Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute engages in innovative interdisciplinary research in the humanities and the social sciences. It is committed to deepening public discussion and to conducting discourse on fundamental questions of both local and global importance.
The Institute now engages in four main areas of research: globalization and sovereignty; sacredness, religion, and secularization; science, technology, and civilization and Israel in the Middle East. The Institute runs prestigious research programs, including the Polonsky Academy for postdoctoral fellows. It fosters young intellectual leaders and encourages dialogue between scholars and artists in various areas of culture and art. The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is committed to fostering an open and pluralistic society and to promoting Israel’s integration in the region. For more information, please visit the website.