The 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 the 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 Iran’s
youth 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
(The graduate school)
Academix
(Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs))
Agora
(Educational Multimedia Platform)
University Press
(Publishing House for Academic Journals and Books)
International Honorary Board
We are greatly supported and advised by a distinguished group of international scholars.
Seyla Benhabib
Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Yale University.
Ariel Dorfman
Walter Hines Page Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies, Duke University. Novelist and Playwright.
❤ Nawal El Saadawi (Remembering)
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.
Peter Singer
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University.
Awards
The EU Active Citizens of Europe Awards in 2015 for contributions to sustainable development and global justice.
Nominated by Scholars at Risk for the 2018 UNESCO ICT in Education Prize.
