School of Advanced Study (SAS)

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The School of Advanced Study (SAS) plays a unique role in fostering collaborative, innovative, and distinctive research in the humanities. It also aims to equip researchers with the skills necessary to navigate and contribute to the research and innovation landscape in the United Kingdom. SAS achieves these objectives through its institutes, as well as its specialised hubs for digital humanities and public engagement. It trains the next generation of humanities researchers, develops innovative research methods, facilitates interdisciplinary connections, and provides unique research infrastructure to generate new knowledge and collaborative formats.

Collaborating with funders and other research and innovation organisations, SAS actively contributes to the creation of an inclusive research infrastructure that supports researchers at all career stages. This infrastructure enables them to seize opportunities for interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and cross-cultural work.

The research conducted by SAS primarily focuses on the human dimensions of societal challenges. In order to address pressing issues such as climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, and poverty, an understanding of the human world is crucial. Cultures, languages, and identities hold critical importance in the contemporary world. Given the complexity of modern societal challenges, solutions require comprehensive explanations that the arts and humanities can provide.

SAS's Digital Humanities Research Hub promotes digital approaches to the humanities within the UK and globally, fostering a sense of community among digital humanities practitioners and researchers. Additionally, SAS provides resources and opportunities for humanities researchers at all career stages throughout the UK. These offerings include training programs, innovative research methods, interdisciplinary connections, and a unique humanities research infrastructure.

Engaging the public in the latest research developments is vital to future discoveries that acknowledge the significance of the humanities and align with societal values. The University is committed to collaborating with wider society to ensure that people feel confident to engage with and contribute to research and innovation. As part of this commitment, SAS is proud to host the Being Human Festival, the UK's only national Festival of Humanities Research. This festival, currently held in 51 British towns and cities, is increasingly recognised as an international model.

The School unifies eight internationally renowned research institutes at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for supporting and promoting research in the humanities. At the core of this national mission is the research and scholarship conducted by SAS's academic staff. Undertaking challenging research to push the boundaries of knowledge across disciplines and collaborating with researchers worldwide is essential to SAS's role as an innovative space for advanced study and its commitment to the highest standards of scholarship.

SAS's staff engage in research across a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences, including: archaeology, classics, culture, language, and literature, development studies, digital humanities, economics, history, human rights, law, library, philosophy, politics, sociology and anthropology For more information on research conducted by academics at the School and its institutes, please explore the following initiatives at SAS:

• Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS)
• Institute of Classical Studies (ICS)
• Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS)
• Institute of English Studies (IES)
• Institute of Historical Research (IHR)
• Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ICLS)
• Institute of Philosophy (IP)
• The Warburg Institute
• The Human Rights Consortium (HRC)
• The Refugee Law Initiative (RLI)
• The Human Mind Project

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University of London
Senate House
Malet St
London
WC1E 7HU