This year there are two Iso Lomso Fellows, one Mortier Next Generation Fellow and four College for Life Sciences Fellows. Furthermore, part of this year's cohort are two VUIAS Fellows abroad.
Support for Ukrainian scholars
Name
Year
Location
Ádám, Zoltán
Ádám, Zoltán
2025/2026Hungary
2025/2026
PhD,
Senior Research Fellow
HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest
Hungary under Orbán: The EU’s Only Electoral Autocracy in Comparative Perspective
Yehudit und Yehuda Elkana-Fellow
Hungary
Balakrishnan, Rohini
Balakrishnan, Rohini
2025/2026India
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Professor of Ecology
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Cricket Scores: Singers and Listeners (A Tinbergian Synthesis of Cricket and Katydid Acoustic Communication)
India
Beaudry, Jonas-Sébastien
Beaudry, Jonas-Sébastien
2025/2026Canada
2025/2026
DPhil,
Professor of Law
McGill University, Montreal
Medical Aid in Dying, Autonomy, and Somatic Oppression
Canada
Canning, Elizabeth
Canning, Elizabeth
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Psychology
Washington State University, Pullman
Instructors as Meaning-Makers: How Belief Systems Shape Growth-Mindset Culture
USA
Craven, Matthew
Craven, Matthew
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
PhD,
Professor of International Law
SOAS University of London
Geopolitical Jurisprudence at the Frontier
United Kingdom
Dangarembga, Tsitsi
Dangarembga, Tsitsi
2025/2026Zimbabwe
2025/2026
DLitt (honoris causa), Rhodes University,
Author and filmmaker, Director
Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa, Harare
Ubuntu 2.0: Insights for a More Sustainable Future from Ancient Bantu-Speaking Cultures
Zimbabwe
Dermineur Reuterswärd, Elise
Dermineur Reuterswärd, Elise
2025/2026Sweden
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Economic History
Stockholm University
The Moral Economy: History and Explorations of a Critical Concept
Sweden
Duarte d'Almeida, Luís
Duarte d'Almeida, Luís
2025/2026Portugal
2025/2026
DPhil,
Professor of Jurisprudence
NOVA University Lisbon
According to Law
Portugal
Dürr, Renate
Dürr, Renate
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Professor of History
University of Tübingen
Dealing with Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Early Modern Germany: Baptismal Sermons for Muslim, Jewish, and “Heathen” Converts
Germany
Friedrich, Matthias
Friedrich, Matthias
2025/2026Austria
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Archäologie
Vienna
Sinnespraktiken und Sinnesregime: Materielle Kultur und die Sinne in der Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit
Austria
Glasius, Marlies
Glasius, Marlies
2025/2026Netherlands
2025/2026
PhD,
Professor of International Relations
University of Amsterdam
The Tax Politics of the Super-Rich
Netherlands
Hahn, Matthew
Hahn, Matthew
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Distinguished Professor of Biology and Computer Science
Indiana University Bloomington
Evolutionary Causes and Mechanisms of Male Mutation Bias
USA
Harpham, Geoffrey
Harpham, Geoffrey
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Historian
Durham, N.C., USA
The Ends of Race: The Rise and Fall of a Concept, 1780–1900
USA
Huber, Valeska
Huber, Valeska
2025/2026Austria
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Professor of History
University of Vienna
Language Barriers: Speaking across Divides
Austria
Hundorova, Tamara
Hundorova, Tamara
2025/2026Ukraine
2025/2026
Dr.,
Professor of Literature, Principal Research Fellow
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
The Idea of Occidentalism and Post-World War Ukrainian Cultural Imagination (1945–1949)
VUIAS Fellowship abroad
Ukraine
Idris, Murad
Idris, Murad
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Political Theory
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Islam in Theory: Scripts of Unfreedom, Fanaticism, and Violence
USA
Kourliandski, Dmitri
Kourliandski, Dmitri
2025/2026France
2025/2026
Composer
Paris
Composition of a String Quartet, an Ensemble Piece, and a Chamber Opera
France
Krajnak, Tarrah
Krajnak, Tarrah
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Artist, Associate Professor of Art
University of California, Los Angeles
RePose
USA
Kühn, Reimer
Kühn, Reimer
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
Dr. rer. nat.,
Professor of Statistical Physics (Emeritus)
King’s College London
From Neurons to Brains— from Societies of Brains to Brains of Societies
United Kingdom
Lange, Frieda
Lange, Frieda
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
Theaterregisseurin
Berlin
Stahlgipfel
Mortier Next Generation-Fellow
Germany
Lankina, Tomila
Lankina, Tomila
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
DPhil,
Professor of International Relations
London School of Economics and Political Science
Historical Legacies of Social Development of the Frontier and Civic and Political Activism in Russia
United Kingdom
Larkin, Brian
Larkin, Brian
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
PhD,
Professor of Anthropology
Barnard College, Columbia University
The Media System of Empire
USA
Levitin, Dmitri
Levitin, Dmitri
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
PhD,
Fellow
All Souls College, Oxford
The Western Mind: The Origins of a Myth
United Kingdom
Maak, Niklas
Maak, Niklas
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Redakteur
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Ruinen der Zukunft. Roms Grande Raccordo als Modell für die postdigitale Stadt
Germany
Makhouskaya, Iryna
Makhouskaya, Iryna
2025/2026Poland
2025/2026
Dr.,
History
Warsaw
Solidarity and the Horizontal Networks of the Post-1991 Transformation Period and in the Aftermath of the 2020 Revolt: A Research Network and Ethnographic Archive of Protest
Poland
Mares, Isabela
Mares, Isabela
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science
Yale University
Defending Parliament: Responses of Mainstream Parties to Parliamentary Erosion
USA
Marquet, Pablo A.
Marquet, Pablo A.
2025/2026Chile
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Professor of Ecology
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Universal Ecology. Understanding Life from Cells to Societies
Chile
Martin, John Levi
Martin, John Levi
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Florence Borchert Bartling Professor of Sociology
University of Chicago
Deference and Disruption in Political Interaction
USA
Mikheieva, Oksana
Mikheieva, Oksana
2025/2026Ukraine
2025/2026
Dr.,
Professor
Kyiv School of Economics
Dependency and Dissonance: Everyday Life under Occupation
VUIAS Fellowship abroad
Ukraine
Moyle, Leonie C.
Moyle, Leonie C.
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology
Indiana University Bloomington
Mechanisms of Speciation in the 21st Century
USA
Mukama, Matia
Mukama, Matia
2025/2026Uganda
2025/2026
PhD,
Lecturer and Examination Coordinator, Food Science and Technology
Kyambogo University, Kampala
The Cold Chain and Perishable Produce Loss in the Ugandan Food System
Iso Lomso-Fellow
Uganda
Neumann, Franziska
Neumann, Franziska
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Juniorprofessorin für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit mit dem Schwerpunkt Urbane Wissenskulturen in vergleichender Perspektive
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Reste und Ressourcen: Abfallregime in London im langen 18. Jahrhundert
Germany
Nichols, Joshua
Nichols, Joshua
2025/2026Canada
2025/2026
PhD,
Associate Professor of Law
McGill University, Montreal
Recollecting Legalities: Constitutional Reconciliation and the Future of Multinational Democracies
Canada
Niyukuri, David
Niyukuri, David
2025/2026Burundi
2025/2026
PhD,
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
University of Burundi, Bujumbura
Understanding the Effects of Biomolecular Dynamics of Malaria Parasites and Vector through Multiscale Modelling and Agent-Based Models
Iso Lomso-Fellow
Burundi
Piekut, Benjamin
Piekut, Benjamin
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Professor of Music
Cornell University
Sound Art: History in Search of a Concept
USA
Po, Ronald C.
Po, Ronald C.
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Associate Professor of Chinese and Maritime History
London School of Economics and Political Science
Shark Fin in China: A Cultural History
United Kingdom
Präauer, Teresa
Präauer, Teresa
2025/2026Austria
2025/2026
Schriftstellerin
Vienna
Nie mehr weinen (Arbeitstitel)
Austria
Sedgwick, Sally
Sedgwick, Sally
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Professor of Philosophy
Boston University
Temporality and Method in Hegel’s Phenomenology
USA
Shaw, Liam
Shaw, Liam
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
PhD,
Computational Biology
University of Bristol
The Evolutionary Roles of Extrachromosomal DNA
College for Life Sciences
United Kingdom
Shepherd, Matthew
Shepherd, Matthew
2025/2026United Kingdom
2025/2026
PhD,
Research Associate in Microbial Evolution
The University of Manchester
The Role of Regulatory Changes in Shaping the Evolvability of Opportunistic Pathogens
College for Life Sciences
United Kingdom
Smith, Jenna
Smith, Jenna
2025/2026Australia
2025/2026
PhD,
Medicine and Health
The University of Sydney
Implementing Equitable Shared Decision Making for Older People in Primary Care
College for Life Sciences
Australia
Sørensen, Megan
Sørensen, Megan
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
PhD,
Mechanistic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
On the Hunt for Novel Microbial Endosymbioses
College for Life Sciences
Germany
Ura, Karma
Ura, Karma
2025/2026Bhutan
2025/2026
PhD,
President
Centre for Bhutan and Gross National Happiness Studies, Thimphu
Well-Being in Art
Bhutan
Vahland, Kia
Vahland, Kia
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
Dr. phil.,
Redakteurin
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Momente, die bleiben. Zum politischen und gesellschaftlichen Einfluss von Krisen- und Kriegsbildern im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert
Germany
Volkmann, Uwe
Volkmann, Uwe
2025/2026Germany
2025/2026
Dr. iur.,
Professor für Öffentliches Recht und Rechtsphilosophie
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
Konstitutionelle Demokratie. Zur Dynamik einer politischen Form
Germany
Weitzman, Erica
Weitzman, Erica
2025/2026USA
2025/2026
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of German
Northwestern University, Evanston
Bluster: Bourgeois Anxiety and Expository Style in Mid- to Late Nineteenth-Century Germany
USA