The IIS is based at the Aga Khan Centre (AKC), in the heart of London’s Knowledge Quarter in King’s Cross. The AKC is also home to the Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Aga Khan Foundation UK. We collaborate with other institutions of the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDNThe Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the ethics and social conscience of Islam through institutional action. More) and are an active member of the Knowledge Quarter. The IIS publishes in association with various academic publishers, mainly Bloomsbury Publishing, Brill and Oxford University Press. We partner with SOAS University of London and UCL Institute of Education to offer our two graduate programmes.

Aga Khan Development Network

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a contemporary endeavour of the Ismaili Imamat to realise the social conscience of Islam through institutional action. Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga KhanA title granted by the Shah of Persia to the then Ismaili Imam in 1818 and inherited by each of his successors to the Imamate., the AKDN brings together a number of agencies, institutions, and programmes that have been built up over the past fifty years and aim at improving living conditions and opportunities in specific regions of the developing world.

Aga Khan Centre

The IIS is based at the Aga Khan Centre (AKC) in London’s King’s Cross. The AKC is a place for education, knowledge, cultural exchange and insight into Muslim civilisations. The organisations that are located here work together to bridge the gap in understanding about Muslim cultures and to connect the public to global development issues. The AKC hosts a variety of events, exhibitions and talks that are open to the public.