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2023-24 Europeans in the USA

Understanding the Variations in Electricity Reliability and Consumption Patterns Between the U.S. and Europe

Gian Pietro Enzo Bellocca was an Italian 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Economics at Brown University. He is a PhD student in Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer Engineering and a double Master Degree in Engineering, at Politecnico di Torino, and in Finance, at the […]

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Applying a ‘Go-Getter Attitude’ to the Transatlantic Relationship

Clemens Lauer was a German 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Accounting at Columbia University. He is a PhD student and research assistant at the Business Administration Department of Mannheim University, Germany, where he also completed his master’s degree in finance and accounting. He spent two semesters abroad, one at the University of Victoria, Canada and one at the St. Petersburg Graduate School of Management, Russia. After his master, Clemens gained two years of practical experience in the asset management industry before returning to academia.

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Connecting Cologne and California through Fulbright Schuman

Eleni Skarsouli was a Greek 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Research Scholar in Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Eleni Skarsouli has studied Classics in Greece and Germany and holds a PhD in Greek Philology from the University of Cologne. She has worked as a research assistant in the project “Edition Kölner Papyri ” and has edited documentary and literary papyri. In 2021 she published an edition of three papyri containing unknown passages from the Euripidean tragedy Telephos. Besides the edition of papyri her research also encompasses various topics related to ancient Greek language and life in antiquity (legislation, material culture, professional practices, color terminology etc.). In the last years she has investigated the use of metaphorical language in Ancient Greek for the expression of emotions.

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Designing a Closer Relationship: Examining European Identity in American Architecture

Andrea Soos was a Hungarian 2023-24 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Art History at the Center for Architecture. She is a curator, writer and researcher. Her projects explore underground culture, human interactions in built environments and the ways architecture influences communities. She worked at the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hungarian National Gallery and carried out international research and curatorial projects in Europe and the United States. She holds a master’s degree in design theory from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and a curatorial degree from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Currently she is a PhD candidate in Design Culture Studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.

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Fulbright Schuman Perspectives: ‘Take That Chance to Chat’

Carolina Paulesu was an Italian 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Law at Yale University. She is a PhD Researcher in Law at the European University Institute. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Milan (J.D. equivalent), obtained summa cum laude, a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Master of Laws from the European University Institute.

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2022 Europeans in the USA

Examining Democracy in D.C: Lobbying, Learning, and Life in the US

Andreea Nastase was a Romanian 2022-2023 Fulbright Schuman Research Scholar in Political Science at James Madison University. Dr. Nastase is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, where she teaches various subjects in European Union politics and governance in BA and MA programmes. In her research, Andreea explores public ethics, integrity and democratic legitimacy in EU governance, while her most current work focuses on EU lobbying and lobbyists.

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Fulbright Schuman fuels academic development!

Imagine a world powered by a fuel of the future, hydrogen. Picture hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles smoothly sailing the streets alongside electric vehicles as integral pieces of a zero-emission transportation system. If this vision seems far-fetched, then California might surprise you. As a Polish Ph.D. candidate, I never dreamed of witnessing this transformative shift first-hand until the Fulbright Schuman Program turned my dreams into reality.

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A post-pandemic Fulbright Schuman experience

My long-awaited Fulbright experience started on a tropical day at the end of August and finished with an exceptional winter storm right before Christmas. Unlike the temperature, my enthusiasm for living and studying in New England did constantly increase during those four months.

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The Amherst playlists

I arrived in the peaceful, scenic town of Amherst, set in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and home of three schools of the renowned Five College Consortium1, in mid-August 2021 for a seven-month stay in the Anthropology Department at the University of Massachusetts as a Fulbright Schuman Professor Awardee. I had made the move […]

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2021 Europeans in the USA

Labour of love 

I visited Columbia University during the fall semester of 2021. As chance would have it, this was the semester during which Columbia University’s student workers went on a 10-week strike which saw them win a range of improvements over previous working conditions