About

The ISRF is a non-profit foundation funded by a group of private philanthropists with interests in academia and social science.  It was founded in 2008.

It is dedicated to cross-fertilisation in the social sciences, the promotion of new modes of inquiry and the development of interdisciplinary expertise and methods.

To achieve these aims, the ISRF’s first priority is to support a leading university in the establishment of a new specialist institute for interdisciplinary social studies.  In time, the ISRF will also seek to fund first-rate independent research in the social sciences which cuts across traditional disciplinary divides.

The ISRF is advised by an Academic Board comprised of leading international academics from across the social sciences.

The ISRF’s executive officers are Greg Watson and Lorenzo Bernasconi Kohn and its administrator is Stéphane Thompson-Walde.