Institute of Advanced Studies

Mission

To promote the recognition of the University of Western Australia in its mission of achieving international excellence by initiating strategies that:

• encourage cross-disciplinary research
• encourage distinguished scholars to visit the University and assist their residency;
• encourage dissemination of the University's research results to the larger population through our activities;
• stimulate public debate on contemporary issues;
• develop and maintain institutional collaboration with the key partners of the University.

Activities and Programs

Specific programs of the Institute will include:

• promoting and maximising the benefit from visiting scholars and fellowships for all members of our academic community;
• coordinating across faculties and discipline areas to enhance the profile and opportunities of research initiatives;
• organising and hosting interdisciplinary research seminars, conferences and workshops for staff and postgraduate students;
• hosting visits from distinguished professionals outside of the academy, including artists and public intellectuals, who can contribute to scholarly debate;
• being a centralised contact to ensure the University gains benefit from international and national benchmark agreements.
• being a creative resource to the academic, professional, business, graduate and cultural communities

Other activities will include:

• assisting in the promotion of discipline-specific conferences;
• a professor-at-large program in which distinguished scholars are invited to participate across disciplines in the University community as well as in their specialist field.
• management of the Gledden Senior Visiting Fellowship to encourage wider participation by distinguished scholars in cognate disciplines.