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| status       = NIFERTIK!
| maintainer   = Dare Pejić
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{{Infobox
| name                = Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies
| localname           = Inštitut za antropološke in prostorske študije (IAPŠ)
| logo           = Scientific Research Centre Slovene Academy of Science and Arts (logo).svg
| street             =  Novi trg 2
| town               = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| map                 = http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lon=14.50483&lat=46.04775&zoom=17&layer=mapnik
| mailing address     = Znanstvenoraziskovalni center, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC-SAZU), P O Box 306, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 470 6495
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 425 7795
| email               = iaps@zrc-sazu.si
| website             = http://iaps.zrc-sazu.si/
| managed by         = Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Ivan Šprajc
| role                = Head
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 470 6497
| email               = sprajc@zrc-sazu.si
}}
}}

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The [[Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies]] is part of the [[Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts|Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU)]] at the [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)]] and combines anthropological studies with the advancement and applications of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) methods and techniques. Anthropological studies are based on socio-anthropological research, especially on the research of societies of and the grounds in Papua New Guinea, Albania, Burkina Faso, and Slovenia, as well as on the archaeology and archaeoastronomy of Mesoamerica. 
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The roots of the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies go back to 1994, when the Spatial Information Centre (PIC) was established within ZRC SAZU, headed by Dr Zoran Stančič. In [[established::2004]] the constant growth of PIC and the expansion of the areas of research resulted in its expansion into the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies (IAPŠ).

The institute collaborates with the [[Slovene Research Agency (ARRS)]] and is active within international research cooperation (for example, with the University of Franche-Comté in France, the University of Dresden in Germany, the University of Birmingham in Great Britain, etc.). Current research projects include ''Harmonization of object detection on optical satellite images'', ''Europeanisation and 'new' regionalism on the 'margins' of Europe'' and ''Spatial dynamics of territories from Prehistory to Middle Age'', and others.

The researchers at the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies regularly publish scientific articles and monographies; the contents and the presentations of the authors of the publications are accessible at the official website. 

== See also ==
* [[Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts]]
* [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) Library]]
* [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)]]

== External links ==
*[http://iaps.zrc-sazu.si/index.php?q=en/#v Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies website] 
*[http://videolectures.net/zv_ung_sprajc_psmvgpy| "Following the traces of Maya civilisation in the peninsula Yucatán" &ndash; A lecture by Ivan Šprajc, held in March 2008](in Slovenian)

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