The Fellows 2018/2019
Some Fellows are members of the following Focus Groups
Syngenomics: Evolution − from Conflict to Cooperation to MutualismThe Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
Name
Year
Location

al-Haj Saleh, Yassin
al-Haj Saleh, Yassin
2018/2019Syria
Writer
Germany
Modes of Mass Murder: a Comparative Study
Syria

Armitage, David
Armitage, David
2018/2019USA
Litt.D., Ph.D.,
Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History
Harvard University
Treaty Consciousness: a Global History
USA

Bielfeldt, Ruth
Bielfeldt, Ruth
2018/2019Germany
Dr. phil.,
Professorin für Klassische Archäologie
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Der Koloss von Rhodos: neue Perspektiven
Germany

Biernat, Stanislaw
Biernat, Stanislaw
2018/2019Poland
Dr. Dr. h.c.,
Professor für Rechtswissenschaft
Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Herausforderungen und Gefahren für die Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der EU
Poland

Boomsma, Jacobus J. (Koos)
Boomsma, Jacobus J. (Koos)
2018/2019Denmark
Ph.D.,
Professor of Evolutionary Biology
University of Copenhagen
The Points-of-no-Return Ratchet to Higher Levels of Organismal Complexity
The Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
Denmark

Bosch, Thomas C. G.
Bosch, Thomas C. G.
2018/2019Germany
Dr. Dr. h.c.,
Professor of Zoology
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
The Individual as Metaorganism: Novel Perspectives for Biology, Medicine and the Humanities
Germany

Bronstein, Judith
Bronstein, Judith
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
University Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona, Tucson
Does Crime Pay? The Benefits of Cheating, the Costs of Being Cheated, and the Persistence of Interspecific Cooperation
Syngenomics: Evolution - from Conflict to Cooperation to Mutualism
USA

Bruch, Elizabeth E.
Bruch, Elizabeth E.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Sociology and Complex Systems
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mate Markets: How Populations and Behavior Shape Online Dating Experiences
USA

Buddensiek, Friedemann
Buddensiek, Friedemann
2018/2019Germany
Dr. phil.,
Professor für antike Philosophie
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
Aristoteles' Eudemische Ethik: Übersetzung und Kommentar
Germany

Colomina, Beatriz
Colomina, Beatriz
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Professor of Architecture
Princeton University
The Illness of Modern Architecture
USA

Dragomán, György
Dragomán, György
2018/2019Hungary
Writer, translator
Budaörs, Hungary
Shrapnel (Novel)
Hungary

Elsässer, Simon
Elsässer, Simon
2018/2019Sweden
Ph.D.,
Chemical and Synthetic Systems Biology
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Modeling Chromatin Dynamics and Cellular Memory
College for Life Sciences
Sweden

Feld, Gordon
Feld, Gordon
2018/2019United Kingdom
Dr. rer. nat.,
Psychology
University College London
Towards Reproducibility: Adapting Past and Future Projects in Sleep and Memory to a Transparent and Sustainable Model of Science
College for Life Sciences
United Kingdom

Furrer, Beat
Furrer, Beat
2018/2019Austria
Professor für Komposition, Komponist und Dirigent
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Entwicklung einer neuen Opernidee
Austria

Gibson, Amanda Kyle
Gibson, Amanda Kyle
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Biology
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Does Genetic Diversity Reduce the Risk of Infection?
John Maynard Smith Prize-Fellow
USA

Grabenwarter, Christoph
Grabenwarter, Christoph
2018/2019Austria
Dr. iur. Dr. rer. soc. oec.,
Professor für Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Funktionsbedingungen der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit
Austria

Griffin, Ashleigh
Griffin, Ashleigh
2018/2019United Kingdom
Ph.D.,
Professor of Evolutionary Biology
University of Oxford
Developing a New Model System for Research into the Major Evolutionary Transition to Multicellularity
The Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
United Kingdom

Hamzawy, Amr
Hamzawy, Amr
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Senior Researcher
Stanford University
Social Activism and Authoritarian Politics in Contemporary Egypt
USA

Häusermann, Silja
Häusermann, Silja
2018/2019Switzerland
Dr. phil.,
Professor of Political Science
University of Zurich
Solidarity under Pressure: Social Policy Priorities, Policy Trade-Offs, and Reform Opportunities in European Welfare States
Switzerland

Kavwahirehi, Kasereka
Kavwahirehi, Kasereka
2018/2019Canada
Ph.D.,
Professeur de littératures francophones
University of Ottawa
Le roman africain contemporain et la démocratie
Canada

Keller, Peter E.
Keller, Peter E.
2018/2019Australia
Ph.D.,
Professor of Cognitive Science
Western Sydney University
Human Interaction Through Music: Psychological and Social Foundations of Group Music-Making
EURIAS-Fellow
Australia

Kukkonen, Karin
Kukkonen, Karin
2018/2019Norway
Ph.D.,
Professor in Comparative Literature
University of Oslo
Literature as Experiment
Norway

Landrum, Asheley R.
Landrum, Asheley R.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Science Communication
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Socializing Science and Cultivating Scientifically Curious Minds
College for Life Sciences
USA

Lewinsohn, Thomas M.
Lewinsohn, Thomas M.
2018/2019Brazil
Dr. Sc.,
Professor of Ecology
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Community Ecology - Conceptual Development, Current Standing, Future Prospects
EURIAS-Fellow
Brazil

Linksvayer, Timothy A.
Linksvayer, Timothy A.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Prospects for Elucidating the Evolution of Cooperation and Mutualism with Genomics
Syngenomics: Evolution - from Conflict to Cooperation to Mutualism
USA

Maercker, Andreas
Maercker, Andreas
2018/2019Switzerland
Dr. phil. Dr. med.,
Professor für Psychopathologie und Klinische Intervention
University of Zurich
Traumata, posttraumatische Belastungsstörung und kulturelle Skripte
Switzerland

Moran, Nancy A.
Moran, Nancy A.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Professor of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
Evolution of Cooperation versus Conflict in Host-Associated Microbial Communities
The Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
USA

O'Brien, Siobhán E.
O'Brien, Siobhán E.
2018/2019Switzerland
Ph.D.,
Evolutionary Biology
ETH Zurich
Do Social Interactions Matter in Complex Communities of Microbes?
John Maynard Smith Prize-Fellow
Switzerland

Ochman, Howard
Ochman, Howard
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Professor of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
The Impact of Microbes on Human Evolution
The Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
USA

Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo
Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo
2018/2019Kenya
Author
Kwani Trust, Nairobi
"Hiraeth", a Novel in Progress
Kenya

Pentcheva, Bissera
Pentcheva, Bissera
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Professor of Art History
Stanford University
Animation in Medieval Art
USA

Queller, David C.
Queller, David C.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology
Washington University in St. Louis
The Social Elements of Selection: Formalizing the Gene's-Eye View of Evolution
The Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
USA

Radzvilavicius, Arunas L.
Radzvilavicius, Arunas L.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Evolutionary Theory
University of Pennsylvania
Uncovering Core Principles of Nature's Hierarchical Organization
College for Life Sciences
USA

Richardson, Sarah S.
Richardson, Sarah S.
2018/2019USA
Professor of the History of Science and of Studies of Women,
Harvard University
Theorizing "Sex"
USA

Salem, Hassan
Salem, Hassan
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Evolutionary Ecology
Emory University, Atlanta
Microbial Mediation of Folivory
College for Life Sciences
USA

Sapiro, Gisèle
Sapiro, Gisèle
2018/2019France
Dr.,
Professor of Sociology at the EHESS and Research Director at the CNRS
École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
The Concept of Disinterestedness in Theory and in Practice: the Case of the Intellectual and Artistic Professions
France

Schneider, Irene
Schneider, Irene
2018/2019Germany
Dr. phil.,
Professorin für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Geschlecht und Recht.Debatten um das palästinensische Familienrecht 2012-2018
Germany

Singh, Bhrigupati
Singh, Bhrigupati
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Professor of History
Brown University
Waxing and Waning Life: Investigations at the Threshold of Mental Illness and Health
USA

Sojo, Víctor
Sojo, Víctor
2018/2019Germany
Ph.D.,
Evolutionary Biology
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Why Do Eukaryotes Have Bacterial Membranes?
College for Life Sciences
Germany

Stockholder, Jessica
Stockholder, Jessica
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Raymond W. & Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor of Visual Arts, Artist
University of Chicago
Drawing and Painting in Response to Berlin and in Preparation for a Project at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht
USA

Strassmann, Joan E.
Strassmann, Joan E.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology
Washington University in St. Louis
Organismality
The Major Evolutionary Transitions in Organismality
USA

Swedberg, Richard
Swedberg, Richard
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Professor of Sociology
Cornell University
Theorizing in Social Theory: What It Is and How to Do It
USA

Tagliavini, Heidi
Tagliavini, Heidi
2018/2019Switzerland
Drs. h.c.,
Botschafterin a.D. und ehemalige Sondergesandte des UNO-Generalsekretärs, des OSZE-Vorsitzenden und des EU-Rates
Federal administration, Bern
Konflikte im postsowjetischen Raum
Switzerland

Traynor, Kirsten S.
Traynor, Kirsten S.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Biology
University of Maryland, College Park
Varroa Biology and Control: a Worldwide Perspective
College for Life Sciences
USA

Tug, Basak
Tug, Basak
2018/2019Turkey
Ph.D.,
Professor of History
Istanbul Bilgi University
Gender, Legal Practice and Modernity in the Ottoman Empire, Late 18th to mid-19th Centuries
EURIAS-Fellow
Turkey

Vogel, Juliane
Vogel, Juliane
2018/2019Germany
Dr. phil.,
Professorin für Neuere Deutsche Literatur und Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft
University of Konstanz
"Nehmt Scheren!" Schneiden, Kleben, Schreiben in der Literatur der Moderne
Germany

Wade, Michael J.
Wade, Michael J.
2018/2019USA
Ph.D.,
Distinguished Professor of Biology
Indiana University Bloomington
Nature, Nurture, and the Nurturers
Syngenomics: Evolution - from Conflict to Cooperation to Mutualism
USA

Wassilowsky, Günther
Wassilowsky, Günther
2018/2019Germany
Dr. theol.,
Professor für Kirchengeschichte
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
Stadt der Gnade: Theologie und Kultur im frühneuzeitlichen Rom
Germany

Wolf, Jason B.
Wolf, Jason B.
2018/2019United Kingdom
Ph.D.,
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
University of Bath
Multi-Locus Evolution from Genes to Communities
Syngenomics: Evolution - from Conflict to Cooperation to Mutualism
United Kingdom