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| Instituto de Estudios Avanzados | |
|---|---|
| Name | Instituto de Estudios Avanzados |
| Native name | Instituto de Estudios Avanzados |
| Established | 20th century |
| Type | Research institute |
| Location | Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción |
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados is a multidisciplinary research institute based in Chile with branches associated with major universities and cultural institutions. It functions as a hub for advanced study bringing together scholars connected to institutions such as Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, and international partners like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Stanford University and University of Cambridge. The institute has engaged figures linked to projects related to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, European Union, and various national ministries.
The institute traces antecedents to intellectual movements surrounding Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Jorge Alessandri, Salvador Allende, Arturo Alessandri, and scholarly networks that included correspondents with José Ortega y Gasset, Mario Vargas Llosa, Octavio Paz, Isabel Allende, Neruda's contemporaries, and visitors from École Normale Supérieure and Collège de France. Early collaborations involved academics from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Salamanca, King's College London, and Max Planck Society. Throughout periods marked by events like the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and transitions involving Patricio Aylwin, Ricardo Lagos, Michelle Bachelet, the institute adapted by partnering with bodies such as Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes and Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica. Post-dictatorship expansion featured linkages to projects supported by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, European Research Council, Guggenheim Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and foundations like Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The institute states objectives influenced by dialogues with entities like United Nations, World Health Organization, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, International Labour Organization, and networks including CLACSO, REDES, and Global Young Academy. Core goals include fostering comparative studies involving Latin America, Ibero-America, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, European Union, African Union, and institutions such as Harvard Kennedy School, London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University and Princeton University. The mission promotes collaborations with cultural institutions such as Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Santiago), Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, and partnerships with legal bodies like Corte Suprema de Chile and Comisión para el Mercado Financiero.
Governance features boards and advisory councils drawing on individuals affiliated with Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), and international trustees from National Science Foundation, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Administrative offices coordinate with departments modeled on units from Institute for Advanced Study, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brookings Institution, Smithsonian Institution, and research clusters resembling those at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Staffing includes directors, program officers, visiting scholars, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates linked to programs funded by Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, ANID, Consejo de Rectores, and bilateral accords with Agence Française de Développement.
Research themes cover humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and interdisciplinary domains, with centers analogous to Centro de Estudios Públicos, Centro de Estudios Científicos, Centro de Estudios Bicentenario, and hubs collaborating with Centro de Investigación en Energía Solar, Instituto Milenio de Neurociencia Biomédica, Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social, Centro de Estudios de Políticas Públicas and international labs including CERN, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Salk Institute, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Programs span studies on migration (linked to International Organization for Migration), climate (linked to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), urban studies interacting with World Resources Institute, public policy tied to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and digital humanities with collaborations like Digital Public Library of America and European Open Science Cloud.
The institute hosts doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in cooperation with universities such as Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and exchange agreements with École Polytechnique, University of Toronto, National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University, Korea University and Australian National University. Graduate curricula include seminars developed with input from faculty connected to Columbia University, Brown University, Duke University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, McGill University, and professional training linked to International Monetary Fund, World Bank Institute, and United Nations Development Programme.
The institute publishes working papers, monographs, and journals in series comparable to outputs from Revista de Occidente, Cuadernos de Historia, Anales de la Universidad de Chile, Latin American Research Review, Journal of Latin American Studies, and collaborates with presses like Editorial Universitaria, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, and Routledge. Outreach activities include public lectures, symposia, and partnerships with media organizations such as El Mercurio, La Tercera, BBC Mundo, The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde and cultural festivals akin to Santiago a Mil, Festival Internacional de la Música and forums with Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales.
Associated scholars include intellectuals and public figures connected through networks with Nicanor Parra, Manuel José Irarrázabal, Hernán Büchi, Andrés Bello, Ernesto Sabato, Enrique Krauss, Guillermo O'Donnell, Roberto Bolaño, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, María Angélica Idrobo, Mario Benedetti, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Gabriel Boric, Evelyn Matthei, Sebastián Piñera, Óscar Arias, Felipe González, Lula da Silva, Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Patricio Aylwin Azócar, and visiting professors from Noam Chomsky, Amartya Sen, Jürgen Habermas, Donna Haraway, Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, Jacques Derrida, Paul Ricoeur, Saskia Sassen, Wole Soyinka, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Thomas Piketty, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Jared Diamond, Yuval Noah Harari, Steven Pinker and many other contributors to regional and global debates.
Category:Research institutes in Chile