George Town Institute of Open and Advanced Studies (GIOAS)
Founded in December 2018, we are an independent, nonprofit institute which is part of the Wawasan Open University, George Town, Penang.
We seek to explore ideas and complexity within open societies. As a UNESCO World Heritage City, George Town is well placed to attract thinkers, teachers, students and doers in the world of science, social science, business, government and civil society. We bring them together to deliberate ideas that can advance openness, diversity and complexity thinking in the pursuit of peace, human prosperity, happiness and well-being.
The idea of open studies within open societies recognizes the fact that progress is open-ended and that there are no limits to knowledge, only the willingness to pursue knowledge in the furtherance of society and nature. Openness means that the Institute is open to all ideas from all societies, East or West, and is free from religious denominations and political affiliations.
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