The
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (
NIAS) in
Wassenaar, the
Netherlands, is an independent
research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The Institute offers advanced research facility for international scholars of all of the
humanities. It is a member of
Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS) and the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Studies (NetIAS).