Research Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)

Interdisciplinarity at Uni.lu

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The University of Luxembourg wishes to overcome boundaries between disciplines and sectors, and considers that an increased interdisciplinarity is among the stakes of the University’s and Luxembourg’s next steps in its international research and innovation development. Based on this, the University has established in 2020 an Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS).

The missions of the IAS

The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) has four main missions:

  • To leverage bold and interdisciplinary research at the very forefront of science.
  • To represent the University of Luxembourg’s principles of excellence, interdisciplinarity and internationality.
  • To build bridges between the University’s community, international visitors and Luxembourg society.
  • To contribute to the attraction and retention of international talent.

The University of Luxembourg is a research-oriented University in a country that nurtures and promotes its research and innovation ecosystem, aiming at a knowledge-based economy at the heart of Europe. After more than 20 years of existence, the University of Luxembourg has become an epicentre for creating new knowledge and technology, with both local and global socio-economic and cultural impact.

The University of Luxembourg wishes to overcome boundaries between disciplines and sectors, and considers that an increased interdisciplinarity is among the stakes of the University’s and Luxembourg’s next steps in its international research and innovation development.

Number of IAS funding instruments involved in the different Faculties and Interdisciplinary Centres of the University of Luxembourg

Legend: Funding instruments
IAS funding instrument color code: Distinguished, Audacity, Young Academics, Brainstorm
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the FSTM departments. Physics & Materials Science: Distinguished 3, Audacity 9, Young Academics 2, Brainstorm 2. Computer Science: Audacity 4, Brainstorm 3. Life Sciences & Medicine: Audacity 2, Young Academics 1. Engineering: Audacity 5, Young Academics 1, Brainstorm 1. Mathematics: Audacity 1, Distinguished 1.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the FDEF departments. Law: Audacity 5, Young Academics 1, Brainstorm 1. Finance: Distinguished 1, Young Academics 1. Economics & Management: Distinguished 1, Young Academics 1, Brainstorm 1.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the FHSE departments. Education & Social Work: Audacity 1. Humanities: Audacity 4, Brainstorm 1. Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences: Audacity 5, Young Academics 4, Brainstorm 3. Social Sciences: Audacity 4, Young Academics 1, Brainstorm 3. Geography & Spatial Planning: Audacity 3, Young Academics 1.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the SnT. Audacity 3, Young Academics 2.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the LCSB. Distinguished 1, Audacity 12, Young Academics 3.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the C2DH. Audacity 1, Brainstorm 1.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the LCEL. Brainstorm 1.
Figure representing the IAS funding instruments involved in the LCSES. Distinguished 1.

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About IAS

Events, workshops, and doctoral defences related to IAS projects

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The Institute for Advanced Studies

Prof. Claus Vögele, Head of the IAS and Dr. Sylvie Fromentin, IAS Project Manager

Prof. Claus Vögele, Head of the IAS and Dr. Sylvie Fromentin, IAS Project Manager

Claus Vögele has headed the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) since 1 October 2022. The Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology has ambitious plans for the initiative founded in 2020. “With the IAS, we want to help interdisciplinary thinking make its breakthrough at the University of Luxembourg,” Vögele says

Like most research institutions, the University of Luxembourg currently conducts much of its excellent research within the disciplinary boundaries of individual departments. The IAS aims to change this by supporting only projects that bring together at least two disciplines. “These collaborations must be on an equal footing,” Vögele explains. “Only proposals that convincingly demonstrate clear knowledge gains or shared data benefits for all participating disciplines are eligible for IAS funding.” Guided by this principle, the IAS has already funded several research projects, with results published in leading international journals.

Vögele’s vision extends even further. “Interdisciplinarity grows out of personal communication and human interaction,” he says. To foster this, he is advocating for the IAS to join the international UBIAS network, the University-Based Institutes for Advanced Studies. In the long term, he also believes the IAS should have its own dedicated space: “Interdisciplinary researchers need a place to come together at the University of Luxembourg—a true home for the IAS.”

Contact

If you have any question relative to IAS and its funding instruments, you can send an email to:

  • Dr. Sylvie FROMENTIN

    Dr. Sylvie FROMENTIN

    Project Manager

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  • Véronique SCHAFF

    Véronique SCHAFF

    Project officer

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  • Prof Claus VÖGELE

    Prof Claus VÖGELE

    Full professor Health Psychology – Head of the Institute for Advanced Studies

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