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Governance

Status

Paris IAS is an association created under the French Law of Associations of 1901, founded on 1 January 2011. Its current President is Mrs Bettina Laville, founder and former president of the Comité 21.

The purpose of the “Association for the Paris Institute for Advanced Study” is to “host high-level international researchers in residence, providing research conditions that foster creativity and innovation”.

Governance

The Paris Institute for Advanced Study has two governing bodies: the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.

General Assembly

The General Assembly is made up of three colleges: the College of Donors, the College of Scientific Institutions, and the College of Qualified Experts.

College of Donors
  • Olivier BOUIN, Director,  RFIEA (the French network of institutes for advanced study)
  • Ariel WEIL, Mayor of Paris Centre
  • Antonin COHEN, Administrator of FMSH (Fondation Maison des  Sciences de l’Homme)
  • Marie-Eve PERRU, Ile-de-France Regional Council
College of Scientific Institutions
  • INRAE
  • CNRS
  • École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
  • École normale supérieure - PSL
  • École Pratique des Hautes Etudes - PSL
  • Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme
  • Inalco
  • Sorbonne Université
  • Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne
  • Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle
  • Université Paris Cité
  • Université Gustave Eiffel
  • Université Paris Nanterre
  • Université Paris-Saclay
College of Qualified Experts
  • Isabelle STRAUSS-KAHN, World Bank
  • Bettina LAVILLE, Conseillère d'Etat honoraire
  • Helga NOWOTNY, ETH Zurich
  • Pierre LESCURE, journaliste
  • Guillaume ERNER, journaliste

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is a smaller body that brings together the Founding Members, two representatives from the College of Scientific Institutions, and six Qualified Experts. The Board of Directors elects a President, a Vice President, and a Treasurer from among its members.

President: Bettina LAVILLE
Vice-Président: Nathalie DRACH-TEMAM, Sorbonne Université President
Treasurer: Isabelle STRAUSS-KAHN

Representatives of the College of Scientific Institutions
  • Christine NEAU-LEDUC, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne President
  • Nathalie DRACH-TEMAM, President of Sorbonne University

Scientific Advisory Board

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are researchers that are recognised on an international level and are familiar with the research of institutes for advanced study around the world. The Scientific Advisory Board evaluates applications and gives its opinion on the programmes and general directions of Paris IAS.

  • President: Alena LEDENEVA, University College London (Politics and Society)
  • Salvatore Maria AGLIOTI, Sapienza University of Rome (Cognitive Neuroscience)
  • Ulrike FELT, University of Vienna (Science and Technology Studies)
  • Emmanuel KREIKE, Princeton University
  • Sarah KENDERDINE, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Samia HUQ, Brac University
  • Henrik Palmer OLSEN, University of Copenhagen

Director

Saadi LAHLOU, professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics was appointed Director of the Paris IAS on September 2018.

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