About

The ISRF is a non-profit foundation funded by a group of private philanthropists with interests in academia and social science, 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. One of its specific objectives is to promote better understanding of social entities and processes and see this used in solving subject specific problems.

To achieve this objective it intends to provide a series of research grants, enter into partnerships with academic and research institutions and support research activities that promote development in its field.

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.