New Horizons Fellowship

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The New Horizons Fellowship enables doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers and professors from the Global South who conduct research on gender and equality to come to HSBI for a research stay of four to six months. The fellowship, which is endowed with €15,000, is funded by HSBI’s Gender and Diversity Officer and coordinated by the Welcome Center. Every year, a different faculty can benefit from the fellowship. The New Horizons Fellowship aims to promote equality and diversity at HSBI and research on these topics. In addition, it is intended to facilitate new productive partnerships with universities in the Global South being built.

Past fellows

2024: Nonsikelelo Sheron Mpofu (Simbabwe/Kenya)

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During her time as a New Horizons fellow at HSBI’s Textile Technology lab, Nonsikelelo Sheron Mpofu (originally from Simbabwe, PhD in Kenya) investigated how the properties of fabrics can be modified using 3D printing and how the proportion of women in science programmes can be increased. Her host was Prof. Dr. Dr. hab. Andrea Ehrmann at the Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics.

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2023: Hari Kumar Suberi (Bhutan)

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As a New Horizons fellow at HSBI, Hari Kumar Suberi (Bhutan) investigated the role of women in the distribution of sustainable technologies in Bhutan. His host was Prof. Dr. Frank Hamelmann at the Faculty of Minden Campus.

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