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New Horizons Fellowship
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The New Horizons Fellowship enables doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers and professors from the Global South to spend several months at HSBI researching gender and equality topics in their respective fields. The fellowship is endowed with 7,500€, 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
2025: Vrinda Yogesh Dave (India)
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As a New Horizons Fellow at HSBI, Vrinda Yogesh Dave examined the rolf of self-help groups in women empowerment during socio-economic crises and compared the situation in India and Germany. Her host was Prof. Dr. Vivian Carstensen at Bielefeld School of Business.
2024: Dr. 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.
2023: Dr. 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.
2022: Dr. Sakina Faru (Tanzania)
Sakina Faru was the first researcher to receive the New Horizons Fellowship. During her time at HSBI, she taught and researched gender and diversity in international comparison. Her host at the Faculty of Social Sciences was the then Central Gender Equality Officer Prof. Dr. Yüksel Ekinci.
