The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology is one of the research centres of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Institute’s primary objective is to carry out advanced research in philosophy and sociology as well as in cognitive and communication fields. Apart from its research activity the Institute is engaged in education, publishing and popularisation of science.

The University’s growing reputation is reflected by high rankings year on year in each of the UK’s major university league tables, scoring particularly highly for student satisfaction and employability. The University is proud of its reputation as a centre for excellence in teaching and research, and of the support and positive feedback that it receives from its students.

The Open Society Foundations first began in 1979 when George Soros was able to decide that he had enough money and could pursue his ambition of establishing open societies in place of authoritarian forms of government. “Open society is based on the recognition that our understanding of the world is inherently imperfect.”
“What is imperfect can be improved.”

The Max Planck Partner Group for the Sociology of Economic Life is a joint project of IFiS PAN in Warsaw and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne. The project started in April 2017. Led by the Institute’s Marcin Serafin, IFiS colleagues in the Partner Group explores the cultural, social and political dimensions of contemporary economies.