Governance

Council, officers and constitution

The IASS Foundation is a non-profit association registered in the State of Arizona, governed by a council on which each member academy is represented and supported by a small secretariat.

Legal status

A non-profit foundation, registered in Arizona

The foundation holds no commercial interest in the research it supports. It exists to fund and preserve independent social science, to protect the people who carry it out, and to keep the record available after a member academy stops publishing.

Legal name
IASS Foundation
Status
Non-profit association
Jurisdiction of registration
State of Arizona, United States

Duty of care

Confidentiality of contributors

Contributors are recorded against persistent coded identifiers only. No contributor is named, in any publication, at any date.

Representation

Member academies on the council

  • Ürümqi, China

    Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences

    Delegates nominated by the academy's own governing body, serving fixed terms on the council of the federation.

  • Lhasa, China

    Tibet Academy of Social Sciences

    Delegates nominated by the academy's own governing body, serving fixed terms on the council of the federation.

  • London, United Kingdom

    London Academy of Social Sciences

    Delegates nominated by the academy's own governing body, serving fixed terms on the council of the federation.