The Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna,
Austria (German: Institut für Höhere Studien, Wien) is an independent
research institute
A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...
. It was founded in 1963 by
Paul F. Lazarsfeld
Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901August 30, 1976) was an Austrian-American sociologist. The founder of Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social Research, he exerted influence over the techniques and the organization of social resea ...
and
Oskar Morgenstern, with the help of the
Ford Foundation, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, and the City of
Vienna. It specialises in
social sciences. Its official journal,
Empirical Economics', is published by
Springer Science+Business Media.
External links
HomepageIntroducing the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (IHS)Empirical Economics home page
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Organizations established in 1963
Research institutes established in 1963
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