Vision

The Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences aims to advance the study of human affairs in all their variety, i.e. the study of human societies and cultures as they existed in the past and as they exist today. This aim is best achieved by bringing together a variety of scholars from different disciplines- social sciences, humanities, computer science, and the natural sciences- interested in exploring the big questions on the nature human experience and reality. The Institute’s approach can be referred to as mentalism.  The central empirical focus of the Institute’s activities is modern culture and nationalism.