Current News

In 2018, the Zukunftskolleg and the Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem organized a symposium entitled Un/certainty.

The research team around Thomas Böttcher studies the chemistry of the interactions between phages and bacteria.

Second call for applications for early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America launched

Andrea Lailach Hennrich wins the 2019 joint prize question of Collegium Helveticum and Zukunftskolleg on “Disrupted Order?”

In its meeting on 26 November, the Assembly of Members elected Morgane Nouvian (Dept. of Biology) to serve as member in the Executive Committee.

The Netias Directors assembled at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh, on 11-12 November.

We congratulate Julián Torres-Dowdall, Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg since August 2013, on receiving a 3-years DFG Grant worth 370.450 euros.

We congratulate Julien Bernard (Philosophy / Alumnus) who has published the collective book “Weyl and the Problem of Space” (in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Springer, vol 49).

Maria Cruz Berrocal (Associated Fellow / History and Sociology) investigates the consequences of the first European contact for local peoples in the Western Pacific in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Alofi project is a two-years programme funded by the Deutsches Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

In its current call for five 2- and five 5-year Fellowships (the closing date for applications was 15 October 2019), the Zukunftskolleg received 132 applications.

Jennifer Randerath wins "Konstanzer Transferpreis 2019" for transferring scientific approaches into neurorehabilitation.

Margaret Thomas (Associated Fellow / Department of Mathematics and Statistics) joined the Department of Mathematics at the Purdue University as a new tenure-track assistant professor.

In summer term 2019, the Zukunftkolleg launched its first "Zukunftskolleg Video Award". The award is part of our network activities with our 23 sister institutions in Europe (NetIAS), and was initiated on the occasion of the European Researchers` Night on 27 September 2019.

Sana Shams started her fellowship in August. She is affiliated with the Department of Linguistics.

Denisha Gounden began her fellowship in August. She is affiliated with the Department of Chemistry, where she has joined the Hybrid Nanostructures group, headed by Professor Lukas Schmidt-Mende.

Abena Yalley started her fellowship in August. She is affiliated with the Department of History and Sociology/Gender Studies.

Hamadjam Abboubakar began his fellowship in August. He is affiliated with the research group of Professor Reinhard Racke in Analysis and Numerics at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

We congratulate James Griffiths (Associated Fellow / Dept. of Linguistics) who has accepted the position of Tenure-Track Professor in English Linguistics at the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Tübingen. He started on 1 August 2019.

Leila Abdala started her fellowship in July. She is affiliated with the Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies.

In its meeting on 16th July, the Assembly of Members elected Gisela Kopp (Dept. of Biology) and Cornelia Klocker (Dept. of Law) to serve as members in the Executive Committee.

Patrícia Martuscelli started her fellowship in June. She is affiliated with the Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

Eliana Barriga started her 3-month Research Visit at the end of June. She is affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Stephan Streuber started his 5-year Research Fellowship in June. He is affiliated with the Department of Computer and Information Science.

Congratulations to Thomas Böttcher, who was honoured with the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities’ Manfred Fuchs Award.

In its first call for AAA Fellowships for early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America (the closing date for applications was 30 April 2019), the Zukunftskolleg received 206 eligible applications.

Benjamin Eva is one of three new Research Fellows from the 13th call for applications. He has started his fellowship in April and is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy.

Morgane Nouvian is one of three new Research Fellows from the 13th call for applications. She has started her fellowship in April and is affiliated with the Department of Biology.

On the occasion of the annual NetIAS business meeting and EURIAS Fellows meeting, Giovanni Galizia and Daniela Kromrey travelled to Aarhus at the beginning of April.

Nihan Toprakkiran is one of the two 2-year Postdoctoral Fellows to join the Zukunftskolleg in April. She is affiliated with the Department of Politics and Public Administration.