title: Institute for Advanced International Studies
text: # Institute for Advanced International Studies
  
  The Institute for Advanced International Studies (in French Institut québécois des hautes études internationales), now known as the School of Advanced International Studies is a part of Université Laval.
  
  The school conducts research on an teaches international studies with an interdisciplinary focus.
  
  ## The School Team
  
  * Pierre S. Pettigrew Pierre Pettigrew (President)
  * Louis Bélanger (Director)
  * About 80 scientific researchers specialized in the fields of International security, sustainable development, European integration, the Americas, international trade,
  
  ## Teaching activities
  
  The School offers a master's in international studies and the doctorate in international studies. These programs are interdisciplinary ones : law, economics, management and political science.
  
  ## Research activities
  
  The members work about international issues through several research groups:
  
  * Centre d'études interaméricaines (CEI) (in French)
  * Programme Paix et sécurité internationales (PSI) (in French)
  * Cercle Europe (in French)
  * Groupe d'études et de recherches sur l'Asie contemporaine (GERAC) (in French)
  * Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les conflits identitaires et le terrorisme (in French)
  * Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit de l'environnement (in French)
  * Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les normes de gestion du développement durable (in French)
  * Chaire d'études maghrébines (in French)
  
  ## Knowledge dissemination activities
  
  * The peer reviewed journal, Études internationales (in French) , founded in 1970, is dedicated to the study of international phenomena.
  * The School organizes about 60 conferences, symposiums and round tables each year.
  