First Persian online university for Social Sciences and Humanities
Introduction
Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities – also known as Iran Academia - started in 2012 due to violations of right to education, academic freedom and lack of University autonomy in Social Sciences in Iran. The institution is based in The Netherlands and connects its faculty and staff across an extensive global network with a mission to encourage critical thinking and build capacity for its audince and students by increasing access to uncensored knowledge.
Services
We aim to surpass censorship and offer educational services, especially to those who have been deprived of impartial and quality education. We do this by providing excellent learning opportunities, free of charge, through four different platforms
Academia
Graduate School
Academix
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Agora
Educational Multimedia Platform
Publications
Publishing House for Academic Journals and Books
Boards
Nazila Ghanea
Chair of the Supervisory BoardProfessor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford.
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Jalil Roshandel
Chair of the Executive boardProfessor Emeritus of Political Science at East Carolina University.
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Saeed Paivandi
Chair of the Academic boardProfessor of Sociology at University of Lorraine.
International Honorary Board
We are greatly supported and advised by distinguished group of international scholars.
Ariel Dorfman
Walter Hines Page Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University. Novelist and Playwright.
Nawal El Saadawi
Writer and feminist scholar, Founder and President of the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association and co-founder of the Arab Association for Human Rights.
Edgar Morin
Sociologist and Philosopher, Emeritus Director of Research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
Sari Nusseibeh
Professor of Political Philosophy and former President of al-Quds University in Jerusalem.
