdisciplinary intellectual community in each cohort. The Institute helps fellows meet and collaborate with local researchers in their own fields and help identify existing research groups, workshops or public lectures which may be useful for their work. The Institute follows the intellectual tradition of Collegium Budapest, the first Institute for Advanced Study in Budapest. CEU IAS is affiliated with the Central European University thus scholars have access to the intellectual and technological resources of the university, as well as its faculty, research groups and graduate students. At the same time, CEU IAS is intellectually and structurally independent of the CEU.
