Eight of the new senior fellows from the fifth cohort met at the Welcome Day at the University Alliance Ruhr College.
College of the UA Ruhr
Nine International Senior Fellows Start Collaborations
Nine distinguished international researchers form the fifth cohort of the Senior Fellowship Programme. They will be working on projects with tandem partners from the University Alliance Ruhr for six months.
The established scholars who have started their Senior Fellowships at the College in March 2026 possess outstanding research expertise in an impressive range of fields within the social sciences and the humanities, covering cultural anthropology, migration studies, sociology of education, political science and governance, health policy, law and literary studies, history of philosophy, criminology, and historical theology. The home institutions of the visiting researchers are equally diverse, located in Armenia, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK, and the USA.
On 10 March 2026, the group of Senior Fellows and six tandem partners met at the Welcome Day in Essen where the College’s administration and staff warmly received them. The scholars outlined the research activities planned for their six-month stays, including various academic events they will be co-organising with their tandem partners. A weekly colloquium provides the opportunity for Senior Fellows and researchers at the College to discuss their current research projects across disciplines.
The International Senior Fellowship Programme