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Elmira Akhmetova’s (Alexander von Humboldt Fellow 2021-23) book “Muslim Women in Science, Past and Present” was published in February by Cambridge University Press.

Felicitas Opwis (FRESCO Fellow 2021-25) published a book called “Ethics and Legal Analogy (Qiyas) in 5th/11th Century Legal Theory“. Since January, she has also been appointed “Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Arabic Language and Culture” at Georgetown University.

Niels Grüne (Marie S. Curie FCFP Fellow 2015/16) successfully completed his habilitation process in October 2024 with the study “‚Verkäufer in Rebus publicis‘. Korruption als politisches Argument und Konfliktfeld in der Frühen Neuzeit,” which is partly based on the work he did at FRIAS. He was also promoted to Associate Professor of Modern History at Innsbruck University in November 2024.

Philipp Höfele (YAS Fellow 2024/27) has published a special issue on the topic “Societal implications of bioinspired technologies” in the journal “Technology in Society”, together with researchers from the University of Freiburg’s  livMatS Cluster of Excellence.

Hussam Hussein (member of the YAS’ first cohort) has been co-author of an article in the journal Nature examining how global academic institutions evaluate researchers for academic promotion.

Elisabeth Piller (Internal Fellow 2024/25) has been honoured with the Synergy Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Piller is investigating how the scarcity of resources affected the period during both World Wars.

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