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Monika Fludernik (FRIAS Fellow 2019/20) has published a book on “Developments in Narrative Structure” , tracing developments in English narrative structure from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period. FRIAS hosted the book launch in April 2026.

Brian B. Laird (FRIAS Fellow 2016/17) was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society from the APS Division of Computational Physics.

Cristina Espinosa (YAS Fellow from 2021 to 2024 and member of the first YAS cohort) has published an article titled “Mobilizing rights of nature and science to contest industrial mining: The legal battle of Intag’s frogs” in the journal “Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space”.

275 Forschende bewarben sich um die Early-Career-Rescue-Fellowships des FRIAS und zweier weiterer IAS. 14 können damit trotz Einschränkungen der Wissenschaftsfreiheit in den USA weiterforschen. Der SWR berichtet.

Tim Krieger (Rector’s Fellow 2025) spricht zusammen mit Daniel Nientiedt in einem Interview der Badischen Zeitung über die Aktualität liberalen Denkens und das Spannungsverhältnis von Demokratie und Liberalismus.

FRIAS-Direktorin Barbara Di Ventura leitet ein grenzüberschreitendes Projekt für Upcycling-Prozesse in der industriellen Anwendung. Dafür wird sie mit Seed Money vom trinationalen Universitätsverbund Eucor – The European Campus gefördert.

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Faces of FRIAS

Is the Author Dead When the Machine Writes? On Literature in the Time of AI

Literary scholar Gero Guttzeit investigates how Artificial Intelligence is transforming authorship, reading, and textuality – and explains why a literary and cultural studies perspective is indispensable for the wider debate about AI.

Portrait of Max Trommsdorff and Tim Krieger

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Harvesting the Sun Twice: How Researchers in Freiburg Are Advancing Agrivoltaics

At the interface of the University of Freiburg and Fraunhofer ISE, economist Tim Krieger and photovoltaic researcher Max Trommsdorff bring together researchers from different disciplines to explore how farmland can produce both agricultural yields and renewable power.

Open early printed book displayed on a dark background, showing two facing pages. The left page features a detailed black-and-white woodcut illustration depicting a medieval scene with several figures gathered around a seated person, possibly during a ritual or medical procedure. The right page contains dense Gothic-style text with decorative initials, characteristic of early modern printed works.

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Forschung in Zeiten des Krieges: Tetiana Hoshko als VUIAS-Fellow am FRIAS

Mit der Historikerin Tetiana Hoshko begrüßt das FRIAS die erste Empfängerin des neuen VUIAS Fellowships.
Der Forschungsaufenthalt ist Teil einer internationalen Initiative zur Unterstützung ukrainischer Wissenschaftler:innen.

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