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Professor from Brazil is among the new Senior Fellows at the UA Ruhr's College for Social Sciences and Humanities

Eight smiling people at the UA Ruhr's College of Social Sciences and Humanities © College for Social Sciences and Humanities
New Senior Fellows at the College of the UA Ruhr: from left to right is Wivian Weller, from Brasília, the fifth.
Nine distinguished international researchers make up the fifth group of the Senior Fellowship Programme at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities. Over the next six months, they will be working with tandem partners from the Ruhr University Alliance. Among them is Professor Wivian Weller from the University of Brasília (UnB).

The distinguished scholars in the humanities and social sciences who took up their senior fellowships at the College in March 2026 bring with them outstanding expertise across an impressive range of research fields: These include cultural anthropology, migration studies, sociology of education, political science governance research, health policy, law and literary studies, history of philosophy, criminology and historical theology. Equally diverse are the home institutions of the visiting researchers, which are located in Armenia, Ethiopia, Brazil, the UK, India, Nigeria, South Africa 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.

Wivian Weller is the programme’s third Senior Fellow from Latin America. She follows in the footsteps of Professors Daniel Feierstein (Argentina, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, UNTreF) and Douglas Wegner (Brazil, Fundação Dom Cabral), who have previously taken part in the programme.

Detailed information about the Senior Fellows and their projects is available on the College's website: www.college-uaruhr.de/fellowship/tandem-projects.

The International Senior Fellowship Programme

The international Senior Fellowship Programme promotes building sustainable international partnerships and research cooperation in the social sciences and the humanities. Through an annual call for applications, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities selects up to 20 internationally recognised scholars for research stays within the University Alliance Ruhr.

The current call for applications invites established researchers to apply for fellowships starting in 2027 until 15 May 2026.