Research focus and programme groups
Broadly speaking, the AISSR research programme focuses on the functioning of contemporary societies and their interrelationships from a historical, comparative and empirical perspective. More specifically, the research programme is organized into thirteen thematically focused groups, anchored in one or more of the represented disciplines:
- Sociology
- Geography planning and development studies
- Political science
- Anthropology
The 13 programme groups operate as intellectual communities of scholars, contributing complementary research perspectives to the institute as a relatively new entity. The groups cover a broad range of topics, such as health, citizenship, stratification, globalization and democratic representation, yet all through the lens of international comparison and multi-level analysis.
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Cooperation across programme groups
Cooperation across these programme groups is institutionalised in 8 affiliated Centres:
- Centre for Urban Studies (CUS)
- Centre for Social Sciences and Global Health (SSGH)
- Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES)
- Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS)
- Centre of Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS)
- Centre for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES)
- Amsterdam Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS)
- Amsterdam Centre for Conflict Studies (ACCS)
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Research Priority Areas
Also, there are five interdisciplinary centres that foster activity across programme boundaries. They are organized around Research Priority Areas (universitaire onderzoekszwaartepunten):
- Urban Studies
- Global Health
- European Studies
As well as around Research Focus Points (facultaire onderzoeksspeerpunten):
- Urban Studies
- Global Health
- European Studies
- Inequality
Both the Research Priority Areas and the Research Focus Points are composed of AISSR staff from the programme groups as well as external guests.
