The International Centre for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies (ICAIOS) is a joint effort of three universities in Aceh – University of Syiah Kuala and IAIN Ar-Raniry in Banda Aceh, and University of Malikussaleh in Lhokseumawe – and supported by the Government of Aceh as well as several international academic institutions. The Centre functions under the ICAIOS Foundation that was initiated in April 2
008. The Advisory Board has ten Indonesian and ten international members, representing distinguished Indonesian, Australian, European and American academic institutions. ICAIOS is a permanent research centre that supports international academic cooperation of Aceh’s universities in the fields that are particularly important for the recovery of post-tsunami and post-conflict Aceh