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Each year, researchers from around the world gather at FRIAS to further their research projects and exchange ideas with fellow scholars. This creates a distinctive intellectual and interdisciplinary environment, bringing together young postdoctoral fellows and esteemed senior professors from the humanities, natural sciences, and life sciences. On this page, we introduce the current cohort of fellows, their events, as well as their research projects and activities. An overview of all previous cohorts can be found here: Fellow Finder<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Lukman Adebisi Abdulrauf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Ilorin
Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Constitutionalism for Sustainable AI Governance in Africa: A Critical Evaluation of Emerging Regulatory Approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Jennifer Altehenger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Oxford
Modern Chinese History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
July 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tangible Constitutions: The Material Culture of Law in Socialist China <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Jenny Benham<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cardiff University
History, Medieval Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
January 2024 – June 2025
September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Espionage in the Middle Ages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Tom Bossuyt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ghent University
Linguistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
March 2026 – February 2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Although \u2026 but \u2026\u2019: Patterns and motivations of para-hypotactic concessives<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
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Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GreenPulse: Energy-autonomous mobile sensor system with edge computing for real-time urban environmental monitoring and prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Kun Dai<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
September 2025 \u2013 June 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artificial Protocells Driving Peptide Synthesis in Water<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Moritz Diehl<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Mathematics and system optimization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Agrivoltaics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Sabine D\u00f6ring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

T\u00fcbingen University
Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Researcher
April 2026 \u2013 September 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting in Solidarity in Freedom: A Liberal Theory of the Common Good.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Laurence Gautier<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CSH Delhi
History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
September 2025 \u2013 July 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding secularism through state-minority relations. Muslim intermediaries in post-colonial India (1947-2004).<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Berihun Gebeye<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University College London
Public Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syncretic Authoritarianism<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Glunz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Semiconductor Physics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Agrivoltaics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Albert Gouaffo<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Dschang
German Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How \u2018blind\u2019 is the German literary canon? Diversity as a challenge and perspective of literary historiography in postcolonial German studies<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Prince Karakire Guma<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

British Institute in Eastern Africa
Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
March 2026 \u2013 June 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infrastructural Vulnerability and Temporalities of Care and Repair in the Anthropocene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PD Dr. Gero Guttzeit<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
English Literary Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 – March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Aesthetic Critique of Generative AI: Autonomy, Literature, and the Age of Large Language Models<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Philipp H\u00f6fele<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Philosophy, Ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
October 2024 – September 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital Anthropocene: AI and Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Tetiana Hoshko<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian Catholic University
History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 December 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s Health and Pregnancy in the Towns of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th and 17th Centuries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Yael Kedar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Hai College
Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
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Principles of the Distribution of Matter in the Cosmos of Thirteenth-Century Franciscan Thought<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Ecology, Biodiversity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Agrivoltaics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Tim Krieger<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Economics<\/strong>

Rector’s Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 February 2026
Explorations in Conflict Economics: Belief, Identity, and Strategic Violence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group
October 2025 – December 2026
Agrivoltaics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Andr\u00e9 Krischer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Post-war Periods. Plurality \u2013 Temporality \u2013 Re\/Constructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Manganaro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Richmond
English Literature <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Researcher
August 2025 – June 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saying and Showing in the Early Novel<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Mehler<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Arnold Bergstraesser Institute \/ University of Freiburg
Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies, Restitution Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rector’s Fellow
April 2026 \u2013 July 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restitution Governance in a post-colonial context \u2013 Africa and Europe<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Spyridon Nikolaidis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Thessaloniki
Physics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 December 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GreenPulse: Energy-autonomous mobile sensor system with edge computing for real-time urban environmental monitoring and prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Babatola Dominic Olawa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Lancashire\/North-West University
Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
March 2026 – August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural Contexts and Well-being in Old Age: Examining the Role of Cultural Variations in the World Health Organisation\u2019s Active Ageing Determinants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. J\u00fcrgen Osterhammel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distinguished Fellow
March 2019 – December 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balzan Project in Global History: Global Processes and the Dynamics of Regions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Sujata Patel<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Hyderabad
Sociology, Social Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Multiplicities and Diversities within Anti-Colonial Social Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Patricia Bou P\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Assyriology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
March 2026 \u2013 December 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defining Masculinities in Mesopotamia and Syria during the Early Second Millennium BCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Piller<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Post-war Periods. Plurality \u2013 Temporality \u2013 Re\/Constructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Ayesha Qurrat ul Ain<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

International Islamic University
Islamic Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 \u2013 March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modernity, science and Qur\u0101nic Hermeneutics in the Sub-continent: A study of selected responses to Darwinism in the twentieth Century<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bastian E. Rapp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Microsystem Engineering, Material Science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GlassAge. A Transparent View of Ancient Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. L\u00e9a Renard<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Heidelberg
Sociology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Career Fellow
January 2026 \u2013 August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toward a Historical Sociology of Colonial Knowledge<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Marek Sch\u00f6nherr<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Durham University
Physics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electroweak precision for the Large Hadron Collider<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Scott R. Sehon<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bowdoin College
Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Researcher
February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nihilism, Magic, and Mystery: An Essay about Rationality, Norms, and Agency.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Claudius Sittig <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Contemporary German Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Post-war Periods. Plurality \u2013 Temporality \u2013 Re\/Constructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Henrik Smith<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lund University
Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2025 – December 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underpinning the implementation of the European Restoration Law with scientific evidence<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Dr. Georg Starke<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Technical University of Munich
Medical Ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November 2025 \u2013 February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artificial Intelligence at the end of life: a proof-of-concept and critical appraisal of a patient preference predictor.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Paulina Starski <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
European and International Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Post-war Periods. Plurality \u2013 Temporality \u2013 Re\/Constructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Fabian Stroth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Byzantine<\/strong> Archaeology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GlassAge. A Transparent View of Ancient Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Gregg Suaning<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Sydney
Neuroprostheses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
July 2025 \u2013 September 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NERRV – Neuronale Regeneration bei R\u00fcckenmarksverletzungen
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Dr. Peter \u0160vihra<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Czech Academy of Sciences
Semiconductor Detector R&D
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Early Career Fellow
November 2025 \u2013 December 2025
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Development and Optimization of Advanced Semiconductor Sensors for High-Energy Physics and Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Joana van de L\u00f6cht<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of M\u00fcnster
German Literature <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: Post-war Periods. Plurality \u2013 Temporality \u2013 Re\/Constructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Eva von Contzen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
English Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GlassAge. A Transparent View of Ancient Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia von Ditfurth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
Art History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
October 2024 – December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GlassAge. A Transparent View of Ancient Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Casey Walsh<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of California
Anthropology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow
January 2026 \u2013 August 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighborly Waters: Groundwater Regulation in California.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Peter Woias<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Freiburg
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Senior Fellow
October 2025 \u2013 December 2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIAS Project Group<\/strong>: GreenPulse: Energy-autonomous mobile sensor system with edge computing for real-time urban environmental monitoring and prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We warmly invite our Fellows to the following events, which are an integral part of the Fellowship program at FRIAS. Guests are also welcome to join the colloquium. Please register at events@frias.uni-freiburg.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFRIAS Colloquium<\/em>

Toward a Historical Sociology of Colonial Knowledge \u2013 Practices of Fact Production in Colonial Labor Policies\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGuest Lecture Sujata Patel: Post-Colonialism<\/strong>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGuest Lecture Sujata Patel: Decoloniality<\/strong><\/strong>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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