SCAS News - 17 November, 2014

The Summer Program in Social Science: An International and Interdisciplinary Initiative

The School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in collaboration with the
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study,
Uppsala, is organizing a Summer Program in Social Science starting in 2015. This innovative program
will run in a three-year cycle, with two weeks taking place the first year in Princeton, one week the
second year in Paris, and one week the third year in Uppsala. It is designed specifically for junior scholars
from Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. It is open to all disciplines in the social sciences, including
anthropology, sociology, history, psychology, economics, law and political science as well as neighboring
disciplines, such as philosophy, political theory and literary criticism. The purpose is to constitute a genuinely
international and interdisciplinary network of social scientists from regions of the world traditionally not
well-represented in the three institutions involved in the program.

Fellows of the Summer Program in Social Science will have their own research project, which they will
pursue during the period of the program and will present at various stages. This research can be related to
the theme of the cycle: “Inequalities and Differences”, but applications are also encouraged for projects
unrelated to the theme. It is expected that the research will be at an advanced stage of its development so as
to render discussions of its object, method and conclusions richer and intellectual interactions among fellows
more fruitful. Each cycle will include approximately twenty scholars from the three regions mentioned.

The overall ambition of the Summer Program in Social Science is to enrich and expand the realm of the social
sciences through the confrontation of different intellectual traditions and perspectives, to facilitate and enhance
the dialogue between various scientific disciplines and communities, and to strengthen international networks
between the global South and global North. 

Professor Didier Fassin, at the Institute for Advanced Study, will lead the Summer Program in Social Science.
Professor Nancy Green will be the corresponding coordinator at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Professor Björn Wittrock will be the corresponding coordinator at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study.
The program is supported by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, the Wolfensohn Fund Management, and the three
participating institutions.

Applications will be open on December 1, 2014, with a deadline of January 31, 2015. They must be submitted
online. Please visit the website of the Summer Program in Social Science and the Call for Applications for more
details.

For further information, please email spss@ias.edu