Publication of the 2022 Annual Report

The 2022 Annual Report is available online, with a foreword by Marwan Lahoud, IHES President.

“The Institute was created so that the best researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics could dedicate themselves fully to their work, relieved of practically all constraints, and in total freedom. Here, freedom and blue-sky research are such important concepts that they feature in the IHES statutes. Scientists are entirely free to engage in deep thinking and this broad availability also facilitates collaborative work.

A visit to the Institute makes it clear why IHES is such an absolute gem in the world of scientific research. The answer is, of course, the excellence of the researchers’ work. The answer also lies in the IHES’s surroundings and unique setting, in a 25-acre park at the heart of the Chevreuse Valley. Scientists enjoy walking in the woods and letting their minds meander.

Being at IHES means finding oneself in a leafy cocoon at the heart of the Université Paris-Saclay perimeter – with distinguished scientists from all over the world – and turning a research visit into an enchanted interlude. And this is what makes the Institute successful, as confirmed once again this year. In March 2022, Dennis Sullivan, permanent professor at IHES from 1974 to 1997, holder of the Albert Einstein Chair at the City University of New York and professor at Stony Brook University, was awarded the Abel Prize. In July, Hugo Duminil-Copin, permanent professor at IHES since 2016, won the Fields Medal.

For IHES to attract and retain such high-profile scientists in France and preserve its unique model of free and disinterested research, philanthropy is crucial. This year we were delighted to celebrate the closure of our third fundraising campaign, “IHES at the avant-garde of science”, the objective of which was reached and even surpassed. Please allow me to thank all the donors who support IHES and contribute to its many success stories.”

Marwan Lahoud
IHES President