Advanced Studies Centre

The Keble Advanced Studies Centre  will provide an exciting, new structure and facilities to promote the exchange of ideas between different academic specialisms. Its purpose will be to bring together expertise from across the world, especially through the stimulation of research clusters: collaborative relationships between researchers with different backgrounds but focused on common problems. Utilising the unique structure of an Oxford College to draw upon techniques, insights or models from one area of academic study and apply them to others, our research clusters will bring down disciplinary boundaries generating new ideas and innovative solutions.

• Research into contemporary problems with the potential to influence public policy and regulation will occur alongside research programmes at the frontiers of understanding.
• Through its international fellowship programme, drawing on expertise from academia and beyond, the ASC will be at the forefront in developing methods to address complex global problems.

Research fellows

The Keble Advanced Studies Centre will play a leading role in the appointment of world class young academics as research fellows to strengthen our research clusters and our teaching provision.

Senior Research Visitors

The Keble Advanced Studies Centre will support and subsidise the visits – of varying lengths, from a week to a term – of world-leading thinkers, who will be keen to promote collaboration across conventional academic boundaries especially in seeking to resolve global problems. Such individuals may be established academics, but will also be drawn from the worlds of business, the professions, the arts and the media.

Building on 900 years of experience, the organisation, structure and research approach of the ASC is a natural evolution of Oxford’s collegiate system. The global network of influential alumni is a major resource to be used by the ASC topromote its ideas and influence change.

Research Clusters

Through some initial philanthropic gifts in support of this academic vision, several research clusters have already developed. Four of these are Imaging, Complexity, Networks and Creativity.

Another significant donation has enabled us to establish the role of Interim Director of the ASC.  Dr Tom Higham has taken on this role and is driving the research programme forward while stimulating ideas for the development of additional collaborative clusters.