Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Institute for Advanced Study
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Cooperations

The Wissenschaftskolleg plans its invitations and emphases in part to give impetus to new developments. Since an individual Fellow works for only one year in Berlin, the Wissenschaftskolleg cannot sustain this impetus in the long term by itself. So to make this impetus effective, it is important that the Wissenschaftskolleg works in a range of cooperative projects and networks.
In selected areas, continuity is achieved by following up topics for several years or by supervising projects for a limited time that involve former Fellows.

In each class of Fellows, new constellations arise, often resulting in concrete cooperation on national and international levels. But there are also some continuous cooperative efforts

In the Berlin-Brandenburg region

The Wissenschaftskolleg is part of the rich, diverse research landscape of Berlin-Brandenburg. Cooperative projects in the region change from year to year in accordance with the interests of the Fellows. Institutionally, this cooperation is underpinned by cooperation agreements with Berlin's Freie Universität (Free University), Humboldt Universität (Humboldt University), and Technische Universität (Technical University); in particular, these agreements govern the joint appointment of Permanent Fellows. The Fellows are placed on equal footing with the guest researchers of these universities.
The Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg works together with the presidents of these universities, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences) and the Wissenschaftszentrums (Research Center) in a cooperation fund to initiate inter-institutional and interdisciplinary cooperation.

Furthermore the Wissenschaftskolleg is one of the bodies responsible for the "Studienkolleg zu Berlin", which admits twenty German students and twenty students from other European countries each year.

The Composer in Residence, who is a Fellow and at the same time is expected to work together with an orchestra, is generally jointly appointed by the Wissenschaftskolleg and one of Berlin's orchestras.

The Wissenschaftskolleg feels especially tied to institutions that contributed to its own establishment, in particular the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Humboldt University's special research area Theoretical Biology: "Robustness, Modularity, and the Evolutionary Design of Living Systems". The Schering and DaimlerChrysler companies have long supported research in this field by granting funds for special "name fellowships".

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Comparable Institutes

In recent years, many comparable institutes have been founded throughout the world - and the Wissenschaftskolleg has often been asked for its counsel. Ties are especially close to institutes that the Wissenschaftskolleg helped found with the aim of renewing and strengthening local cultures of knowledge. These institutes are the Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Study in Hungary, the New Europe College Bukarest in Romania, the Bibliotheca Classica St. Petersburg in Russia, and Point Sud. Muscler le savoir local in Bamako, Mali, a small research center in West Africa.

Continuous discussion of experience has developed in the group "Some Institutes for Advanced Study" (SIAS). In the 1990s, this group awarded the New Europe Prize; now it shares responsibility for the "SIAS Summer Institutes" (SIASSI), a continuation of the "European and American Young Scholars' Summer Institutes". The following institutes belong to SIAS:

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Network

Here is some information on individual partners in the network. The titles are linked to their respective websites.


Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Study
At the initiative of the Wissenschaftskolleg and in cooperation with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Collegium Budapest was set up in 1992 as an Institute for Advanced Study. Its goal is to promote the sciences and humanities in Central and Eastern Europe and to strengthen academic relations between East and West.  The work of outstanding researchers from different countries provides the opportunity to reconnect cultural and academic traditions that were separated in the postwar period.


New Europe College Bukarest
With the New Europe Prize (awarded by Some Institutes for Advanced Study) as start capital, the philosopher and art historian Andrei Pleşu (Fellow 1991/1992) founded the New Europe College (NEC) in Bucharest in 1994.
The NEC is an independent institution fostering innovative research in the humanities and social sciences. It sees its core task in forming a new research elite; to achieve this goal, it awards stipends to young researchers and supports them in their work. It mediates contacts with scientists and scholars all over the world, fosters exchange and cross-fertilization among different research traditions and disciplines, and stimulates networking and the renewal of teaching and research in the Romanian academic system. Since its founding, the NEC has thereby developed into an internationally recognized and attractive Institute for Advanced Study.

 


Centre for Advanced Study Sofia
The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS), founded in Sofia in 2000, is headed by the historian Diana Mishkova (Fellow 1998/1999) with the support of three Academic Associates: Pepka Boyadjieva (Sociology), Georgi Ganev (Economics), and Georgi Kapriev (Philosophy).
The CAS fosters outstanding research and scholarly cooperation in the humanities and social sciences in Bulgaria and the region by offering primarily younger talented researchers stipends and the opportunity to carry out collaborative academic research in the framework of research projects lasting several years under the leadership of selected senior scholars. With regular event series, discussion forums, and various online portals, the CAS is a platform for research in the humanities and social sciences in Bulgaria and Southeast Europe and mediates diverse contacts in the region for domestic and foreign researchers.


Bibliotheca Classica Saint Petersburg 
The classical philologist and former Wissenschaftskolleg Fellow Alexander Gavrilov (1996/1997) founded the Bibliotheca Classica in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1994, with the aid of the New Europe Prize. The Bibliotheca Classica is closely tied, spatially and in terms of personnel, to the local Humanistic Gymnasium (high school with advanced courses in the classics and classical languages).
This non-lending library brings together the city's younger classics scholars for joint seminars and research projects, publishes two specialized journals, and organizes cooperation with foreign partner institutions. Its activities are intended as a contribution to renewing classical studies and philology in Russia.


Point Sud. Muscler le savoir local - Research Center of Local Knowledge  in Bamako
In Bamako, Mali, the Wissenschaftskolleg - with the aid of the VolkswagenStiftung and in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth - supported its former Fellow, the Malian ethnologist and historian Mamadou Diawara (Fellow of 1994/1995) in establishing the research center "Point Sud. Muscler le savoir local". The goal of this center, which began its work in October 1997, is to conduct research on local traditions of knowledge in West Africa in relation to development projects, based on the experience that development projects have to take into account the perspective of the farming population, and especially the way that new knowledge and new technologies are transposed into the realm of existing traditions. - Point Sud fosters young African researchers with stipends on site and organizes research seminars and international colloquia in cooperation with sister institutions in neighboring African countries. Point Sud seeks to promote not only scientific and scholarly communication among Western industrial countries and African countries ("North-South"), but also among the latter themselves ("South-South"). After start-up funding from the VolkswagenStiftung, Point Sud receives funding from the University of Frankfurt, Hessia, and the GTZ. 


Studienkolleg zu Berlin
The Studienkolleg zu Berlin is a joint initiative of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation) and the Hertie-Foundation in cooperation with the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Sciences. The Studienkolleg is a kind of "junior sister institution" to the Wissenschaftskolleg: It invites around thirty students in all disciplines from Germany and other European countries to spend one year in Berlin. Along with continuing their studies at one of Berlin's or Brandenburg's universities, the scholarship holders also take part in the Studienkolleg's accompanying lecture and seminar program. Additionally, they work together in small project groups on various topics. The goal of the Studienkolleg is not only to foster highly gifted students at an early stage of their careers. It also wants to sharpen the scholarship holders' awareness of the dense interconnectedness of European cultures. The intensive encounter among fellow students, which can lead to long-term personal ties, greatly contributes to this aim. 
The Wissenschaftskolleg supports the Studienkolleg on various levels. Former and current fellows recommend students from other European countries for the program, hold lectures and are ready to give advice to the students. The former rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg, Dieter Grimm, acts as the chairman of the advisory board of the Studienkolleg. 


 

Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI)
The Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI) is an independent, research-oriented institute now in the process of being established and originally founded in June 2007 by Professor Abdul Sheriff (Fellow of the Class of 2002/2003) and a number of other researchers. Its main purpose is to coordinate and foster historical and social-scientific research on Zanzibar, the East African coastal region, and the Indian Ocean as a cultural realm; it is open to researchers from the region and from around the world. At the same time, graduates of the local universities are to be integrated in the research, fostered with special seminars and events, and prepared for their doctorates. Starting in 2009, the ZIORI plans to launch its own research program with three thematic emphases on maritime culture in the Indian Ocean, on migration, and on the Swahili civilization and the role of the city-states on the East African coast.
The ZIORI is located in the old city of Zanzibar – Zanzibar Stone Town – not far from the State University of Zanzibar. It houses a small research library specialized in the Indian Ocean region, an event room, and offices.
The Wissenschaftskolleg supports the establishment of the institute by facilitating contact with interested researchers and by seeking European sponsors.

 

NetIAS 
The Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study (NetIAS) is an informal association of 17 Institutes for Advanced Study from 15 European countries. Its purposes are the exchange of experience among the participating institutes and to discuss with representatives of the European Commission, in order that the experiences and perspectives of the Institutes for Advanced Study can contribute to shaping the European research region and the European research promoting programs.

 

Institut d'Etudes Avancées (IEA) de Nantes
In January 2009, the Institut d'Etudes Avancées de Nantes will be opened in Nantes, France. The Institute is currently being established under the responsibility of Alain Supiot (a Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in the 1997/1998 academic year) and is to host 20 Fellows each year; they will work on research projects of their own choice during their stay.
What is special about the IEA de Nantes is its goal of creating new kinds of relationships between Western researchers and researchers from other parts of the world (for example, Africa, India, China). The latter will be invited in concentration to Nantes as Fellows in order to create a true dialogue among various approaches to common problems in the context of globalization. The Institute strives to free the humanities and the social sciences from the dominance of Western perspectives and habits of thought and to integrate a substantial volume of standpoints from non-Western contexts in the research on common issues. The IEA Nantes thereby aims to contribute to a new style of intellectual relations between the countries of the North and the South and to become a site of common and mutual learning.
The Wissenschaftskolleg regards the IEA de Nantes as a new partner and supports its former Fellow in establishing the Institute.

 

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