Institute for Human Sciences
| Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) |
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| purpose | Advanced studies in the field of humanities and social sciences |
| Chair: | Shalini Randeria |
| Establishment date: | 1982 |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.iwm.at |
The Institute for Human Sciences ( IWM ) is a non-profit association based in Vienna . The organization promotes and conducts advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences .
Story and idea
The IWM was founded in 1982 by the Polish philosopher Krzysztof Michalski , who was rector of the institute until his death in February 2013. The social anthropologist Shalini Randeria has been the rector of the IWM since 2015. Right from the start, the IWM promoted international exchange and dialogue between scientists and intellectuals from different disciplines, societies and cultures - especially between Eastern and Western Europe. This exchange increasingly includes researchers from North America , Southeast Europe and the successor states of the Soviet Union . The institute brings new, socially relevant and often controversial topics into focus in order to make a contribution to political, social and cultural debates.
Structure and program
The IWM sees itself as a community of scholars made up of Permanent Fellows , Visiting Fellows and Junior Visiting Fellows . Permanent fellows at the IWM are Ayse Caglar (Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna ); Ludger Hagedorn; Ivan Krastev (Head of the Center for Liberal Strategies, Sofia ); Shalini Randeria (Professor of Social Anthropology and Sociology, Graduate Institute, Geneva); Timothy Snyder (Professor of History, Yale University ); Charles Taylor (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University , Montréal ); Ivan Vejvoda (Former Senior Vice President for Programs at the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States) and Miloš Vec (Professor for European Legal and Constitutional History, University of Vienna).
In terms of content, the institute focuses on 3 main areas:
- Decent Society
- Democracy in Question
- Europe's Pasts and Futures
Every year the IWM awards around one hundred fellowships to scientists, journalists and translators who work on their projects at the institute.
The IWM regularly organizes lectures, debates and conferences for a wide audience and pursues various practical projects. The results of this work are published in the form of monographs, essays and translations. In addition, the IWM publishes the biannual magazine IWM post ' .
The association receives funding from the Austrian federal government and the municipality of Vienna. Its projects and events are supported by international foundations and other sponsors.