Research Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)

Governance

The IAS – Luxembourg is a unit of the University of Luxembourg under the authority of the Vice-Rector for Research. As part of the University of Luxembourg, the IAS enjoys the academic freedom guaranteed by Art. 19 of the modified Law of 27 June 2018 of the University. The IAS – Luxembourg is funded by a dedicated budget line, allocated on a yearly basis within the overall budget of the University of Luxembourg.

The Governance of the IAS – Luxembourg is composed of the following instances:

The Head of IAS – Luxembourg:

  • is a full professor who is staff of UL and nominated by the Rector;
  • elaborates the strategy, yearly plan, 4-year working program and other key activities of the IAS;
  • leads the acquisition of additional external funding for the activities of the IAS;
  • proposes a yearly budget allocation to the Vice-Rector for Research.

Under the authority of the Rector, the Vice-Rector for Research will act as the founding Head of IAS during the launching phase of the four funding instruments of the IAS. The objective of the launching phase is to facilitate the setting up of the Scientific Council and to ensure a smooth start to the IAS instruments and activities.

After this initial phase, the Rector will appoint, based on a recommendation of the College of the IAS fellows, a professor as Head of IAS – Luxembourg. The mandate of the Head of IAS – Luxembourg is for a period of two (2) years, renewable once. The mandate cannot be accumulated with that of Dean or Vice-Dean of a Faculty, or Director or Vice-Director of an Interdisciplinary Centre. The Head of IAS – Luxembourg reports to the Vice-Rector for Research.

The Head of IAS will be nominated “chargé de mission” during the duration of his/her mandate as Head of IAS.

During the period of his/her mandate, the Head of IAS cannot submit or participate in a new IAS project.

The College of IAS fellows is composed of all Principal Investigators of on-going Audacity projects.

The College of IAS fellows, presided by the Head of IAS, meets twice per year and has the following attributions:

  • provides an opinion on the strategy, yearly plan, budget, 4-year working program and other key activities of the IAS;
  • proposes a Head of IAS for nomination by the Rector;
  • elects, guided by a gender-balanced target and a simple majority of attendees, representatives among the eligible members of their college to be members of the Scientific Council;
  • assesses and ranks Distinguished and Brainstorm projects. The Head of IAS and the Vice-Rector for Research submit these to the Rector for final funding decision;
  • proposes to the Head of IAS and the Vice-Rector for Research international experts for the Scientific Council.

The Vice-Rector for Research participates ex officio as an observer to the meetings of the College of IAS fellows.

The Evaluation Committee for Distinguished and Brainstorm projects is composed of 8 members elected for 2 years.

The Scientific Council is composed of thirteen (13) members as follows:

  • Head of IAS – Luxembourg; ex officio with a casting vote;
  • Five (5) elected representatives of the College of IAS Fellows, nominated by the Rector;
  • Five (5) international experts nominated by the Rector;
  • Gender Equality Officer, ex officio as non-voting observer;
  • Vice-Rector for Research, ex officio as non-voting observer.

Gender equality and awareness will be further promoted in the IAS – Luxembourg through the presence of the Gender Equality Officer in the Scientific Council. In this line, the composition of the Scientific Council respects a gender balance namely the proportion of members of each gender may not be less than forty (40) percent.

Deans of Faculties and Directors of Interdisciplinary Centres of UL cannot accumulate their mandate with that of being a member of the Scientific Council. Vice-Deans of Faculties and Vice-Directors of Interdisciplinary Centres are eligible to be a member of the Scientific Council.

Members of the College of IAS fellows who are staff of UL are eligible to be nominated as elected representatives of the College of IAS Fellows in the Scientific Council. The mandate of member of the scientific council can exceed the duration of their Audacity project, but is limited to two (2) years, not renewable. The mandate is renewable once for the international experts. The Rector nominates new members following proposals from the College of IAS fellows.

The Scientific Council meets at least once per year and its role is to:

  • rank the Audacity and Young Academics projects, and decide which projects will be funded. The Head of IAS and the Vice-Rector for Research submit the selection to the Rector for final funding decision;
  • provide an opinion on key activities of the IAS;
  • contribute to the international visibility and reputation of the IAS – Luxembourg.

Members of the Scientific Council can accumulate their mandate with their participation in the evaluation of Brainstorm and Distinguished projects.

Members of the Scientific Council

Scientific Council for Audacity and Young Academics projects.

2022 – 2024

  • Prof. Claus Vögele

    Head of IAS
    Member of the Scientific Council
    Full professor in Clinical and Health Psychology
    Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

  • Prof. Simone Niclou

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Non-voting observer
    Vice rector for research

Gender Equality Officer

  • Prof. Skerdilajda Zanaj

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Gender Equality Officer
    Non-voting observer
    Full professor of Economics
    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance

Internal members of the Scientific Council

  • Prof. Silvia Allegrezza

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Associate professor in Criminal Law
    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance

  • Prof. Anna Elena Kornadt

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Full professor in Psychology
    Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

  • Prof. Elisabeth Letellier

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Assistant professor
    Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine

  • Prof. Jan Lagerwall

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Associate professor in European and comparative labour law
    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance

  • Prof. Luca Ratti

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Associate professor in European and comparative labour law
    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance

External members of the Scientific Council

  • Prof. Anna Korhonen

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Cambridge, UK
    Co-director of the Language Technology Laboratory & Reader in Computational Linguistics at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics of the University of Cambridge, UK

  • Prof. Helle Strandgaard Jensen

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Associate professor of Contemporary cultural history, Department of History and Classical Studies Aarhus University, Denmark
    Co-director of the Center for Digital History Aarhus (CEDHAR), Denmark

  • Prof. Giovanni Galizia

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Professor of Zoology and Neurobiology at the University of Konstanz, Germany
    Dean of the Fachbereich Biologie and Director of the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz, Germany

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    Prof. Alan Kirman

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Aix-Marseille University, France and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
    Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)

  • Prof. Philipp Slusallek

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Full Professor of Computer Graphics at Saarland University, Germany
    Scientific Director and Member of the Executive Board at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

Substitute member of the Scientific Council

  • Prof. Jacques Klein

    Substitute member of the Scientific Council
    Chief scientist II in software engineering and mobile security
    Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust

Secretary of the Scientific Council

  • Dr. Sylvie Fromentin

    Project Manager
    Secretary of the Scientific Council and Evaluation Committee of the IAS

Members of the Evaluation Committee

Evaluation Committee for Distinguished and Brainstorm projects.

2022 – 2024

  • Prof. Claus Vögele

    Head of IAS
    Member of the Scientific Council
    Full professor in Clinical and Health Psychology
    Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

  • Prof. Skerdilajda Zanaj

    Member of the Scientific Council
    Gender Equality Officer
    Non-voting observer
    Full professor of Economics
    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance

  • Prof. Anja Leist

    Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
    Department of Social Sciences

  • Prof. Anna-Lena Högenauer

    Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
    Department of Social Sciences

  • Prof. Joana Mendes

    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
    Department of Law

  • Prof. Luca Ratti

    Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
    Department of Law

  • Prof. Jacques Klein

    Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust

  • Prof. Anupam Sengupta

    Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine
    Department of Physics and Materials Science

Secretary of the Evaluation Committee

  • Dr. Sylvie Fromentin

    Project Manager
    Secretary of the Scientific Council and Evaluation Committee of the IAS