DIAS

DIAS is an internationally renowned research institute established seventy years ago by the government of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera (Institute for Advanced Studies Act, 1940). Modelled on the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (1930) it combines scientific and humanistic disciplines in a framework of three schools, Theoretical Physics, Celtic Studies and Cosmic Physics. Its foundation during World War II was hailed as a demonstration that ‘there is a better way than war for advancing the welfare of mankind'. It remains a powerful symbol of the value attached by Ireland to research and scholarship, a symbolism reinforced by historical associations with the sanctuary offered to the Nobel Prize winner Erwin Schrödinger who became first Director of the School of Theoretical Physics... As the world's second, and Ireland's only, Institute for Advanced Studies, DIAS is a globally embedded institution that attracts scholars and academics from around the world. We conduct and publish..

Also known as: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Primary location: Ireland