O programa, que conta com o apoio do IEA, tem por objetivo contribuir para que estudantes do ensino médio façam uma escolha profissional bem informada.
Several efforts were made to coordinate the academic activities of the IEA, such as the 2012-2017 Management Project, which includes the creation of four meta-curatorships: Commons, Glocal, Abstraction and Transformation.
Martin Grossmann gave an account of what was achieved in 2012 to consolidate the 2012-2017 Management Project and offered an outlook of the future in the internal workshop IEA: Present and Future, held on December 12.
Three research groups published books containing essays and research findings. The IEA sponsored the publication of two books organized by José Eli da Veiga.