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Current Research Development Projects

Each academic year we fund and support several Research Development Projects  

 

What does it mean to have a society connected to nature?

Exploring societal views and values toward embracing the fundamental interconnections between humans and the more-than-human across disciplines
Hand touching fresh moss in the forest

Towards a global theory of child development

Creating new theories through dialogue, focussing on how the futures we want for children—which are mediated by cultural and historical factors—shape the learning environment
man reading to his child

Reimagining Values as Cross-Level Intelligence

Investigating values as a form of cross-level intelligence emerging from interaction rather than residing solely within individuals.
Concept image of an AI wearing a digitized human face

The Subjective Atlas of Ukraine

A collaborative art-research publication in which a country is creatively mapped by its inhabitants.
People putting ideas together on paper

Digital Justice for All

Exploring the future of digital justice by examining how online dispute resolution, virtual hearings and AI-enabled legal processes are reshaping access to justice in the UK
Online law and justice concept image

Optimisation Across Scale And Discipline

Facilitating interdisciplinary conversation on the meanings of optimisation
professionals sitting around table discussing matters

Rebalancing Knowledge: Activism, Ethics and Equity in Cultural Heritage

Addressing the challenge of transforming entrenched hierarchies into more equitable, collaborative, and relational modes of knowledge making
people ractising Chinese calligraphy for Chinese New Year

Previous Research Development Projects

Since 2022/23, the IAS has supported more than 26 development projects. Find out more here by selecting a year from the right hand side

Find out more about the next RDP funding call