Viadrina International Program – for Graduates (VIP)

Dates

Call for Applications until:

20.03.2024

Alumni

	Name: Jannis Wagner Home University: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest Institution: Sorbonne University, France Period of stay: November 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Research Focus: Felix Hartlaub’s Paris Texts "In addition to gaining content for the dissertation project, I hope to gain insights into French academic culture and into the research foci at the Sorbonne that are related to my topics. Hartlaub's Parisian texts open up access to the literary technique and narrative style of this author at the place of their creation. Especially with regard to the question of the production of a "magical realism" this is a great opportunity and thus of significant importance for the research project as a whole.”
	Name: Elene Sichinava Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 27, 2021 - December 27, 2021 Research focus: International Law, Freedom of Speech, threat of democratic values by “Hate Speech” "It is a great luxury for a researcher to have an opportunity to focus solely on the research and to have access to the general academic library, which meets all research requirements. Expanding professional networks and participating in valuable seminars are the additional benefits of my stay at European University Viadrina."
	Name: Somayeh Rahimi Home Institution: UCL Institute of Education, Great Britain Guest Institution: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 18, 2021 - December 18, 2021 Research focus: Sociolinguistics and migration "Viadrina is an ideal place for me to do my research exchange. I would like to get engaged in the research programs offered at Viadrina. I am planning to collaborate with my supervisor and attend seminars and lectures that I find relevant to my field. I am particularly interested in the courses offered in the Centre for B/Orders in Motion. In addition, I have been invited to present my research in two research colloquiums on multilingualism, migration and minorities as well as on language in late modernity."
	Name: Theresa Tschenker Home University: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest Institution: University of the Western Cape, South Africa Period of stay: October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Research Focus: Collective labour rights in women-dominated sectors, domestic workers’ rights "To compare the historically established and legal situations of strikes (in the care sector) and domestic work shall enhance my process of reflecting and creating legal solutions for striking in the health and elderly care sector as well as for the live-in care. The gained language skills shall contribute to a publication in English. For analyzing jurisdictions, it is always useful and thought provoking to compare legal systems. To study the rights, instruments and methods of a foreign legal system helps reflecting on and augmenting the already developed proposals for solution. The South African judicial system consists of elements of both the common law and the civil law. Regarding especially the collective labour law and domestic workers’ rights the South African system warrants progressive rights and mechanisms for resolving conflicts."
	Name: István Takács Home University: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest Institution: University of Vienna, Austria Period of stay: October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Research Focus: Historiography, Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Rhetoric, Narratology, Sociology of Scientific Knowledge "Long before I finished editing my first research proposal, I had contacted several experts in my field. I was fortunate enough to receive a lot of suggestions on how to combine various aspects of my project into a coherent whole. Most of the feedback I received pointed towards insights, theories and approaches linked to scholars based in Vienna. Thus, my decision to apply for a research stay in early 2021 had little to do with a general urge to go abroad; the University of Vienna simply seemed unavoidable at the time."
	Name: Saimaiti Maimaitiming Home University: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest Institution: The University of Arizona, the USA Period of stay: October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Research Focus: Internationalization of higher education, knowledge transfer, modernization, global intellectual history "My approach in global history – covering Germany, China, and Turkey – requires me to connect with experts in different countries. I have chosen to stay at the School of Middle Eastern and African Studies (MENAS) at the University of Arizona because my doctoral project is strongly related to the research focus of this research center and the expertise of my host professor. I believe that a stay at the University of Arizona in Tucson enormously enriches my research and helps me get in touch with more experts in my field. Moreover, I consider this fellowship as an excellent opportunity to improve my academic English. Finally, it offers a precious chance to get more primary and secondary resources."
	Name: Beatriz Graça Home Institution: State University of Southwest Bahia, Brazil Guest Institution: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Research focus: Language, cognition and multimodal communication "The research stay means an opportunity for me to grow as a researcher, since I get to meet some experts of my field of work as well as other PhD students. I've been working with gesture and multimodality since I was an undergraduate, and I've been following the work developed by Professor Cornelia Müller (the inviting chair) and her team ever since. Therefore, this research stay is a great opportunity for me to refine theoretical and methodological aspects of my current doctoral research, because I get to work with specialists in gesture and multimodality."
	Name: Paula Monteiro Danese Home Institution: University of São Paulo, Brazil Guest Institution: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 1, 2021 - December 20, 2021 Research focus: Public International Law "I believe that Viadrina offers me the academic support to conduct my research that deals with one theme that is relatively new in international law. The Professors are always willing to guide with my research and the access to the library and courses materials are really helpful to conduct a good research dissertation."
	Name: Alexandra Pătrău Home Institution: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania Guest Institution: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 1, 2021 - November 30, 2021 Research focus: German literature of Bukovina; spatial research; literature; literary geography "It was an opportunity to fill in many of my bibliographic gaps, network academically with other researchers, and comprehend new perspectives about my topic."
	Name: Ursula Woolley Home Institution: School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London (UCL SSEES), Great Britain Guest Institution: European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 30, 2021 - November 12, 2021 Research focus: Entangled History of Ukraine "My research examines the current and recent social and political negotiation of new narratives of public history in post-colonial Ukraine, as political communication; and drawing on (historical) discourse analysis and political analysis. The Chair of the Entangled History of Ukraine at the European University Viadrina is the best place in Europe, beyond Ukraine, at which to do this; and the perspectives elucidated by the Borders and Boundaries field of enquiry at the B/Orders in Motion research centre at Viadrina provide invaluable conceptual context for my research."
	Name: Pablo Martínez Ramil Home institution: Palacký University, Czech Republic Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021 Research focus: The impact of technological disruptions on our current understanding of EU human rights law "The European University Viadrina has recently established the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS). The researching institute perfectly suits the goals of my PhD dissertation. And that is really something, considering that the field I’m studying is still in process of development. Complex issues like the one I’m studying can only be successfully addressed from a multidisciplinary perspective. That is what the ENS is doing. Therefore, it constitutes the perfect environment for me. I intend to absorb as much as I can and bring it back with me.”
	Name: Huseyin Uysal Home institution: University of Florida, USA Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 24, 2021 - October 22, 2021 Research focus: Language assessment, Language learner identity, Multilingualism "I viewed my participation in this program as helpful for me to improve my leadership skills and add on my advocacy experience for students who learn German a second language. I approached this research stay as a means to an end in that it could help me extend my dissertation work on English learners in the U.S. through a European insight and pave the way for a larger grant project. Also, I recognized its great potential to help me decompose my assumptions and biases that I have accumulated in the U.S. academia for over 6 years. In sum, this experience is likely to globalize my research agenda.”
	Name: Evgeni Serebrennikov Home institution: University of Granada, Spain Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021 Research focus: The fight against trafficking in human beings through the harmonization of national legislations of the Member States of the European Union "I decided to spend my fourth international research stay at the European University Viadrina because of its growing role not only at the regional but also international level. I found out that the university library offers a vast range of literature that is related to my field of research and now being here, I have also access to different libraries of Berlin because it is just one hour away from Frankfurt (Oder).”
	Name: Karolin Breda Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: The University of Deusto, Spain Period of stay: July 1, 2021 - August 30, 2021 Research focus: Minority languages, multilingualism, linguistic negotiation of identity(ies) "My goal is to collect the data necessary for my dissertation, focusing on the new speakers of Basque acting as normative authorities who teach the language at so-called euskaltegis (Basque language schools), as well as on parents (parts) who, as L2 speakers, pass Basque on to their children, again as L1, using narrative interviews and participant observation. I would also like to use the on-site presence for personal exchanges with my second supervisor, who will provide her expertise to help me with challenges during the stay. In addition to access to the library and a workspace at the local university, I will also have the opportunity to participate in thematically selected events and to network with other scholars on site."
	Name: Jakub Martinec Home institution: Masaryk University, Czech Republic Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 1, 2021 - July 9, 2021 Research focus: German Law of the Service Relationship "The University Library at the Viadrina has an access, among others, to the online legal sources (for instance to the Beck-Online and Juris software) and the sources manager (Citavi). All of them are very helpful for a legal research. I can use the media of the university library for finding out the essential sources, that I would be also able to recommend to my Alma Mater, to contemplate their acquisition.”
	Name: Phikria Bakradze Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: April 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Research focus: Contextual control of the standard terms of a contract (comparative legal analysis) "The research stay at the European University Viadrina serves to expand and deepen my scientific work in order to carry out the fundamental analysis of the various legal systems. The research stay will enable me to have the necessary access to literature. Then I can develop my intercultural competence through direct exchange with other scientists.”
	Name: Mariam Bezhanishvili Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: University of Edinburgh, UK Period of stay: April 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Research focus: International criminal law, human rights "The research visit gives me the opportunity to access the online libraries available through the host University, as well as to interact and discuss my PhD research with the professorship and fellow scientists there. As a result, I will acquire fresh perspectives on my research topics and will have a possibility to present my academic work to a wider international audience."
	Name: Karla Elisa Cervantes Jácome Home institution: National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: April 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021 Research focus: Behavioral science, sociology and health "My project involves biological, psychological and sociological domain. My expectation is to learn more about the sociological factors in my project and how they interact with the others to explain human behaviors."
	Name: Thanos Liapas Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of funding: March 1, 2021 - August 31, 2021 Research focus: European Studies, Political Economy "I am on the last stage of my dissertation, which can be a very demanding moment. The fellowship enables me to focus on my project and produce the best results possible. Next to the completion of my dissertation, the main goal of my fellowship is to get to know other international students from the VIP program of Viadrina and to develop my international network."
	Name: Stephanie Godiva Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: March 1, 2021 - August 31, 2021 Research focus: Multilingualism; Education policy in Latin America; Language policy "As a new doctoral candidate at the EUV, being the research assistant at the beginning of my dissertation means an opportunity to become a part of the research team of the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies. It means not only the cooperation with research experts in the context of international events and collaborations, but also gives the contact and exchange with research teams from the partner universities."
	Name: Saimaiti Maimaitiming Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: February 3, 2021 - August 2, 2021 Research focus: Internationalization of higher education, student migration, knowledge transfer, and modernization "I applied for the teaching assistantship to improve my teaching skills and prepare myself for the future career. I firmly believe that cooperating with my academic supervisor in the context of this MA course not only helps my current research and future career but also provides more options for Viadrina’s MA students and enriches their knowledge about Asia."
	Name: Stephan Rindlisbacher Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: February 1, 2021 – July 31, 2021 Research focus: History of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union; History of Poland; Biography research; Knowledge circulation "During my research assistantship, I want to get familiar with the topic of academic exchange between Polish People's Republic and Western partner institutions in the period from 1960 to 1989. My goals are, on the one hand, to write an article about that, and, on the other hand, to network with researchers in the field of Polish studies."
	Name: Teona Kupradze Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: February 1, 2021 - April 29, 2021 Research focus: Immigration policy and gender in the Discourse of European Right-Wing Populism. "My main interest is to include live elements in the research, which involves getting acquainted with the local immigration policies and cases, interviewing people working on these issues, and structural analyses. Viadrina University is an ideal platform for all this, due to students' diversity from its border location."
	Name: Tatia Tavkhelidze Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of funding: January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Research focus: EU policies, cultural integration, Islamophobia "A completion fellowship would help me to successfully complete my dissertation in 6 months, and it represents an important stage in my academic life. Final stage of my dissertation deals with revision, methodology, and conclusions of research. For this it is necessary that, in addition to the intensive writing process, I continue to meet with experts for their advice and feedback."
	Name: Ulf Stückemann Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Yale University, the USA Period of stay: December 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 Research focus: International law "As a part of my thesis, I am investigating the legal dimensions of camps in the context of forced migration. To examine and evaluate the applicable legal framework, it is necessary to take a comprehensive look at legal practice and to deal with the various parties. The international networking and cooperation benefit both my own research profile and the European University Viadrina."
	Name: Dorothée Schulz-Budick Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Örebro University, Sweden Period of stay: October 19, 2020 - November 30, 2020 Research focus: Foreign language acquisition in school among children who are already multilingual. "During the stay abroad, I would like to broaden my horizons related to educational perspectives, since my thesis cannot be analyzed linguistically only and the questions about educational and learning processes must be addressed as well."
	Name: Tatia Tavkhelidze Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: University of Vienna, Austria Period of stay: October 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 Research focus: EU policies, cultural integration, Islamophobia "The purpose of my research stay is to visit the library every day and to conduct the research on Islamophobia and EU policies. My top priority is to use the networking opportunities at the University of Vienna - to attend conferences, workshops and trainings. The expertise of several professors and the opportunity to network will have a significant impact on my doctoral research and a positive influence on my academic career."
	Name: Thomas Sliwowski Home institution: University of California Berkeley, the USA Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 1, 2020 - December 15, 2020 Research focus: critical theory, socialist culture, cultural memory, postsocialism, philosophy of history, waste studies. "I chose the Viadrina because my project is comparative between Polish and German culture, and the Viadrina is perhaps the best intellectual environment for this kind of comparative work. The Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Polenstudien, which will be hosting me, is the strongest research center in this field in Germany."
	Name: Dmitrii Dorogov Home institution: Central European University, Hungary Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 15, 2020 - December 15, 2020 Research focus: Gender and sexuality studies, discourse studies, postcolonial studies "My doctoral project requires external supervision in the fields of postcolonial studies of the CEE region and the gender/sexuality politics aspect of the transition from post-socialism in Eastern Europe. Viadrina European University is an institution whose research foci and faculty specialization uniquely suit these needs. The research stay at the Viadrina will allow me to receive feedback of paramount value on some of my dissertation chapters from qualified experts in the topic I am working on, and would help me immensely in conceptualizing and drafting the remaining chapters."
	Name: Janna Hartmann Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Lille Institute of Political Studies, France Period of stay: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020 Research focus: Multilateralism, connection of domestic discourse and foreign policy "Part of my project is a discourse analysis of the French discourse on multilateralism. The primary goal of my research stay is therefore to gain new impressions on site and to incorporate them into my analysis. Apart from that, I would of course also like to learn from the researchers at Sciences Po Lille and make new contacts."
	Name: Dmytro Ivasiuk Home Institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Period of stay: August 17, 2020 - September 18, 2020 Research focus: Maximization of the expected power utility function of wealth "During the abroad stay one has more time to focus on the research. Changing the place and the environment is one of the positive aspects providing more energy and motivation. It is also possible to meet other researches and develop an international network."
	Name: Maia Liparteliani Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 6, 2020 - October 6, 2020 Research focus: Comparative analysis of Georgian, English and Russian translations of Ingeborg Bachmann’s novel “Malina” "Since access to German academic sources is limited in Georgia, it was extremely important to me to conduct the research in German libraries and also to attend seminars which are relevant to my topic. The Viadrina International Program - for Graduates (VIP) is a good opportunity to do my research at the Chair of Pragmatics and Contrastive Linguistics at the faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences. It is a chance for me to stay concentrated on my dissertation."
	Name: Robert Seke Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 Research focus: Art and architecture of the Late Modern Period, historicism and the visual construction of collective identities "With the completed doctoral thesis, as the definitive outcome of the years-long study and research, I hope to make my contribution to a better understanding of our past and continue to be engaged in the scientific community.
	Name: Hugo Fernando Lancheros Redondo Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 15, 2020 - December 15, 2020 Research focus: Comparison of (in) politeness between German and Spanish-speaking chat conversations "I applied for a final scholarship in order to make better progress with my dissertation, since I used to work a lot as a freelance language teacher. Thanks to the scholarship, I can concentrate exclusively on my doctorate thesis and finish my work successfully in six months.
	Name: Lokman Burak Çetinkaya Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 15, 2020 - December 15, 2020 Research focus: International law applicable to cyber operations, use of force, self-defence, countermeasures, necessity "The Viadrina International Program fellowship afforded me the oppotunity to exclusively focus on the dissertation project at the final stage under the guidance of my supervisor (Prof. Dr. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg). It will help me not only to finalise the dissertation, but also to increase the quality of the project thanks to the Chair of Public Law, especially Public International law, European Law and Foreign Constitutional Law at the Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder)."
	Name: Victor Trofimov Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: University of South Florida, USA Period of stay: December 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 Research focus: Migrants in male sex work: Sub/Way as a transcultural space "My supervisor at the host university is a proven expert in the field of male sex work and migration. I applied for a research stay because I want to specify the language of my dissertation, which I am writing in English, and to establish academic contacts in the USA."
	Name: Sabine Lehner Home institution: University of Vienna, Austria Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: November 4, 2019 - December 20, 2019 Research focus: Representations of Borders and Spaces in Austrian Media Discourses and in Narratives of Displaced Persons "I have had several opportunities to be at the European University Viadrina (during workshops, conferences etc.) and experience it as a stimulating and interesting place to study and research. As member of the research network “Un/Certain Borders/Boundaries”, which is mainly based at the Viadrina, I was also able to get to know the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION. The Center offers a broad and multidisciplinary range of expertise in the field of border and boundary studies. Therefore, I hope to capitalize on this knowledge and productive environment for my own project and analysis. I am looking forward to new opportunities to acquire knowledge, meet and connect with people and engage in a productive scientific dialogue."
	Name: Olesia Herashchenko Home institution: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: November 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019 Research focus: The role of visual Art as a peace-building instrument in contemporary conflict environment "Artistic analysis and overview bares no practical meaning if it is not planted on the mediation groundwork! With this in mind I am seeking the competence and assistance of the colleagues from the Center for Peace Mediation of European University Viadrina to compartmentalize the artistic findings into a system of applicable recommendations to the mediators’ community. I was very fortunate twice to be in attendance of the trainings offered by the Center of Peace Mediation. The expertise and approach in terms of peace mediation topics they had to offer were both innovative and very proficient! The latter gave me hope that my scientific aspirations could be of an interest to the Center for Peace Mediation and could be advanced by the proficiency and the state-of-art instrumentation of the academic staff."
	Name: Ivan Semeniuk Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Period of stay: November 1, 2019 - November 30, 2019 Research focus: Statistical Process Control, Image Processing, Asymptotical theory, Test theory "The main goal of my research stay is to finish an article together with my guest professor, which is a part of my PhD project. The research stay gives me an opportunity to communicate directly with the colleagues abroad, to understand which fields of studies are of their interest, to share experiences, to develop new ideas and to discuss a possible future cooperation. "
	Name: Raffaella De Marco Home institution: University of Pavia, Italy Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: November 1, 2019 - November 30, 2019 Research focus: Interdisciplinary integration of research strategies between the practices of Cultural Heritage Digitation and Cultural Heritage Service Marketing and Management "My expectation from a research stay at the Viadrina is an enrichment of my research project with an in-depth view in Cultural Heritage Marketing. I would like to understand how and according to which requirements the products of Cultural Heritage Digitation, architectural documentation and Informative Modelling, can be declined and made functional."
	Name: Lama Allan Abu Samra Home institution: University of Pécs, Hungary Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 Research focus: The Influence Of Severing Diplomatic Relation "I have chosen to study at European University Viadrina as its one of the world research center offering leading research excellence access a variety of fields. I would also like to take advantage of the high quality research possibilities at the modern equipped library. The felloweship is a great chance to challenge myself and become involved in the worldwide research community."
	Name: Diana Kakashvili Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 29, 2019 - December 29, 2019 Research focus: Word formation in Tsova-Tush (Bats) Language "I have chosen to apply for European University Viadrina, because it has a long tradition in conducting research in the field of language studies – contrastive linguistics and language contacts. This is the place, where I can master up-to-date contemporary methods of language researching. Participation in VIP program gives me the opportunity to collaborate with academic staff and students in my research field and establishing relations with the leading research organizations from Germany and other countries."
	Name: Dmytro Ivasiuk Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Stockholm University, Sweden Period of stay: December 9, 2019 - December 21, 2019 Research focus: Different approaches to the power utility optimization "The research experience abroad is helpful to come into contact with other PhD students and researchers. Furthermore, spending some time abroad is helpful to grow as a scientist, explore and get familiar with different studying and teaching specifics. This can be helpful to improve professional skills and qualities. As the host institution I have chosen the Department of Mathematics of the Stockholm university where one of the co-authors of the PhD project is working. This makes it easier to collaborate and discuss the ongoing research."
	Name: Solomiia Dmytriv Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Period of stay: September 22, 2019 - October 5, 2019 Research focus: High-dimensional statistics, random matrix theory, mathematical and statistical finance "The research stay at the Delft University of Technology will be a platform for the last steps in my dissertation project. It is an uncommon opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the research process and to get strong results in a short time. The research stay focuses also on strengthening international networks and the acquisition of broad experience of working in an international team."
	Name: Panteleimon Sokhadze Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 16, 2019 - December 16, 2019 Research focus: Migrations in Ancient Mesopotamia: Language of Ethnicities from the Zagros Mountains (2nd Millenium B.C.) "Research stays abroad, in general, can provide a great opportunity for aspiring scholars and Ph.D. students, in order to get involved in international networking, which can be classified as the salient component of the academic life. The specific research programs can produce a noticeable boost in the process of creating a Ph.D. thesis. Since the topic of my research and Ph.D. thesis can be applied to the sphere of Linguistics and Migration, I reckon that The Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences and especially the chair of the Language Use and Migration can provide the research with much needed scientific materials."
	Name: Anna Rößner Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Ono Academic College, Israel Period of stay: September 15, 2019 - October 16, 2019 Research focus: Advertising Effects of Ethnicity versus Religion: the Moderating Influence of Country Specific Factors and Context News Valence "The goal of the research stay is to finish the third paper of my dissertation and to finalize my dissertation. A stay in Israel will offer an interesting and for my studies relevant research setting. The social and political make-up in Israel (compared to Germany) seems especially fruitful and yields interesting results. Furthermore, I want to continue to build an international network and I am excited for the cultural exchange."
	Name: Liu Yang Home institution: Sichuan Internatinal Studies University, China Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 11, 2019 - November 28, 2019 Research focus: The relationship between literature and science of the second half of the 19th century "The European University Viadrina cooperates with my home institution, the German faculty of the Sichuan International Studies University, very well. Several professors from the European University have given lectures or seminars at our university. Their extensive and cultural science-based research methods have convinced me that attending lectures during my research stay at Viadrina can broaden my horizon."
	Name: Lei Lei Home institution: Sichuan Internatinal Studies University, China Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 11, 2019 - November 30, 2019 Research focus: Relationship between nature and man in German literature of the Goethe era "The European University Viadrina has a long partnership with my home university (SISU). Several undergraduate students from our university have completed their exchange studies at the Viadrina. I have heard about their experiences at the Viadrina and learned that you can not only use the library as a visiting student of the Viadrina, but also attend courses and get interesting suggestions and remarks through discussions with students from different countries. That's why I opted for a research stay at the Viadrina."
	Name: Edgar BaumgärtnerHome institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Altai State Pedagogical University Barnaul, Russian Federation Period of stay: September 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019 Research focus: The Morphosyntax of German-Russian speech island dialects – a corpus-linguistical investigation of the German National Rajon (Altai, Russia) "The main goal of my research is to expand my already existing corpus in order to gain representative data for my dissertation project. Furthermore, I am hoping to receive feedback from the local scientists on my hypothesis and interpretation of the language data. Ultimately, the research stay serves to intensify the contact on both individual and institutional level."
	Name: Salome Kavtaradze Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: August 31, 2019 - October 1, 2019 Research focus: Due diligence and information law in capital companies (a comparative legal analysis) "The European University Viadrina offers excellent opportunities for researchers. Thus, I recognized my opportunity and applied for the VIP program. During my research stay at the Viadrina I would like to edit the comparative section of my thesis. In addition, good networking with other young scientists is important to me. I hope that the good research opportunities of the Viadrina will enable me to raise the scientific level of my thesis."
	Name: Javier Martin Uceda Home institution: University of Girona, Spain Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: October 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017 Research focus: Cross-border cooperation in Europe: actors and projects of INTERREG in an uncertain scenario "I've applied for a research stay because it's a great way to continue my learning process. The stay will give me the opportunity to share my work and research with other scientists working in my area of research I have chosen the European University Viadrina because it is one of the best universities in the field of border studies and European integration with a special focus on the German-Polish border region."

	Name: Jana Liashko Home institution: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: September 27, 2017 - October 27, 2017 Research focus: Cover letter as a text type in Ukrainian and German advisory literature. Contrastive analysis from a linguistic-didactic point of view. "A stay at the Viadrina is very important for my scientific and professional career. A wide range of courses and the modern library make it possible to prepare myself professionally for the newly introduced course "German as a Scientific Language" at my home university and my knowledge gaps. For me as a young scientist this kind of scientific exchange is very important, because it serves to develop a more open, international communication and networking between young researchers. As a result of a one-month stay I desire to build a relationship with other researchers, to reach my knowledge limits and to gain new expertise and, thus, to broaden my professional horizons in some way."
	Name: Victor Trofimov Home institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University of South Florida, USA Period of stay: October 1, 2017 – October 31, 2017 Research focus: Romanian and Bulgarian “hustler” in Berlin: The construction of a new migration phenomenon? "I applied for a research stay, because I believe to achieve new substantially impulse for my dissertation and my further research network through exchange with distinguished experts in my research field. The supervision by Prof. Castaneda can provide new ideas and generate new impetus for my dissertation. Additionally networking with distinguished experts in my field is of great importance for my research career, which I aim to achieve."
	Name: Lena Hotze Home institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, France Period of stay: August 21, 2017 – October 2, 2017 Research focus: Multimodal language acquisition in preschool age "The 6-week research stay at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 on one hand is an exceptional enrichment for the work at my dissertation and contributes on the other hand to the international networking in the field of multimodal language acquisition research. I´m looking forward to develop and deepen existing research and teaching cooperation between both universities."
	Name: Mona Florian Home institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Period of stay: September 16, 2017 – October 13, 2017 Research focus: Voluntary work in refugee aid context: self-organization and sensefulness of volunteers in a Berlin refugees emergency helter "The aims of the research stay is to promote the conception of an article in an inspiring environment and at the same time to develop and to deepen international cooperation with researchers at the Copenhagen Business School."
	Name: Szilvester Csernus-Lukasc Home institution: University of Szeged, Hungary Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: August 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017 Research focus: The national policy and language usage in Bács-Bodrog Comitat before and after the 1868: XLIV. "I applied for a research stay at the Viadrina to broaden my sources for my dissertation with relevant literature. My main goals are to gain more knowledge about the nationalism and national minority policies of Central Europe, to write a chapter of my dissertation and to develop my German language proficiency."
	Name: Jonathan Rafael Balling Home institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University of California Berkeley, USA Period of stay: August 1, 2017 – October 31, 2017 Research focus: Kauboy, Gautsho, Muszhik – Rural Male Masculinities in Yiddish fictional texts 1883-1942 "(International) Networking is extremely relevant when it comes to working on a dissertation that focuses on Yiddish studies. At the UC Berkeley, research in the interplay between gender studies and Yiddish / Jewish studies is unique. My goal is to intensively reflect my dissertation through individual talks and the participation in colloquia and to integrate it in my research project."
	Name: Robert Brockhaus Home institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Middlesex University London, Great Britain Period of stay: July 28, 2017 – October 2, 2017 Research focus: The Criminal Liability of Whistleblowing "I applied for the VIP research fellowship to work on the comparative chapter of my dissertation, to connect with other researchers in the field of whistleblowing and also to improve my English skills."
	Name: Max Steuer Home institution: Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 21, 2017 - August 21, 2017 Research focus: The Guardians of Democracy? Decision Making of Constitutional Courts in Central Europe "While my dissertation in Political Science focuses on the analysis of decision making of Central European constitutional courts, it is grounded in the broader experiences of established democratic political systems which opted for a centralized model of judicial review. With its German location but strong international focus, I believe the Viadrina combines the unique German experience and the regional and global expertise that is necessary for any such endeavor. The interaction with other researchers at the Viadrina and establishment of cross-disciplinary networks at the Faculty of Law has a significant potential for advancing my theoretical and methodological toolkit for researching constitutional courts in Central Europe."
	Name: Ana Tokhadze Home institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 14, 2017 - September 14, 2017 Research focus: Shareholder’s Property Rights and Capital of the Corporation "Since the scopes of my thesis require a deep doctrinal inquiry and analytical thinking, research fellowship will equip me with the right academic tools and assistance in pursuit of my study. As I am eager to recruit myself into scientific projects and boost my scholar network, research fellowship will indispensably ensure my continued connection with an international scientific circle, professional relationship with international scholars, which, afterward, will strongly support in my career objectives along with the further academic goals."
	Name: Oleh Lehkyy Home institution: Ternopil National Economic University, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 1, 2017 - August 1, 2017 Research focus: Digital communicational instruments of brewery industry’s marketing "I truly understand the importance of international science networking and mobility of researches. The European University Viadrina research environment and practices are very interesting to observe. Facilities, working process, current tasks, prospect of growth and even promotion – are those elements that might be kindly “benchmarked” to try to implement the best practice at the my home University."
	Name: Marcelo Durao Rodrigues da Cunha Home institution: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: July 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017 Research focus: History in a time of crisis: Friedrich Meinecke (1862-1954) and the problems of German historicism "I applied for an acquaintance stay in Viadrina mainly because, besides being a renown academic center, Viadrina's Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences will certainly offer me the best possible research structure which is necessary for improving my present and future academic goals in the fields of theory, historiography and philosophy of history."
	Name: Bianca Batista Home institution: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 20, 2017 - August 20, 2017 Research focus: The discursive construction of Brazil in Pero Gândavo's chronicle, História da Província de Santa Cruz and in Richard Hakluyt's travel book, The Principal Navigations "I chose European University Viadrina to be part of my doctoral study once the contact with excellent professors from the Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences can help me rethink and improve the fundamental topics of my research."
	Name: Louis Wierenga Home institution: University of Tartu, Estonia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 15, 2017 - July 15, 2017 Research focus: The Right Approach to Gender: Gender, post-materialist values and the populist radical right in Europe "I applied for a research stay at the European University Viadrina in order to work with Prof. Michael Minkenberg. As I study populist radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe, the university is strategically located. Prof. Minkenberg is a leading expert on the populist radical right in Central and Eastern Europe and pursuing a research stay at Viadrina gives me an invaluable opportunity to further my academic career. The main goals of my academic stay are to further my knowledge of the populist radical right in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the methodological undertakings of my dissertation."
	Name: Anibal Chaim Home institution: University of São Paulo, Brazil Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 14, 2017 - August 28, 2017 Research focus: Football, media, politics and its social implications "The European University Viadrina provides me the structure and support for developing my studies and building a broader network. I am interested in understanding the European and German debate on my topics of interest. Aside it, this is going to be a great opportunity for getting in touch with other researchers from all over the world and improve my professional network."
	Name: Laura Hirrel Home institution: University of New Mexico, USA Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 13, 2017 - August 30, 2017 Research focus: A Construction-Based Approach to Cyclic Gesture Functions "I applied for a three month research stay in order to receive feedback and gain valuable new perspectives on my project from researchers outside of my home institution. I was specifically interested in coming to European University Viadrina because there are researchers here who work on similar topics to my own interests. Additionally, the scholars at the Viadrina Gesture Center have developed a number of methodologies for the study of gesture that I wanted to learn more about in order to expand skills within my field of study."
	Name: Thiago Nascimento Home institution: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 12, 2017 - July 12, 2017 Research focus: Metacommunicative Acts: a Mental Space-led Enquiry on Cognitive Aspects of Metapragmatic phenomena in Talk-in-interaction "This is an excellent opportunity to broaden my network, as well as improve my research skills with other researchers. I aim to enhance my skills in co-speech gesture analysis. So, during my acquaintance stay I’ll be able to get to know the software, techniques and procedures Prof. Muller’s group adopt to conduct their researches. Besides, this stay is an appropriate chance to establish a partnership between our research groups."
	Name: Ivan Almes Home institution: Ukrainian Catholic University Lviv, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 12, 2017 - July 12, 2017 Research focus: Book in the social and cultural life of the monasteries of the Lviv eparchy in the 17th and 18th centuries "European Viadrina University as Ukrainian Catholic University is a new, modern and ambitious University, and simultaneously institution of the two cultures – German and Polish. My PhD-thesis is closely connected with Polish early modern culture, and in general with cultural studies, which are comprehensive represented in the Viadrina University. It will be a great opportunity to find out about contemporary approaches in this field of history studying."
	Name: Adriana Fernandes Barbosa Home institution: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 12, 2017 - July 12, 2017 Research focus: Cognition in InterAction: an interactional Analysis of Multimodal Metaphors in DaF-Classrooms "As a Brazilian PhD student, I aim to do a double doctoral degree (Cotutelle). Therefore I see the acquaintance stay as a first step for a future research stay at the European University Viadrina for a longer period. Additionally the acquaintance stay will contribute to a stronger cooperation between Prof. Dr. Cornelia Müller and my research team “(Inter-)Cultural Communication in Interaction” at my home university."
	Name: Aldijana Bunjak Home institution: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 1, 2017 - August 31, 2017 Research focus: The interplay between optimism and mindfulness in the workplace "What I am truly looking forward to is a new challenge and opening myself to even more opportunities that I have not yet imagined. I chose Viadrina because it is absolutely international oriented. Being a Viadrina’s fellow also affords me the opportunity to network with current Viadrina’s fellows, and I hope it will facilitate my participation in the academic economics community more broadly."
	Name: Iuliia Lokshyna Home institution: Legislation Institute of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: June 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017 Research focus: Trade Defense Instruments Regulation in the European Union "The Viadrina University is a truly international academic institution paying a lot of attention to the area of my research, in particular international economic relations, international trade law and European law. I would like not just to write a profound PhD thesis, but to get new experience, literature and expand my research horizons."
	Name: Olena Zinenko Home institution: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: May 25, 2017 - August 25, 2017 Research focus: Media potential of public events as an object of journalistic reflection "During three month of research stay in European University Viadrina I plan to have more deep practice in qualitative methods studies on social transformation, and I’m going to observe public events as acts of communication and an invitation to dialogue awaiting feedback such as reciprocity, aversion or ignoring in the field of gender issues. I believe that chance that I’ll have with participating in VIP – for Graduates open the new prospects in communication between our universities."
	Name: Lela Iosava Home institution: Ilia State University, Georgia Guest institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: May 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017 Research focus: The Role of Organizational Culture in Fostering Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions "The Viadrina is an impressive example of a higher education institution symbolizing the return of Germany and Poland to Europe’s intellectual and cultural values. It is admirable how in a short period of time and during the era of great changes following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the university leadership has managed to transform a traditional university into a place where new generations of transeuropean society is nurtured. This particularly sparks a curiosity of someone like me exploring internal dynamics of educational institutions and the position of Georgia‘s higher education institutions in a global European landscape."
	Name: Anna Steinkamp Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: Sophia University Tokyo, Japan Period of stay: April 1, 2017 - May 31, 2017 Research focus: Internationalization of enterprises in border areas: A qualitative resource analysis in the federal state of Brandenburg and in the Lubuskie Province "The Sophia University is an excellent place to present my research results on site in terms of my own presentations and a publication. I expect to receive constructive feedback to my activities, which can be shaped from the different point of views and give me new ideas for further scientific research."
	Name: Shimels Sisay Belete Home institution: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Guest institution: University of Vienna, Austria Period of stay: March 1, 2017 - May 30, 2017 Research focus: Questioning State’s Counter-terrorism Measures vis-àvis the Pursuit of the Right to Liberty and Security of Person: Spotlighting the Ethiopian Legal and Institutional Framework as a Case Study "As a young academician aspiring for deeper knowledge and experience in the field my specialization, I believe that this short term research stay would offer me enhanced research and learning opportunities and new perspectives in dealing with the variety of issues related to my research. This program would also foster my personal network and professional growth as it brings me an appealing chance to get to know more colleagues specialized in the same field and broaden my research and publication, teaching and other work prospects for my present and imminent future. I would consider it as a further adventure in acquainting myself with a deeper knowledge and understanding of the diverse academic and research culture."
	Name: Stéphane Maffli Home institution: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland Guest institutions: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany Period of stay: January 7, 2017 - February 5, 2017 Research focus: Migration literature from German-speaking Switzerland since 1980 "I applied for an acquaintance stay at the European University Viadrina, because of the 2012 founded Axel Springer Endowed Chair for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History, Exile and Migration. The aim of my stay is to find out more about the approach of the research colloquium »Diaspora, Exile, Migration, Methodological and Theoretical New Approaches« and to get to know the employees and the participants, in order to be able to predict whether a following one-year stay would be worthwhile."

	Name: Mark Do Home university: University of New South Wales, Australia Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Dec 1, 2016 - Feb 28, 2017 Research focus: Higher-Order Personality Effects and Leadership "Participation in the VIP will provide me with the opportunity to network and collaborate with fellow students and academic staff in my field of research and related areas. By gaining knowledge and information from researchers from other countries I will be able to enhance my research with cross-cultural insights particularly given one of my main research areas is focused on leadership, a global research topic."
	Name: Nikoletta Pikramenou Home university: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Nov 1, 2016 - Jan 31, 2017 Research focus: Living between two sexes: A human rights’ approach "I perceive this research stay as a significant contribution to my career and research and it is a good environment to show off my full potential and expand my skills and knowledge. I chose to apply to the European University Viadrina mainly because of its strong international character. The fact that Viadrina promotes values such as the peaceful coexistence and collaboration of people from different cultures sparked my interest."
	Name: Jesper Verhoef Home university: Utrecht University, The Netherlands Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Nov 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016 Research focus: Dutch depictions of America in public debates on cinema, portable radio, and television, 1919-1989 "Spending time as a guest researcher offers me the marvelous opportunity to get inspired by both outstanding scholars as well as by another culture. Since I am considering working in Germany after finishing my PhD, I am positive that my career will benefit a great deal from spending a month at Frankfurt (Oder). The acquaintance stay will be conducive to my network, career, and research - especially since scholars working in the cultural history department at Viadrina are working on topics that are vital to my research, such as ‘mental maps’ and transnational history."
	Name: Olha Tkachenko Home university: University Warsaw, Poland Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Nov 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016 Research focus: Discourse of Ukrainian Identity during Social and Political Changes in 2004-2014 on the Pages of Polish Opinion-Making Press "The main research focus of the European University Viadrina is the region which is called Central and Eastern Europe. My research is also focused on that area. An acquaintance stay at the Viadrina will give me an opportunity to learn new approaches of the research on Eastern and Central Europe which could be useful for my topic. I would like to present my research and results to the academic community in order to introduce my point of view in exploring intercultural communication between Poland and Ukraine."
	Name: Aleksandra Łuczak Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University Warsaw, Poland Period of stay: Oct 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2016 Research focus: The construction site of the future. Visions and images of the Western part of Warsaw's city centre and its construction as a historical testimony of the Polish People's Republic between 1969 and 1989 "I´m glad to spend my research stay at a well-known polish university. My interdisciplinary research project and the overlappings with the research interests of my host institution, were the reasons for choosing the University Warsaw. An important goal is the development of scientific contacts in Poland in the field of cultural and art history in order to embed my research in the polish discourse and to boost future cooperations."
	Name: Mirjam Goudsmit Home university: University of New South Wales, Australia Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 1, 2016 - Oct 31, 2016 Research focus: Performance heterogeneity across environments: Investigating strategic responses, environmental turbulence, and performance relationships "An acquaintance stay at Viadrina will broaden and enrich my academic experience, research and international network, and help getting to know Viadrina and its researchers better who are doing research that is relevant to my current work. My intention is to learn from diverse perspectives that will improve my research and thinking as well as broaden my horizons toward my career post-PhD."
	Name: Ababakar Atiku Alkali Home university: Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Sept 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016 Research focus: An Optimality-Theoretic Account of the Fula Verbal Morphophonology "The Viadrina Fellowship opens a new chapter in my academic life. In addition to promoting the realisation of a long time aspiration to experience the German academia, it places at my disposal, the prospect to not only get immersed into the German research culture, but also to remain connected to it. The wonderful and stimulating opportunity provided by the Fellowship for working under one of the most resourceful professors at Viadrina and networking with other international students is indispensable to the attainment of my short and long term career goals."
	Name: Hanna Malik Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University of Turku, Finland Period of stay: Sept 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016 Research focus: Liability of legal entities in Poland in comparison with the (latest) development in Germany (working title) "A research stay abroad enables me to focus on a broader context in my research – not only from a German or Polish perspective – and in view of new methodological approaches. The involvement of the Finish perspective will be an enrichment for my research, because the Finish criminal policy approach to combat economic and corporate crime differs substantially from the Polish and German one. Since I´m in the final period of my PhD, the research stay in Finland offers the possibility to present my research project to international experts within this field."
	Name: Katharina Kinga Kowalski Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Columbia University in the City of New York, USA Period of stay: Aug 1, 2016 - Oct 31, 2016 Research focus: New thought styles? Intellectual-feminist networks in Poland (1980-2004) "My research focus on the development and migration of women´s and gender studies as an intellectual trend. My research presuppose the analysis of US sources. Therefore my research stay will be used for field studies. I hope to receive many valuable inspirations for my scientific work by networking and exchange of expertise with key actors of the american feminism. The research stay at the Columbia University enables me to have direct access to the latest US academic literature, to gain insight in the latest methodological approaches as well as exchange of expertise. I will certainly take advantage of this variety of opportunities during my 3-month stay in NYC."
	Name: Anka Steffen Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University of Hertfordshire, UK Period of stay: July 15, 2016 - Sep 30, 2016 Research focus: Global Players? Silesian Linen Merchants within the Atlantic Economy during the 18th Century (Working title) "As a research center for economic and social history, the University of Hertfordshire is an ideal place to develop my research and to observe my research with a critical eye. My host Prof. Dr. John Styles (University of Hertfordshire) is a distinguished expert in the field of early modern textiles trade and everyday clothing. Last but not least the archives in London offer a rich source of materials, which were not investigated so far from a central European perspective in the context of the Atlantic economic area. The University of Hertfordshire will enable me easy access to these sources."
	Name: Anastasia Zonova Home university: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad, Russia Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: July 1, 2016 - July 31, 2016 Research focus: Migrant prose in the German-speaking literature of the late 20th and early 21st century "Within a 1-month acquaintance stay, I would like to become acquainted with research opportunities at the Viadrina, deepen my knowledge in the research field of migrant prose and network in the field of literature. My research project deals directly with migrant literature. The conditions at the European University Viadrina enable a successful research in this field."
	Name: Jess Miller Home university: Flinders University Adelaide, Australia Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: June 24, 2016 - July 24, 2016 Research focus: Feminist Heroines and Gendered Spaces in the Historical Time-Travel Narrative "I applied for an acquaintance stay, because my thesis requires a great deal of cultural and historical research based in Germany. Additionally, as a postgraduate student looking to pursue an academic career, I am eager to meet other similarly-minded students and forge new friendships and professional relationships. I believe that my time at the Viadrina will be a unique opportunity to relentlessly pursue my creative, scholarly and cultural research."
	Name: Anna Jagielska Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: King’s College London, UK Period of stay: July 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2016 Research focus: The Discursive Constitution of Femininity in Vatican Pronouncements (1880—2016) "The Centre for Language & Discourse and Communication at the King´s College offers a wide range of workshops, conferences and publications as forums for discussions about discourse analysis. By gaining access to English-speaking discourse literature, I hope to participate in seminars and courses and to exchange with researchers at the King´s College as well as to receive many valuable inspirations for my discourse analytical approach and to give my research project an international perspective."
	Name: Inna Esafeva Home university: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad, Russia Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: June 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2016 Research focus: Perception of Russia in the Political Discourse of Germany in the context of the Ukraine Crisis "A research stay in Germany will allow me to get involved in the international research field, which is highly important for researches in the area of political science. The research stay will enable me to get in contact with the German scientists and PhD students dealing with the same field of research. This will help me to build a useful academic network."
	Name: Karolis Matikonis Home university: Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: May 26, 2016 - June 26, 2016 Research focus: Modelling Effects of Small Business Rates Relief "The university situated close to a border of Germany and Poland has an ideal location to provide much valuable information about European taxation. Not just its perfect location but also international orientation impressed me. I would regard Viadrina as the most international German University. Similarly, I wanted to get familiar with well-known and active professors as well as doctoral students in this institution. The central aim of my acquaintance stay is to expand my understanding of non-domestic property taxation in Germany and Poland. This understanding could introduce a global perspective to my PhD thesis."
	Name: Matthias Hellmund Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institutions: American University, Washington, D.C., USA Period of stay: Apr 4, 2016 - June 1, 2016 Research focus: The Pan-American “Drug-Court” System as an alternative to the German Criminal Justice System? Analysis and comparison of international methods of drug enforcement "A research stay in the USA, the homeland of »drug courts« is of high importance for my research project. Primary objective of my research stay is to deepen my previous, still theoretical knowledge, especially the everyday practice of the drug courts. Last but not least Washington, D.C. is the perfect location to broaden my scientific network by having direct contact to local drug court institutions."
	Name: Torsten Arnold Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institutions: Université de Nantes Departement Histoire, UFR La Rochelle Centre de Recherches en Histoire Internationale et Atlantique (CRHIA), France Period of stay: Oct 1, 2015 - Nov 30, 2015 Research focus: Central European Trade via French and Portuguese Seaports – Trans-National Networks and Merchandise (1714-1831) "My research into early-modern globalization is based on archival sources obtained from Portuguese and Spanish ports. This work is carried out in collaboration with the Centre de Recherches en Histoire International et Atlantique in La Rochelle and Nantes. This research stay affords me the opportunity to liaise with colleagues in those places and also to forge networks with research institutes in France."
	Name: Malwina Ksiezniakiewicz Home university: Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: June 29, 2015 - July 24, 2015 Research focus: German European Policy in 2005-2013 "I applied for a research stay at the University of Viadrina, because, in the first place, it will help me in the solid preparation of my doctoral dissertation devoted to Germany’s European policy. From the experiences of my colleagues and friends I know that our partner university, namely the EUV, creates an exceptionally friendly atmosphere to conduct research and scientific discussions. If there is an opportunity to present my research to students or doctoral candidates, I would like to deliver lectures on the Polish point of view on the current leadership of Germany in the European Union."
	Name: Irma Martínez García Home university: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Sept 1, 2015 - Sept 30, 2015 Research focus: Gender diversity on corporate boards: determinants, characteristics and implications "This opportunity offered by the Viadrina International Program will allow me to gain insight into the various aspects of Human Resources Management, to give to my research an international perspective and to establish contacts that may be intensified in the future. I chose the Viadrina for my acquaintance stay because I think that several lines of research European University Viadrina are linked to my PhD research, for instance, the Human Resources Management or the Path Dependence Theory."
	Name: Artur Modliński Home university: Universität Łódź, Poland Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 18, 2015 - Nov 18, 2015 Research focus: The model of customers’ engagement into boycott "My scientific interest is international marketing and for this reason the fieldwork abroad is a focal point of my job. Furthermore, I was very eager to consult my ideas with the foreign researchers. I truly believe that it will contribute to even better quality of my final thesis and it will deliver the added value into my scientific discipline. Before my application, I found a lot of information about the exciting projects conducted at Viadrina University and the institution seems to be very open for international cooperation what, in result, encouraged me to apply for the research stay."
	Name: Péter Károly Vágó Home university: Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 15, 2015 - Jan 15, 2016 Research focus: German-Polish and Hungarian-Slovak relations post 1989 "The focus of my research topic is in comparing different countries and as a result many of the documents and materials are only available abroad. In addition, I also find exploring the issue first hand (in my case: the development of German-Polish relations) very important. During my research stay I wish to get to know scientists from both countries and witness German-Polish scientific cooperation at first hand. In the process of researching in Germany and Poland I wish to use both languages in my work and my free time and use the opportunity to improve my polish (level B2)."
	Name: Argam Gasparian Home university: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 12, 2015 - Nov 12, 2015 Research focus: The Security Dimension of German Foreign Policy "I am deeply interested in German language, culture and politics. This fellowship gives me the opportunity to work on my PhD, to improve my German language skills and to get to know German culture. This research stay offers me the possibility to exchange experience, ideas and culture with other scientists. In addition to its importance for my PhD, my research stay at the Viadrina is also important for my professional life giving me the prospect of international networking and the chance to forge international contacts."
	Name: Antonieta Heyden Megale Home university: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brasil Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Aug 25, 2015 - Nov 22, 2015 Research focus: Inhabitants of Babel: Memories and Stories of Brazilian Bilingual School Teachers "I consider the research stay an enormous possibility to enrich my academic network since I would be meeting scholars and graduate students who also study border crossing in different areas of the world. Besides, getting to know the city of Frankfurt an der Oder sounds attractive and exciting to me due to the fact that it is on the German-Polish border, wherein I would have the opportunity to connect theory and practice of border crossing."
	Name: Arta Ankrava Home university: University of Minnesota, USA Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Nov 1, 2015 - Nov 30, 2015 Research focus: Nationalism, Transnationalism, Anti-Communism: Shaping Latvian American Diaspora "I was drawn to visiting the Viadrina, and especially the B/ORDERS IN MOTION center, because the acquaintance stay allows for an extended visit, and thus a possibility for getting to know other students, researchers and the work they do better. I hope to get a sense of what is happening in migration research in Europe today, what new theoretical, methodological approaches are used to study borders, flows, identities. I would like to establish connections with people that work on similar issues."
	Name: Natalie Senf Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Period of stay: Dec 14, 2015 - Feb 22, 2016 Research focus: Organizational Aspirations - An explorative examination of Fine Dining "On one hand the research stay will help me further develop my research by helping me build closer relationships with opinion leaders in my research field. On the other hand it will give me a peek into academic work in different cultural contexts and help me to forge international contacts and networks. This research stay is to refine results from my PhD, which is currently in the process of being published."
	Name: Katharina Behrend Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: University of Oxford, England Period of stay: Sept 21, 2015 - Dec 18, 2015 Research focus: Protection of secrets "This research in the field of international law relies on a transnational scientific exchange between young scientists, which is facilitated through the DAAD-funded Viadrina International Program. One goal of my research stay is to carry out research for my dissertation. Also, it is important for me to develop a professional network of locally active scientists."
	Name: Marta Budzinowska Home university: Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: July 1, 2015 - Sept 30, 2015 Research focus: Self-deposit box agreement "The European University Viadrina is well known in Europe as a research center. In addition, it has a great reputation for promoting German-Polish cooperation and offers a great research infrastructure. I hope that this research stay will enable my thesis to make a great leap forward. I will also be very happy if proposed projects between the Viadrina and the Adam Mickiewicz University are implemented."
	Name: Meerim Sydykova Home university: Kyrgyz National University, Kyrgyzstan Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 12, 2015 - Dec 28, 2015 Research focus: Diagnosing Growth Constraints in Central Asia: The Case of the Kyrgyz Republic "This opportunity to spend a research stay in Germany will allow me to go deeper in my research area and get required knowledge under the supervision of leading professors in this area. My high interest in studying at European University Viadrina conditioned by the fact that the university gives great opportunity to work with one of the leading professors in international economics, international finance and macroeconomics which overlaps with my paper on growth diagnostics approach. It is my academic goal to broaden my knowledge by doing research at European University Viadrina."
	Name: Lauren Hansen Home university: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 10, 2015 - Dec 20, 2015 Research focus: Postmemory on the Move: Memory, Travel, and Space in Post-1989 Literature "I applied for a research stay to broaden my international research contacts and avail myself of archives, research materials, and exhibits located abroad. This stay will enrich my project by offering experience, contacts, and materials not available at my home university. My goal is to meet with scholars and other students with related research interests in order to get feedback on and revise specifically the third and fourth chapters of my dissertation."
	Name: Gergana Fyrkova Home university: Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 10, 2015 - Dec 31, 2015 Research focus: Linguistic, paralinguistic and culturally specific characteristics of Bulgarian-German business communication "A research stay helps me gather analytical information and affords me better access to the newest developments in the area of cultural research and intercultural communication. Additionally it is an opportunity for an experience exchange with colleagues from other countries. The scientific profile of the university corresponds well with my research interests (applied linguistics, communication and intercultural competence). I find the atmosphere of the university, especially the support of research activities, extremely appealing and it also displays an international flair. The affordable living and the opportunity to conduct research in Libraries in other cities in Brandenburg (Berlin, Potsdam, Cottbus) were also other important factors in my decision to make a research stay here."
	Name: Rolly Rosen Home university: Haifa University, Israel Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: July 26, 2015 - Aug 24, 2015 Research focus: On the Vernacularization and Globalization of the Shared Society and the Intercultural Cities Concept "The Viadrina International Program - for Graduates (VIP) is an opportunity to widen my horizons and learn about the work being done in other universities in fields relevant to my work. In particular, I am interested in meeting Dr. Anika Keinz from the Anthropology Department, and learning about the work of the B/Orders in Motion Institute. I also plan to interview representatives of cities in Germany that are members of the Intercultural Cities Network and learn about their application of the principles."
	Name: Sonja Barfod Home university: Roskilde University, Denmark Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: June 15, 2015 - July 15, 2015 Research focus: Linguistic practices in informal workplace settings focusing on German, Swedish and Norwegian as regional languages "My PhD project is about linguistic boundaries and about transcending these boundaries, which made the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION and in particular the subproject Grenzen in Gesprächen wahrnehmen - Grenzen diskursiv verhandeln (Perceiving and negotiating borders in conversations) very interesting for me to visit. Furthermore, the Viadrina is situated in a border region, which is linguistically very different from the Øresund Region, but it might have some interesting similarities with the Sønderjylland-Schleswig Region."
	Name: Georgii Alaev Home university: Ural Federal University, Russia Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Oct 19, 2015 - Nov 30, 2015 Research focus: Firm’s dynamic capabilities towards crises: does managerial practice influence on firm’s stability "I chose Viadrina for my research stay, because it provides broad opportunities to boost my research with data from developed market such as Germany. The main goals of my research stay are development of contacts with other fellows and the research group Dynamic Capabilites as well as independent assessment of my research."
	Name: Joanna Staśkiewicz Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Loyola University New Orleans, USA Period of stay: Dec 1, 2015 - Feb 29, 2016 Research focus: Why is there no Catholic Women’s Movement in Poland? – Questions of gender in the Polish Catholic Church post 1989 "My research stay in the USA is for scientific exchange, also I wish to expand the international aspects of my PhD so as to give the polish context of my work a broader base. My plan to participate in University courses, use of the Library, work with the Women’s Resource Center and especially talking with the local scientists affords me an excellent opportunity to develop my ideas and also to build a scientific network."
	Name: Katarzyna Czerwonogóra Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Haifa University, Israel Period of stay: Oct 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2015 Research focus: Zionism as a vehicle of women’s emancipation. Biographies, strategies and discourses of Zionist women in Central and Eastern Europe at the turn of the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries "I have chosen Haifa University, which is one of the partner institutions in theIsraeli Inter-University Academic Partnership in Russian and East European Studies. My stay abroad will enable me to improve my command of the language (Hebrew), complete research work in the archives and consult with top specialists in my topic."
	Name: Matthias Hellmund Home university: European University Viadrina, Germany Guest institution: Universidad de Chile Santiago de Chile, Chile Period of stay: Oct 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2015 Research focus: The Pan-American “Drug-Court” System as an alternative to the German Criminal Justice System? Analysis and comparison of international methods of drug enforcement "The Universidad de Chile is one of the oldest and most respected universities in Latin-America. From the first contact it was clear there was a strong mutual desire to cooperate. Alongside the perspective of legal comparison I plan to speak with experts in day to day drug enforcement and develop important contacts for the further development of my project."
	Name: Márton Pete Home university: Eötvös-Loránd-University Budapest, Hungary Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Nov 23, 2015 - Dec 20, 2015 Research focus: The Role of State Power in the Integration of Central Europe "With this stay I hope to broaden my horizons and to enrich my research by forming new partnerships and hearing new perspectives. I have formed few truly valuable scientific partnerships, as of yet, in the German speaking world and I am sure I can improve this with my stay in Germany."
	Name: Sage Anderson Home university: New York University, USA Guest institution: European University Viadrina, Germany Period of stay: Jun 1, 2015 - Aug 28, 2015 Research focus: Life in the Fewest Words: Timing Brevity from Chamfort to Benjamin "Before starting my PhD, I spent a year in Berlin thanks to a DAAD-grant. Since then, I have always wanted to come back. This is especially important now, because I plan to pursue a career in Germany after finishing my dissertation. Also, for me it is very important to extend my academic perspective beyond the American sphere. I am particularly interested in opportunities for professionalization through the VIP."

Project Coordinator

Ana Retsch

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ipid-programm@europa-uni.de

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