Huub Dijstelbloem, Sanne Bloemink (red.)
The Edge of Knowing
Curiosity, Complexity and Collaboration at the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam
How do new ideas emerge, and how can collaboration across disciplines transform our understanding of the world? The Edge of Knowing provides an insight into the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at the University of Amsterdam – an environment where curiosity, complexity and collaboration converge.
The IAS brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the defining challenges of our time, such as climate change, health, technology, governance, and the evolving nature of knowledge itself. Through a rich collection of essays and interviews, this book explores what ‘advancement’ in research truly means, examining how it unfolds, what it requires, how it generates impact and how it can be sustained within and beyond institutional boundaries.
By tracing the experiences and reflections of scholars working at the intersection of disciplines, The Edge of Knowing explores the conditions that enable innovation and the collective pursuit of understanding. It is both a portrait of a unique institute and a broader inquiry into how research evolves in the face of complexity.
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Huub Dijstelbloem is professor of philosophy
of science, technology, and politics and director
of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of the
University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is co-director
of the UvA research priority area Shaping Interfaces
between Science and the Public and co-founder
of the Platform for the Ethics and Politics of
Technology. His current research concerns the
politics of borders, migration and long-term
climate policy. Previously, he was affiliated to the
Netherlands Scientific Council for Government
Policy (WRR) and the Rathenau Institute. At the
WRR, he advised the Dutch government on food
policy, international security, European cooperation
and climate justice. At the Rathenau Institute,
he advised the government and stimulated public
debate on emerging technologies, privacy and
information technologies, and biomedical developments.
Sanne Bloemink is schrijver en journalist voor onder meer De Groene Amsterdammer. Eerder verscheen van haar hand: Hypermama (2008), Happy Me (2012) en Weten vraagt meer dan meten (2017, samen met Christien Brinkgreve en Eric Koenen).
