Current News

Leila Abdala started her fellowship in July. She is affiliated with the Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies.

In its meeting on 16th July, the Assembly of Members elected Gisela Kopp (Dept. of Biology) and Cornelia Klocker (Dept. of Law) to serve as members in the Executive Committee.

Patrícia Martuscelli started her fellowship in June. She is affiliated with the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

Eliana Barriga started her 3-month Research Visit at the end of June. She is affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Stephan Streuber started his 5-year Research Fellowship in June. He is affiliated with the Department of Computer and Information Science.

Congratulations to Thomas Böttcher, who was honoured with the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities’ Manfred Fuchs Award.

In its first call for AAA Fellowships for early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America (the closing date for applications was 30 April 2019), the Zukunftskolleg received 206 eligible applications.

Benjamin Eva is one of three new Research Fellows from the 13th call for applications. He has started his fellowship in April and is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy.

Morgane Nouvian is one of three new Research Fellows from the 13th call for applications. She has started her fellowship in April and is affiliated with the Department of Biology.

On the occasion of the annual NetIAS business meeting and EURIAS Fellows meeting, Giovanni Galizia and Daniela Kromrey travelled to Aarhus at the beginning of April.

Nihan Toprakkiran is one of the two 2-year Postdoctoral Fellows to join the Zukunftskolleg in April. She is affiliated with the Department of Politics and Public Administration.

Cornelia Klocker is one of the two 2-year Postdoctoral Fellows to join the Zukunftskolleg in April. She is affiliated with the Department of Law.

Udith Dematagoda (Postdoctoral Fellow/Dept. of Literature) leaves for a Visiting Fellowship at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Waseda University in Japan from 19 April to 20 May.

Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin is the first of our new fellows from the 13th call for applications who joined the Zukunftskolleg. She has started her 5-year Research Fellowship in March and is affiliated with the Department of Biology.

We congratulate Martin Dege (Alumnus / Dept. of Psychology) who has accepted a tenured Assistant Professorship at the American University of Paris, France.

We congratulate Tanja Rinker (Associated Fellow / Dept. of Linguistics) who has accepted a W2-Professorship for “German as a Foreign Language / Didactics of German as a Second Language” at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.

We congratulate Sarang Dalal (Alumnus / Dept. of Psychology) who has accepted a Full Professorship at the Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience at Aarhus University in Denmark.

New call for early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America launched.

The Assembly of Members reelected Carolin Antos Kuby (Dept. of Philosophy), Udith Dematagoda (Dept. of Literature), and Oleksandra Kukharenko (Dept. of Chemistry) to serve as members in the Executive Committee.

The human body continues to develop throughout its lifetime. This process can be simulated in a fun way at the Zukunftskolleg.

We congratulate Roxana Halbleib (Research Fellow / Dept. of Economics) who received a Heisenberg Stipend from the German Research Foundation.

Raúl Acosta-García (Associated Fellow/Dept. of History and Sociology) has accepted a position at the Institute for Ethnology at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in Munich.

Nina Schneider (Alumna /Dept. of History and Sociology) has accepted a position at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research in Duisburg. There she works on the project “Child Labour Opponents in Global Perspective, 1888-1940”.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant for Laser Imaging Research to Daniele Brida (Associated Fellow/Dept. of Physics).

We welcome Jolle Wolter Jolles as new member in the Executive Committee.

Sasha Kosanic (Bridge Fellow/Dept. of Biology) has published a paper raising awareness about the obstacles researchers with disabilities can face in the academic system.

The Zukunftskolleg has issued new calls for applications for five funding programmes. The deadline for all programmes is January 31, 2019.

Chemists Thomas Böttcher and Michaela Prothiwa inhibit the biosynthesis of a bacterial signal and, as a result, block the infectious properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the most common germ found in health care facilities.

Alumnus Malte Drescher was elected Vice Rector for Academic Affairs.