Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (hereinafter: CIAS) was established by the Senate of Corvinus University in 2018 as a key preparatory initiative of the renewal of the University. CIAS aims to combine the best elements of the various existing models of ‘IAS’ to attract outstanding international research fellows and initiate unique research centers and projects.
Since its establishment, CIAS has become an internationally recognized research hub in Central Europe. We have hosted more than 100 international visiting scholars from prestigious universities (e.g., Harvard University, The University of Chicago, Cornell University, Princeton University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Bocconi University, ETH Zürich, Sapienza University of Rome, King’s College London).
Our visiting research fellows bring a vast range of topics that either significantly expand or change the fundamentals of their field (e.g., game theory, social inequalities, business strategy, operations research) or lay the cornerstones of contemporary topics (e.g., sustainability, artificial intelligence, business ethics, network science).
The CIAS research fellows always find a way to collaborate with Corvinus faculty, and they provide invaluable support to researchers, lecturers, and even students at the University (e.g., workshops, consultation, joint research, joint grant application, invitation to editorial board of prestigious international journals). Furthermore, the CIAS alumni are lively, and our former fellows often come back for a short visit, or join one of the institutes of Corvinus, or publish together with Corvinus faculty.
Amitabh Anand, a researcher and lecturer at Excelia Business School in France, came to Hungary six months ago on a guest research scholarship programme from CIAS.
Although she’s been working in the Center for Collective Learning for only three months, for Chiara Zappalà it has felt like the right place from day one. The University’s welcoming attitude towards international researchers is a major factor, she says. We spoke to the new physics graduate who has recently joined CCL about her research and professional plans.
We spoke to Manran Zhu, who joined CCL in October and will be contributing to Cesar Hidalgo’s team with her knowledge navigation research over the next two and a half years.
This is not the first time Michael Thate has visited Corvinus, as he has been working with the Corvinus Centre for Business Ethics for several years. He is spending two months as a visiting professor at the Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies this academic year.
