Eight AIAS Associate fellows from Aarhus University have been awarded an AIAS-Tandem fellowship, enabling them to invite a collaborator from abroad. The Tandem programme supports the meeting of researchers across disciplines by bringing together an AIAS Associate Fellow from Aarhus University and an international research colleague to jointly explore new horizons.

The eight AIAS Associate fellows and their tandem partner will have a shared office at AIAS, for a period from two weeks up to three weeks.

The topics of the shared projects of the visiting Tandem Fellows and their Aarhus University collaborator span from research into robotic resilience, to a study of climate-friendly diets and health to research in advancing AI in dentistry.

The selected AIAS-Tandem Visiting Fellows and their Aarhus University partners and projects are:

• Federica Calabrese, Boston University & Harvard University, USA
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Niculina Musat, Department of Biology – Microbiology, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘Short term effects upon antibiotic exposure of fresh water microbial communities: an impactful manuscript to bring to completion/submission’
  Time of visit: September 2026
• Gianluca Filippone, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Mirgita Frasheri, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Software Engineering & Computing systems, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘Digital twins ability to predict potential robot mission failures and re-plan accordingly, thus enhancing robotic resilience’
  Time of visit: 2 March to 13 March 2026
• Keren Papier, Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, England
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Christina C. Dahm, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘Climate-friendly diets and health’
  Time of visit: 29 September to 9 October 2026
• Michael Fisch, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, USA
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Noa Vaisman, School of Culture and Society - Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘Form, Experimentation and Speculation’
  Time of visit: 28 November to 5 December 2026
• Nora Saif Elnasr Taha, AI Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University (AIC), Egypt
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Ruben Pauwels, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘Advancing Artificial Intelligence Applications in Dentistry: Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Imaging Innovations’
  Time of visit: 15 January to 21 January 2026.
• Pierre Nyquist, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Christian Pascal Hirsch, Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘Rare event analysis of simulation methods for geometric structures’
  Time of visit: 16 February to 27 February 2026.
• Shorty Kandjengo, Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Namibia
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Rachel Charlotte Smith, Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, Aarhus University
  Project: 'Indigenous Knowledge, Participatory AI and Sustainable Futures - Perspectives from the Global South'
  Time of visit: March 2026
• Valerio Capraro, Department of Psychology, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy
  Aarhus University collaborator and Associate Fellow:
  Christian Truelsen Elbæk, Department of Management, Aarhus University
  Project: ‘The role of cognitive biases and language in perceptions of extreme economic inequality and support for redistribution’
  Time of visit: 7 September to 14 September 2026

The AIAS Tandem Vising Fellowship programme is open for application by AIAS Associate fellows from Aarhus University: https://aias.au.dk/aias-fellows/associate-fellows

Contact

Helle Villekold, AIAS Programme Manager
E-mail: helle@aias.au.dk
Phone: +45 30 58 81 29
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, AIAS
Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B
DK-8000 Aarhus C
Denmark