Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies

Overview

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (MIAS) is an institute of advanced study in Madrid, Spain. It was established in 2017 through the joint effort of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Casa de Velázquez in 2017. It is currently a part of the UAM and a member institution of the European Network of Institutes for Advanced Studies (Netias).

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies Key Statistics

The institution offers research in 17 subjects, including law, the humanities, and social and legal science. Some of its more popular research subjects include philosophy, sociology, and law.

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies has 10 members on its executive board. It is located in both the Casa de Velazquez campus and Cantoblanco campus.

The library on the Cantoblanco campus, which also serves as the institute’s library, houses over 970,000 books, 27,600 maps, 12,000 paper journal titles, 27,600 maps, 134,500 e-books, 90,000 subscriptions to e-journals, and about 200 databases. The Casa de Velazquez campus library, on the other hand, holds 120,000 books and 1,000 updated journals.

Other Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies key statistics include its partnership with 12 European and American Institutions. It has also partnered with Institut Francais, and Réseau Français Des Instituts D'études Avancées. The institute has produced 37 alumni and 28 fellows.

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies Research

The institute, despite its recent establishment, is already one of the top locations for social and humanities research in Spain and Europe. It coordinates the REVFAIL research project, which was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement. It has received a total of €1,301,800.00 to date.

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies supports research across the fields of humanities, social, and legal sciences. Some of its major projects that have gained recognition are the REVFAIL project, the rullALLURE project (Promotion of rural museums and heritage sites in the vicinity of European pilgrimage routes), and the GEMILLI project (Gender, Migration and Illiteracy. Policy and Practice for Social Integration).

Some of the most cited Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies research output by its scholars and fellows include Elangovan et al.’s (2003) “Characterization of one- and two-photon excitation fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy” published in Methods and has been cited 273 times, Barroso’s (1994) “Basolateral to apical transcytosis in polarized cells is indirect and involves BFA and trimeric G protein sensitive passage through the apical endosome” featured in the Journal of Cell Biology with 225 citations, and Bisaillon et al.’s (2010) “ Essential role for STIM1/Orai1-mediated calcium influx in PDGF-induced smooth muscle migration” published in the American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, which has been cited 152 times to date.

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies is affiliated with a number of research centers and institutes, which by extension, involves the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies. Among these are the Center for East Asian Studies, Institute of Education Sciences, Institute of Sciences of Antiquity, and the Institute of Women’s Studies.