Our Fellows

SENN Fellow

• Since 2022 Associate Professor of Finance at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Research stay at New York University (NYU) and visiting fellow at De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
• PhD in Finance completed at the University of St.Gallen in 2015
• Originally studied mathematics in Münster and Madrid
• Research on questions on the relationship and potential conflicts of interest between top management, the board of directors, shareholders, and other stakeholders

Research project at the Collegium: "Corporate Democracy: The Case of Shareholder Voting"

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Ria & Arthur Dietschweiler Fellow

• Since 2005 Chair of Medieval History at the University of Mannheim
• Studied history and biology in Freiburg i.Br. and Munich
• Doctorate in Medieval Studies at Trinity College Dublin
• Habilitation in Dresden
• Research stays in Germany, England, Ireland, France, Israel, Colombia, China and Switzerland
• Winner of the NDR Non-Fiction Prize 2021 for Wir können auch anders: "Eine kurze Geschichte der Nachhaltigkeit"
• Author of the book "Die sieben Todsünden – Menschheitswissen für das Zeitalter der Krise" (2024)

Research project at the Collegium: "Pleonexia. The human appetite for more and more: Friend or foe to Freedom?"

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Michael Hilti Fellow

• From 1998 to 2021 Professor of Sociology at University College Cork, focus on political anthropology
• Studied economics in Budapest
• Doctorate at the University of Texas-Austin
• Research stays in the USA, England, Hungary, Italy, and Germany
• Key publications on the post-factual present, political anthropology, and social theory

Research project at the Collegium: "Freedom beyond Liberalism"

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Senior Outreach Fellow 

• Author of several bestsellers in philosophy, translated to over 30 languages
• Visiting professor at various universities, including in the USA
• Several awards, including the Bavarian Book Prize 2018
• Sought-after moderator, incl. on Swiss public TV (Sternstunde Philosophie)
• Studied in Heidelberg, Zurich, and Turku

Research project at the Collegium: Book project on Baruch de Spinoza

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Hans Christoph Binswanger Fellow

• Winner of the Hans Christoph Binswanger Award 2023 and 2024
• First award for his dissertation "Die Entdeckung der Wirtschaft" (Konstanz: Konstanz University Press, 2023)
• Doctorate in Economics & Philosophy at the University of Witten-Herdecke
• M.A. in Philosophy of Science and Technology, TU Munich
• B.A. in Public Management, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
• Currently Kenneth E. Boulding Fellow at the Chair of Late Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Mannheim

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Early Career Fellow für Forschende aus dem Globalen Süden

• Research Fellow at the Dag Hammarskjöld Institute for Peace Studies, Copperbelt University, Zambia
• Doctorate in Peace and Conflict Studies, Copperbelt University, Zambia
• Research stay at the University of Geneva, ties to ETH Zurch
• Experience in journalism

Research project at the Collegium: "Winners and Losers in Zambia's Copper Value Chain"

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Early Career Fellow für Forschende aus dem Globalen Süden

• PostDoc at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
• PhD in Media and Cultural Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal
• MA in Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University
• BSc Honours in Journalism and Media Studies, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Zimbabwe
• ZuKo-Fellowship (remote)
• Rosa Luxemburg Fellowship
• Further scholarships and awards for his journalistic and academic work

Project at the Collegium: "Climate crisis, migration, citizenship, its other and questions of human freedom"

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Early Career Fellow

• Doctorate in International Affairs from the University of St.Gallen
• Dual degree from St.Gallen and the Fletcher School (Tufts Univ.)
• B.A. from West Point; served in the U.S. military
• Many years of experience in development cooperation as a USAID contractor

Project at the Collegium: "Algorithmic influence on choice, perception, and opportunity"

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