International Association for Intercultural Studies (IAIS)

The IAIS is a scholarly non profit organization registered in Bremen, Germany, and geared towards accurately studying the false images, prejudices that exist in the various socio-cultures predominantly in the Euro-Middle Eastern/ Mediterranean context, thus pave the way to eliminate the possible sources of conflict between said societies and help transform them instead into an element of mutual creative interaction and co-operation. The structure of the IAIS comprises of the General Assembly that meet every two years at the event of a symposium or a congress of the association and a board that consists a president and two vice-presidents and a further six board members representing the various areas of research in the IAIS, such as comparative architecture, Education, etc. The sources of budget of the IAIS are mainly the subscription fees of its members who hail from scholarly institutions, mainly universities, in twenty five countries.