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Meet the fellows

The current fellows of AIAS

Alison Gerber


Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

Area of research:
Sociology

Amy Boulton


Artist-in-Residence Tandem Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
Contemporary Art theory & practice

Anja Bechmann


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027

Area of research:
Digital Social Science

Birgitte Stougaard Pedersen


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Area of research:
Sound Studies

Cameron Hu


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2028

Area of research:
Anthropology / Social Theory / Science and Technology Studies

Casper Andersen


Science Diplomacy Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
History of Science and Technology

Christian Ulrik Andersen


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Area of research:
Digital Activism

Dario Campisi


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Jul 2027

Area of research:
Astrochemistry, Physical Chemistry, PAHs, and Surface Chemistry

Darren Halpin


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2028

Area of research:
Political Science


 

Donna Briggs Bødtkjer


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

Area of research:
Human lymphatic vessel structure and function

Elias Götz


Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027

Area of research:
Political Science
 

Ermias Debie Adane


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2028

Area of research:
Geography and Environmental Studies 

Federica Cavaletti


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Jul 2027

Area of research:
Theory of perception and Cognitive sciences
 

Fiona Müllner


AIAS-DANDRITE Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2027

Area of research:
Exploring how the brain shapes sensory perception

George Salter


Science Diplomacy Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
TBA

 

Isabelle Torrance


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027

Area of research:
Irish Literature, Classical Reception, Human Rights

Jessica Wax-Edwards


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2028

Area of research:
Twentieth century and contemporary Mexican visual culture

Joshua Bergamin


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2028

Area of research:
Philosophy
 

Kwadwo Opoku


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Jul 2027

Area of research:
Development and Public Economics
 

Lars Thorup Larsen


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027

Area of research:
Sociology of knowledge

Malene Friis Hansen


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Jul 2027

Area of research:
Behavioural Ecology, Cultural Anthropology and Conservation Biology

Masoumeh Rad Goudarzi


AIAS Fellow:
1 Mar 2024 – 31 Dec 2026

Area of research:
Islamic Political Thoughts and Islamic Feminism
  

Mathias Clasen


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

Area of research:
Horror fiction and recreational fear

Nazik Ogretmen


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Jul 2027

Area of research:
Geosciences, Micropaleontology, Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography and Climate Geochemistry

Octavio Hemsi


AIAS-AUFF Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2028

Area of research:
Population Health Disparities

 

Pablo Velasco


Artist-in-Residence Tandem Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
Digital design
 

Rachel Fishberg


Science Diplomacy Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
Sociology of Science

Rachele Pierini


Science Diplomacy Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
Bronze Age Aegean and Historical Linguistics 

Sayeh Khaniha


AIAS-AUFF Fellow
1 Sep 2026 – 31 Jul 2027

Area of research:
Mathematics

Sonam Kinga


Science Diplomacy Fellow:
1 Sep 2026 – 30 Jun 2027

Area of research:
History, politics and foreign relations

 

Susanne Ravn


Carlsberg Monograph Fellow:
1 Sep 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

Area of research:
Sports Science