Research institute
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research
The Graduate School of Social Sciences maintains close relations with research institutes and schools within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG). A large number of the academic staff of the GSSS is also acquainted to the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR).
The AISSR unites all social science research of the UvA. The research programme focuses on the functioning of contemporary societies and their interrelationships from historical, comparative and empirical perspectives.
The research programme is organised into thematically focused groups with an anchor in one or more of the represented disciplines: sociology, geography, planning & development studies, political science and anthropology.
Cooperation across these programme groups is institutionalised in four interdisciplinary centres.
The AISSR prepares candidates for the PhD degree in Sociology, Geography and Planning, Development Studies, Political Science, and Anthropology. The PhD training programme is organised in close cooperation between GSSS and AISSR.