Paula Windecker publishes her doctoral dissertation
Paula Hanna Windecker, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, defended her thesis on 16.05.2025 (grade written performance: “magna cum laude” grade oral performance: “summa cum laude”). She has now published her doctoral dissertation entitled “Citizens’ Perceptions of Electoral Integrity Back on the Drawing Board. A New Conceptualization and Multidimensional Measurement Instrument to Revisit Citizens’ Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in Germany”, which can be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-49289-2. We congratulate her warmly!
Photo 1: Book cover: Paula Hanna Windecker: Citizens’ Perceptions of Electoral Integrity Back on the Drawing Board. A New Conceptualization and Multidimensional Measurement Instrument to Revisit Citizens’ Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in Germany. | Photo 2: Paula Hanna Windecker
Junior Fellows return from study trip
This year’s study trip, which took place from October 6-9, 2025, took eleven Junior Fellows to Antwerp. The travel program was actively designed by all members in order to benefit as much as possible from the cultural offerings of the city and to enable exchange with other (junior) scientists on site. The full report on the 2025 study trip can be read here.
Anke Radinger publishes her doctoral dissertation
Anke Radinger, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, defended her thesis on 19.09.2023 (evaluation “magna cum laude”). She has now published her doctoral dissertation entitled “Researching Subtitling Processes. Methodological considerations for the investigation of AI-assisted subtitling workflows.” open access, available at https://www.frank-timme.de/de/programm/produkt/researching_subtitling_processes. We congratulate her warmly!
Photo 1: Book cover: Anke Radinger: Researching Subtitling Processes. Methodological considerations for the investigation of AI-assisted subtitling workflows. | Photo 2: Anke Radinger
Marlene Strehler-Schaaf completes doctorate
On 07 July 2025, Marlene Strehler-Schaaf, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, successfully completed her doctoral dissertation entitled Protests for newspapers, TV and Insta? How protest movements assess the importance of public communication and (do not) adapt to perceived media logics” defended. The work is dedicated to the relationship of protest movements to journalistic and social media and aims to systematically explore the strategic considerations of activists in dealing with media, how and why they (do not) adapt to perceived media logics. The theoretical framework of the work combines the perspective of medialization research with the concept of lay theories in an innovative way. The empirical basis is formed by guided interviews with 38 activists from a broad spectrum of protest movements. This sets the work apart from previous research in many respects. Despite the rich tradition of this field of research, there are hardly any programs of study that go beyond individual case studies, that look at journalistic and social items at the same time, and that bring to light empirical findings on the orientation towards (perceived) media logics. The thesis was evaluated as “summa cum laude” overall. We congratulate her warmly!
Network meeting: Tour of SCHOTT AG
On June 30, 2025, our GAFP network meeting took place, bringing together Junior and Senior Fellows from different years. Despite the hot weather, our members made their way to the factory halls of SCHOTT AG. An international technology group that is primarily known for the production of specialty glass and glass ceramics and is one of the largest employers in Rhenish Hesse and Mainz. From raw material preparation, melting and molding to cooling – our members were given an exclusive insight into the production of Robax. The subsequent tour of the exhibition also provided an overview of the Group’s history and its innovations. Cold drinks, Spundekäs cheese and pretzels were followed by an opportunity to meet and chat in “Das Nest”. We would like to thank SCHOTT AG, especially Timo Weil, Head of Process Optimization & Projects at SCHOTT, and our former Junior Fellow Dr. Sebastian Leukel, Principal Expert Glass Development at SCHOTT, for making this day possible. >> To the picture gallery
Associate Fellow and former Junior Fellows receive awards
At this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS, organized by the GCC, two former Junior Fellows and one Associate Fellow of the GAFP were honored for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science. In addition, our former Junior Fellow Theresa Mentrup (FB07: Institute of Cultural Anthropology and African Studies; GCC member) gave the congratulatory speech during the event. With humor and reminiscences of her doctoral period, she succeeded in giving a realistic portrayal of the everyday life of a junior researcher with children, with which many award winners could identify.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay, Associate Fellow (FB 07 – History and Cultural Studies | Institute for Cultural Anthropology and African Studies), received the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Prize for her research on the interplay of sexualized violence, witnessing and social justice in the context of the (post)colonial relationship between Tanzania and Germany.
Dr. Jana Verena Gerhart, former Junior Fellow(FB 02: Chair of Management esp. Social Media), received the Alfred Teves Foundation Dissertation Award for her doctoral thesis entitled “A Darkness Shining in Brightness. The Role of Mixed Emotions in the Contexts of Consumer Psychology and Decision Making” the dissertation prize of the Alfred Teves Foundation.
Dr. Miriam Riedinger, former Junior Fellow(FB 05: Department of English and Linguistics) received the Research Promotion Award for her doctoral thesis entitled “Acoustics, phonetics, or phonology? A neurolinguistic perspective on neural and behavioral asymmetries in vowel processing” the Research Award of the Friends of Mainz University. Further information on the award winners and their projects can be found here. Congratulations to all our members!
Former Junior Fellow organizes conference with the support of the Körber Foundation
Dr. Laura Anna Klein, former Junior Fellow of the GAFP, is hosting a conference on “Democratic Will and the Will to Democracy” on 10 June 2025 at the Erbacher Hof, funded by the Körber Foundation. The conference will be followed by a public panel discussion on the topic of “Participation in democracy under the Basic Law”. Our former Senior Fellow, Prof. Dr. Friederike Wapler, will be among those taking part. Further information on the conference at https://gafp.uni-mainz.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2025/06/Ankuendigung_PDF.pdf and further information on registration and the speakers at https://gafp.uni-mainz.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2025/06/Poster_Academy.pdf.
Veronika Phung at the EAS
Veronika Phung, former Junior Fellow and former Junior Speaker of the GAFP, will be attending the European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) conference, which will take place in Évora (Portugal) from June 4-7, 2025. Together with a co-worker, she will give a presentation entitled “Participation and Accessibility in Learning Processes with Digital Items in (Inclusive) Music Classrooms”. Further information on EAS 2025: https://eas-music.org/2025-evora/.
Marie-Theres Nagel completes doctorate
Marie-Theres Nagel, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, defended her doctorate with the title “Validation of Assessments for Measuring Critical Thinking and Critical Online Reasoning in German Higher Education” on 29.04.2025 – the achievement was evaluated overall with “magna cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Niklas Witzig completes doctorate
Niklas Witzig, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, defended his doctorate with the title “Essays in Behavioral Economics” on 29.04.2025. Both the written and oral performance were evaluated as “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
Former Junior Fellow honored
Photo 1: Prof. Armin Scholl (laudator), Pascal Schneiders, Prof. Daniela Schlütz (DGPuK chairperson) | Photo 2: Daniel Stegmann, Pascal Schneiders, Prof. Birgit Stark
For his essay “Macht und Autonomie. A theoretical framework for the analysis of the platformization of journalistic items”, Pascal Schneiders, former Junior Fellow and former Junior Speaker of the GAFP, was awarded the biennial DGPuK Theory Prize at the annual conference of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK). The article was published in 2023 in the UFITA Archive for Media Law and Media Studies. The article systematically traces the power relations between platforms and news media based on theory and examines the consequences for the autonomy of news media. The theory prize is awarded to contributions that have made an extraordinary contribution to the development of theory in Communication Studies and have enriched the theory debate in our subject with original approaches.
Also honored at the annual conference was the article “Ich mach mir die Welt, wie sie mir gefällt. Opinion-forming relevance from a user perspective”. It received the prize for the best Communication Studies journal article (1st place). The article was published in 2024 in Medien & Kommunikations Studies (open access).
Review of the 28.04.2025
On April 28, 2025, the grand opening of the new Gutenberg Academy (GA) took place, at which the GAFP, like many other institutions for the grant of ECRs at JGU, was represented with a stand at an information fair. Some Junior Fellows came to visit and helped the office and the junior speakers with the application of the program. Thank you very much for this!
The official opening ceremony took place in the afternoon, with the cutting of a red volume. Prof. Dr. Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch was also present as our senior spokesperson and thus one of the representatives of the “subunits” (GSHS, Network NatLife and GAFP) of this newly established structure at JGU. Also Prof. Dr. Eva Rentschler, Senior Fellow of the GAFP and spokesperson of the Network NatLife. Further information under KOM and Press.
The day concluded with our annual GAFP induction ceremony, during which not only 11 new Junior Fellows but also 4 new Senior Fellows were inducted. We are very much looking forward to the coming years with them and the intensive interdisciplinary exchange. Further information can be found under COM and Press and Our Members.
Fiona Kazarovytska completes doctorate
Fiona Kazarovytska, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, defended her doctorate entitled “Identity Protection and Collective (Non-)Remembrance” on 20.02.2025 – her performance was evaluated summa cum laude. We congratulate her warmly!
Saskia Plura Saskia Plura at the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Saskia Plura, Junior Fellow and former Junior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, took part in the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. In the interview, she talks about what inspired her to pursue a scientific career, how she got to where she is now in her appointment, her educational background and much more. You can find the interview at: https://www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-women-in-research-lino24-saskia-plura/.
Emily Trzeciak completes doctorate
Emily Trzeciak, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, submitted her doctoral dissertation entitled “Immunomodulation in wound healing and oncogenesis” and defended it on 26.11.2024 – the achievement was evaluated overall with “summa cum laude”. Her doctoral dissertation will soon be available at http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-10981. We congratulate her warmly!
Pascal Schneiders completes doctorate
Pascal Schneiders, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, submitted his doctoral dissertation entitled “The platformization of the news ecosystem. Indicators, interdependencies and implications at the micro, meso and macro levels” and defended it on 26.11.2024 – the thesis was evaluated as “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
Johanna Speyer completes doctorate
Johanna Speyer, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, has published her doctoral dissertation entitled “A Theory of Backlash. How and Why States Practice Backlash Against Liberal Norms and Institutions” [Faculty 02, Institute of Political Science; first supervisor Prof. Arne Niemann (JGU Mainz), second supervisor Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff (PRIF & GU Frankfurt), third reviewer Prof. Kai Arzheimer (JGU Mainz)] and defended it on 28.10.2024 – the thesis was evaluated with “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman
Since October 22, 2024, Ms. Julia Brechtel is the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, alongside Ms. Carolin Jesussek. She takes over the duties of Ms. Saskia Plura, who previously served as junior spokesperson for the GAFP and fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
| Junior Fellows return from study trip |
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| This year’s study trip, which took place from October 3-6, 2024, took fourteen Junior Fellows to Milan. The travel program was actively designed by all members in order to benefit as much as possible from the cultural offerings of the city and to enable exchange with other (junior) scientists on site. The full report on the 2024 study trip can be read here. |
Junior Fellow honored with young talent award
Marica Hundertmark, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, has received the Young Scientist Award of the German Society for Traffic Medicine (DGVM) for the sub-project of her doctorate Differentiating the intake of medicinal cannabis flowers and recreational use (Faculty 09: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Toxicology, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. rer. Nat. Irene Krämer). This was the sixth time that the 10,000 euro prize has been awarded in Freiburg. The call for proposals is aimed at young researchers from a field substituted by the DGVM, including traffic medicine, traffic toxicology, traffic psychology, traffic traumatology, traffic accident analysis and traffic safety. Following a call for proposals and applications, the award winners were selected by a jury from the DGVM board. The selection criteria are originality of the research approach, practical significance of the results for traffic medicine and the number and quality of previous publications. Marica Hundertmark will speak about her award-winning work at a symposium in 2025. We congratulate her warmly!
Mustafa Obaid completes doctorate
Mustafa Obaid, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, submitted his doctoral dissertation entitled “City and Identity in Modern Iraq: Baghdad’s Role in Identity and Nation Building” and defended it on 09.04.2024 – the work was evaluated as “summa cum laude” overall. We congratulate him warmly!
Jennifer Konrad completes doctorate
Jennifer Konrad, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, submitted her doctoral dissertation entitled “Architecture as visual disturbance: on the relationship between building form and perception in deconstructivism” and defended it on 18.07.2023 – the work was evaluated overall with “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Former Junior Fellow honored with Kelag Prize
Tamara Štajner, former Junior Fellow of the GAFP, was very successful in the competition for this year’s Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt (June 26 to 30, 2024) and received one of the other awards of the competition – the Kelag Prize – with her story “Luft nach unten”. The prize is donated by Kärntner-Elektrizitäts Aktiengesellschaft, which has been a sponsoring partner of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize since 2002. The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize has been awarded annually since 1977 during the multi-day Days of German-Language Literature. The doctoral student at Mainz School of Music (Department of Music Theory, supervisor: Dr. phil. habil. Birger Petersen) impressed the audience and the jury, who awarded her the Kelag Prize, endowed with ten thousand euros, with her abysmal narrative, subtle and sometimes musical allusions, in which formative impressions of the war in Yugoslavia are conveyed. You can find more information about the prize here and about Tamara Štajner’s performance here. We congratulate her warmly!
Network meeting
Our GAFP network meeting took place on 21.06.2024, bringing together Junior and Senior Fellows from different years. Despite the changeable weather, our members made their way to the largest monument in the city of Mainz, the Citadel, with our tour guide, the head of the old town, Brian Huck, and experienced Roman times, the Middle Ages and modern times above and below ground (casemates) on the compact site with a unique view of the city. Afterwards, a glass of wine, Spundekäs cheese, bread, and pretzels provided the opportunity to meet and chat in the Michel wine house.
| Former Junior Fellows receive awards |
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| At this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS, two former Junior Fellows of the GAFP were honored for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science: Dr. Jasmin Reichert-Schlax received the prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – Faculty 03 Law and Economics for her doctoral thesis entitled “Study success types in Economics and Social Sciences: An analysis of personal determinants of study success over the course of the Bachelor’s degree”. Dr. Franziska Reiffen received the prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – Department 07 History and Cultural Studies for her doctoral thesis entitled “The social life of the mall: Working and dwelling in urban Argentina”. Further information on the prizewinners and their projects can be found here. Congratulations to our former Junior Fellows! |
Former Junior Fellow honored with poetry prize
Tamara Štajner, former Junior Fellow of the GAFP, took first place in the Merano 2024 Poetry Prize. The violist and doctoral student at Mainz School of Music (Music Theory department, supervisor: Dr. phil. habil. Birger Petersen) impressed the audience and the jury with her poetic and musical performance, which earned her the eight thousand euro prize. Out of 256 entries, 35 were shortlisted and nine finalists were invited. The Poetry Prize is a literary prize that is awarded every two years. In addition to the prize for first place, which is donated by the South Tyrolean provincial government, the Sparkasse Foundation Prize (4,000 euros) and the RAI Media Prize (2,500 euros) will also be awarded. You can find more information about the prize here and about Tamara Štajner’s performance here. We congratulate her on this great success!
New members admitted to the GAFP
The ceremonial admission of the new members took place on 22.04.2024. On the one hand, the Junior Fellows of the class of 2022 as well as Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms, Prof. Dr. Christian Dormann and Prof. Dr. Doris Prechel were bid farewell from the GAFP after 10 years as Senior Fellows. We would like to thank them most sincerely for their many years of commitment, wish them all every success in their future careers and hope that they will continue to meet and exchange ideas at upcoming events. On the other hand, the following twelve new Junior Fellows Xenia Bolschakow (Psychology), Julia Brechtel (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Alina Geiger (Management), Inge Heinemann (German and Latin), Marica Hundertmark (Toxicology), Carolin Jesussek (English and German), Janika Kunzmann (African Studies), Deanna Pellerano (Musicology and Music Librarianship), Franziska Rauh (Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies), Matthias Schmitz (Chemistry), Eduard Visintini (History) and Isabell Zipperle (Media Management) as well as the three new Senior Fellows Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Stark (Communication Studies), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Immanuel Ott (HfM) and Univ.-Prof. Elisabeth Scholl (HfM). We welcome the new Junior Fellows as well as the new Senior Fellows and look forward to an exciting exchange and intensive discussions during the upcoming events. Musical contributions by the duo Benedikt Fröhlich and Finn O’Donnell-Hönow from the Mainz School of Music framed the celebrations.
Obituary
We mourn the loss of our Senior Fellow Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Nagels, who passed away on April 09, 2024. As an excellent scholar, Mr. Nagels was accepted into the GAFP on 14.11.2018. In addition to his work in the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology, at the Department of English and Lingustics, he has since supported the selected, outstanding talents in science and arts of our program and was available to our Junior Fellows as a doctoral supervisor and contact person. We will always remember his warm personality and his passion for science.
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman
Since April 1, 2024, Ms. Carolin Jesussek has been the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, alongside Ms. Saskia Plura. She takes over from Ms. Veronika Phung, who was previously the junior spokeswoman for the GAFP and has fulfilled this role with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
| Junior Fellows return from study trip |
| This year’s study trip, which took place from October 6-9, 2023, took fourteen Junior Fellows to the “most liveable city in the world” – the Austrian capital Vienna. The travel program was actively designed by all members in order to benefit as much as possible from the cultural offerings of the city and to enable exchange with other (junior) scientists on site. |
| New Senior Fellows admitted to the GAFP |
| We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Birgit Stark (FB02), Prof. Elisabeth Scholl (HfM) and Prof. Dr. Immanuel Ott (HfM) as Senior Fellows of the GAFP! Their admission was decided on October 30, 2023 in the circle of our active Senior and Junior Fellows. We look forward to interesting discussions. |
New senior speaker team appointed
On 30.10.2023, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch (FB07) was appointed Senior Spokesperson of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program (GAFP). The deputy senior speaker, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti (FB08) remains in office. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Thomas Rigotti (FB02), who has served the GAFP for two years as Senior Spokesperson and previously two years as Deputy Senior Spokesperson and has shaped it during his two terms of office. Mr. Rigotti will remain with the GAFP as an active Senior Fellow. We also welcome Ms. Saskia Plura (FB08), who will be the new Junior Speaker of the GAFP from November 1, 2023, together with Ms. Veronika Phung (HfM). She will take over the duties of Mr. Pascal Schneiders, who has been the junior spokesperson for the GAFP so far and has fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank him very much!
Malte Kneifel completes doctorate
Malte Kneifel, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, has published his doctoral dissertation entitled “Traditions of legal-notarial text production through translation. Zapotec-Spanish court records in New Spain (17th – 18th century)” and defended it on 20.10.2023 – the thesis was graded “summa cum laude” overall. We congratulate him warmly!
Anna Mavromanoli completes doctorate
Anna Mavromanoli, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, submitted and defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “FOLLOW-UP CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM: Validation of a Strategy Integrating Clinical, Haemodynamic and Laboratory Parameters with Patient-Reported Outcomes” – the work was evaluated as “magna cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
| The Gutenberg Academy becomes the “Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program” (GAFP) |
| A new overarching institution at JGU is planned in order to optimize the structures and offers for the grant of scientists in early career phases, to better map them and thus make them easier to find. In the future, this institution will provide career orientation and financial grants, courses for interdisciplinary qualification and specialization of key skills as well as networking opportunities and individual consulting services for young researchers. It will be given the name “Gutenberg Academy (GA)”. In order to maintain their own identity and still demonstrate their affiliation to this new structure and to JGU, the members have renamed the Gutenberg Academy the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program (GAFP). In the coming months, measures will be taken to change and rename the GAFP (e.g. e-mail address, logo, website) so that the GAFP can continue to successfully support excellent doctoral candidates and artists at JGU. |
Former Junior Fellow honored with two awards
Dr. Laura Anna Klein, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has been awarded 2nd prize in the Humanities and Cultural Studies section of the Körber Foundation’s German Study Prize. She has also been awarded the Sibylle Kalhof-Rose Academy Prize for the Humanities by the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. In her doctoral dissertation “Reproductive Freedoms”, Klein focuses on the decisions made by individuals in the context of conception, pregnancy and birth at the level of constitutional law and taking into account sociological, ethical, legal-political and international debates. She also critically analyzes and reflects on how the German Federal Constitutional Court and legal scholars have negotiated the area of reproduction to date. It presents the international debate on reproductive health and rights and ultimately argues for a realignment of fundamental rights. Further information
With the award from the Körber Foundation, endowed with 5000 euros, Klein’s work is one of the best doctorates in all disciplines in Germany. The Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose Academy Prize for the Humanities, endowed with 5000 euros, is also awarded every two years to outstanding academics from the entire spectrum of the humanities. We congratulate her on these great successes!
Former Junior Fellow in the Female Science Talents Intensive Track 2023
Jana-Verena Gerhart, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, was one of three doctoral scholarship holders to be accepted into the Female Science Talents Intensive Track 2023 of the Falling Walls Foundation. In this program, a total of 20 female scientists receive a year of tailored workshops and coaching to advance their careers in science. Ms. Gerhart conducts research in the field of Consumer Psychology/Consumer Behavior and says the following about her acceptance: “I am very much looking forward to the exchange and cooperation in this fascinating, international network. In particular, I am looking forward to new perspectives on how we as scientists can make our work more visible and accessible to a wider audience.” Read more about Jana-Verena Gerhart and further details on the funding program here.
| Former Junior Fellows and Associate Fellows receive awards |
| At this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS, six former Junior Fellows and one Associate Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy were honored for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science: Dr. Nazzareno Dominelli received the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Prize for his doctoral thesis entitled “Adaptation and regulation of the alternative lifestyle of insect pathogenic Photorhabdus luminescens in the soil and its potential as biocontrol agent”. Dr. Clara Wörsdörfer received a research grant for her doctoral thesis entitled “Intimacy and Sociality. Allan Kaprow’s Activities of the 1970s” the Research Promotion Prize of the Friends of Mainz University. Dr. Olga Diener received the Alfred Teves Foundation doctoral dissertation prize for her dissertation entitled “Mediator and moderator effects of cognitive evaluation in the intra-individual coping process of young teachers: Qualitative approaches and quantitative multi-level analyses of event sampling data”. Dr. Laura Anna Klein received the Dr. Feldbausch Foundation Prize for her doctoral dissertation entitled “Reproductive Freedoms”. Dr. Miriam Arnold received the prize for her doctoral dissertation entitled “Healthy Schools: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Resilient Outcomes of Health-Oriented Leadership in the School Staff” the prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – FB 02 Social Sciences, Media and Sport. Dr. Fabienne Pradella received the prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz – FB 03 Law and Economics for her doctoral dissertation entitled “Effects of Early Life Events on Health and Human Capital Outcomes”. Jun. Prof. Dr. Christoph Kerzig, Associate Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, received the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Prize for his research in the field of mechanistic photochemistry. Further information on the award winners and their projects can be found here. Congratulations to our former Junior Fellows and our Associate Member! |
Doctoral dissertation by a former Junior Fellow in the final round of the German Study Award 2023
The doctoral dissertation “Reproductive Freedoms” written by Dr. Laura Anna Klein, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has been selected for the final round of this year’s Körber Foundation German Academic Award. This prize is awarded annually to the best German doctorates (from all disciplines). The patron of the German Study Prize is the President of the Bundestag, Bärbel Bas. In addition to scientific excellence, the social significance of the research contributions is also evaluated. She will present her work and the social value of her research achievement to the jury on June 26 in Berlin. The result of the final round will be announced in mid-July. Of the total of 672 applicants, 33 were shortlisted. Dr. Klein is thus one of eleven finalists in the field of Humanities and Cultural Studies. We congratulate her warmly and wish her continued success.
Franziska Reiffen completes doctorate
Franziska Reiffen, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, submitted her doctoral dissertation entitled “The social life of the mall: Working and dwelling in urban Argentina” in 2022 and defended it on 25.05.2023 – both achievements were evaluated as “magna cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Jasmin Schlax completes doctorate
Jasmin Schlax, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, submitted her doctoral dissertation entitled “Study success types in economics and social sciences: An analysis of personal determinants of study success over the course of the Bachelor’s degree” and defended it on 19.04.2023 – the achievement was evaluated “summa cum laude”. Congratulations to her!
New junior speaker team appointed
From April 3, 2023, Mr. Pascal Schneiders and Ms. Veronika Phung will be the new junior speakers of the Gutenberg Academy (GA). They will take over the duties of Mr. Stephan Summers and Mr. Christopher Polster, who have so far served as junior spokespersons for the GA and have fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank them very much!
Miriam Arnold completes doctorate
Miriam Arnold, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Healthy Schools: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Resilient Outcomes of Health-Oriented Leadership in the School Staff” on 20.06.2022 and completed it with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Olga Diener (née Mater) completes doctorate
Olga Diener, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, submitted her doctoral dissertation entitled “Mediator and moderator effects of cognitive evaluation in the intra-individual challenge management process of young teachers: Qualitative approaches and quantitative multi-level analyses of event sampling data” on 10.11.2022 and defended it on 22.12.2022 – both achievements were rated “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Laura Anna Klein completes doctorate
Laura Anna Klein, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Reproductive Freedoms” with “summa cum laude” on November 25, 2022 – and graduated with the distinction “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Till Lenz completes doctorate
Till Lenz, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed his doctoral dissertation entitled “New Applications of Nitrogen-Vacancy centers in diamond ” on 05.10.2022 with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
Junior Fellows will be honored at the ESC Congress 2022
At this year’s congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Junior Fellow Anna Mavromanoli was honored for her outstanding achievement. The ESC work groups support high-quality research by awarding prizes to the two best abstracts submitted by young scientists in their field. The work group to which Ms. Mavromanoli belongs was awarded in the field of “Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function”. The congress and award ceremony took place from August 26 to 29 in Barcelona (Spain). We congratulate her warmly! Further information on the award ceremony can be found here.
Former Junior Fellow honored with Gutenberg Fellowship
The doctoral dissertation “Effects of early life events on health and human capital outcomes” by Dr. Fabienne Pradella, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, was awarded the Gutenberg Fellowship for outstanding scientific achievement. In her doctoral dissertation, Pradella focuses on the effects of milder prenatal shocks, in particular the effects of Ramadan during pregnancy. During Ramadan, many pregnant Muslim women decide to fast. This intermittent fasting is a mild prenatal shock and the effects of this on the respiratory system in adulthood as well as length growth and susceptibility to infectious diseases in children are being investigated.
The Gutenberg Fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding final theses by graduates of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Mainz University of Applied Sciences that represent a special scientific, artistic or professional achievement whose subject matter is related to the city of Mainz. This year’s ceremony and award ceremony took place on October 28, 2022, in the presence of Marianne Grosse, Head of the Department of Culture, Professor Müller-Stach, Vice President of JGU, and Professor Weissman, President of Mainz University of Applied Sciences. We congratulate her warmly! Further information on the award ceremony can be found here and on the doctoral dissertation here.
Former Junior Fellow honored with the Peter A. Berger Section Prize
With her doctoral dissertation “The Independent Variable Problem. Welfare Stateness as an Explanatory Concept”, Dr. Katharina Kunißen, former Junior Fellow and Junior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, won the Peter A. Berger Section Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations in the Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis section at the 2022 DGS Congress. In her doctoral dissertation, Kunißen deals with a long-neglected problem of cross-country comparative social structure and welfare research, namely the justification of strategies with which welfare statehood can be adequately used as an explanatory concept in statistical multi-level models, depending on the object of investigation. Every two years, the Section for Social Inequality and Social Structure Analysis awards the Peter A. Berger Section Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations. The prize is intended to express the special importance of young researchers for the study of social inequality and Social Structure Analysis. We congratulate her warmly! Further information on the award ceremony can be found here(Peter A. Berger Prize (soziale-ungleichheit.de)) and the book publication will appear in 2023(The Independent Variable Problem | SpringerLink).
We welcome our new junior spokesperson!
From October 3, 2022, Mr. Christopher Polster will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Mr. Stephan Summers. He thus takes over the duties of Ms. Marie-Theres Nagel, who was previously the junior spokesperson and fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
Former Junior Fellow receives full professorship at the School of Music Lübeck
Our former Junior Fellow, Nicola L. Hein, has been a substitute professor for Sound Art at the School of Music and Theater Munich since the winter semester 2021/22. From October 2022, the internationally renowned sound artist will take up a full professorship at the School of Music in Lübeck. He will teach there as Professor of Digital Creation. We congratulate him warmly!
| New Associate Fellows admitted to the Gutenberg Academy |
| The circle of members was recently expanded to include nine new Associate Fellows, (junior) professors with tenure track: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Esther Kobel (FB01), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Carsten Deppermann (FB04), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Sander (FB05), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Gudrun Bamberger (FB05), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Katrin Amann-Winkel (FB08), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Felix Schuhknecht (FB08), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Angela Wittmann (FB08), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Kerzig (FB09) and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ann Kathrin Huylmans (FB10) are now taking part in our round table events, the admission event, the intensive weekends and the network meetings. We are delighted to welcome them and wish all members stimulating discussions and opportunities to establish interdisciplinary contacts. |
| Former Junior Fellows and Associate Fellows receive awards |
| At this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS, three former Junior Fellows and one Associate Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy were honored for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science: – Dr. Manuel Denzer received the Alfred Teves Foundation Dissertation Prize for his doctoral thesis entitled “Essays in Applied Econometrics and on Impacts of the Digitization on the Labor Market”. – Dr. Johanna Seibert received the prize for her doctoral thesis entitled “Archipelagic Media: Early African Caribbean Newspapers and the Whirls of Emancipation, 1827-1838” the prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University at FB 05 – Philology and Philosophy. – Dr. Holger Jacobs was awarded the Alfred Teves Foundation Dissertation Prize for his doctoral thesis entitled “The Hague Recognition and Enforcement Convention of 2 July 2019, A Systematic and Comparative Law Study”. – Dr. Nico Nassenstein, Associate Fellower of the Gutenberg Academy, received the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose Foundation University Prize for his interdisciplinary research in the field of African Studies, with a focus on the Bantu languages (Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya). Further information is available here. Congratulations to our former Junior Fellows and our Associate Member! |
Johanna Seibert completes doctorate
Johanna Seibert, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has completed her doctoral dissertation entitled “Archipelagic Media: Early African Caribbean Newspapers and the Whirls of Emancipation, 1827-1838” with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Nazzareno Dominelli completes doctorate
Nazzareno Dominelli, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed his doctoral dissertation entitled “Adaptation and regulation of the alternative lifestyle of insect pathogenic Photorhabdus luminescens in the soil and its potential as biocontrol agent” on 13.06.2022 with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
| Third network meeting of the Gutenberg Academy |
| On Friday, June 10, 2022, the third network meeting of the Gutenberg Academy took place. Junior Fellows, Senior Fellows and Alumni and Alumnae attended the networking meeting and it was a great success! An exciting tour of the Mainz Microtron (MAMI), which was led by our senior speaker, University Professor Concettina Sfienti, was the highlight of the meeting. This gave the participants various impressions of nuclear physics. After the tour, the members had the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas in the rooms of the Chemieforum. We would like to thank all participants for coming and, of course, University Professor Sfienti for the guided tour. |
We welcome our new junior spokesperson!
From April 1, 2022, Mr. Stephan Summers will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Ms. Marie-Theres Nagel. He takes over the duties of Mr. Malte Kneifel, who was previously the junior spokesperson and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank him very much!
| Gutenberg Academy = “Human Capital Good Practice” |
| The time has finally come, the book on good practices in the partner universities of the European University Alliance FORTHEM, “FORTHEM Alliance Universities’ Selected Good Practices in R&I”, has been published and the Gutenberg Academy is included in this collection as a “human capital good practice” (see pp. 206-208). The publication is published by the FIT FORTHEM partner, the Universitat de València. The book presents a unique collection of 86 examples of best procedures in the FORTHEM Alliance in key areas of research and innovation, such as internationalization, open science, co-creation with social and economic ecosystems and science communication. The book has been published as an open access version and can be downloaded here: (PDF) FORTHEM Alliance Universities’ Selected Good Practices in R&I. Towards a European University (researchgate.net) |
Clara Wörsdörfer completes doctorate
Clara Wörsdörfer, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has published her doctoral dissertation entitled “Intimacy and Sociality. Allan Kaprow’s Activities of the 1970s” on 03.03.2022 with “summa cum laude” – and graduated with the distinction “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Fabienne Pradella completes doctorate
Fabienne Pradella, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Effects of Early Life Events on Health and Human Capital Outcomes” on 24.01.2022 with “summa cum laude” – and graduated with the distinction “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Obituary
On August 15, 2021, Dr. Uday Chopra, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy (admitted in 2018), died in a tragic accident at Lake Lugano in Italy. As an excellent young researcher and Junior Fellow, Uday Chopra was active in JGU’s various events and programs for excellent doctoral candidates and was highly valued by the members of the Gutenberg Academy. With his passion for science and education, he stimulated fruitful discussions among the members. He has also had a lasting positive influence on the Gutenberg Academy and brought it a step closer to internationalization. He will be remembered as the lively researcher that he was.
We say goodbye to an active Senior Fellow
After 10 years as a Senior Fellow, we bid farewell to Prof. Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra from the ranks of the active members of the Gutenberg Academy. During this time, she nominated numerous doctoral candidates for the Junior Fellowship and was actively involved in the work of the Gutenberg Academy as Senior Speaker. She has helped shape the Gutenberg Academy in a sustainable and pioneering way. We would like to express our sincere thanks on behalf of all members for their extraordinary commitment.
| New Associate Fellows accepted |
| The circle of members was recently expanded to include four new Associate Fellows, junior professors with tenure track. Jun.-Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay (FB07), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anne Jantschke (FB09), Jun.-Prof. Dr. Florian Hug (FB08) and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nico Nassenstein (FB07) will now take part in our round table events, the admission event, the intensive weekends and the network meetings. We are delighted to welcome them and wish all members stimulating discussions and opportunities to establish interdisciplinary contacts. |
Junior Fellows return from study trip
This year, the study trip took nine Junior Fellows to the German city of Leipzig. In addition to some interesting historical, architectural and cultural program points such as the visit to the Monument to the Battle of the Nations, the Bach Museum and the historical city tour in connection with the last weeks of the GDR during the “Peaceful Revolution”, the Junior Fellows went on a “journey through time” through Leipzig. A guided tour of the German National Library opened up further cultural perspectives on the city, providing insights into the background to its foundation and its history since 1913. A meeting was also held with the members of Leipzig University’s Doctoral Council. They gave the Junior Fellows an insight into the organization of the Council. This was followed by a tour of the Augusteum, the new main university building on Augustusplatz, which was inaugurated in 2012.
During the study trip, the Junior Fellows had the opportunity to exchange ideas, get to know each other better and network with local academics. They not only gained multifaceted cultural impressions of the city, but were also able to experience scientific exchange in a personal setting. Special thanks therefore go to the co-workers at Leipzig University who enriched the journey of our Junior Fellows.
Michael Roseneck completes doctorate
Michael Roseneck, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has published his doctoral dissertation entitled “Zwischen Tradition und Geltung. Religion as a Challenge and Resource for Public Reason” on 20.08.2020 with “summa cum laude” – and completed with the grade “magna cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman!
From October 1, 2021, Ms. Marie-Theres Nagel will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Mr. Malte Kneifel. She takes over the duties of Mr. Till Lenz, who was previously the junior spokesperson and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank him very much!
Niklas Huber completes doctorate
Niklas Huber , Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Novel design concepts for visible-light-active semiconductor photocatalysts” on 05.07.2021 with “magna cum laude” and completed it with the same distinction. We congratulate him warmly!
Former Junior Fellow honored with the German Study Award
Dr. Davina Höll, a former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has won first place in the German Study Award 2021 in the Humanities and Cultural Studies section with her doctoral dissertation “Politics and Poetics of Cholera in 19th Century Literature”. In her work, Dr. Höll uses the example of cholera to examine the significance of literature in pandemic states of emergency and shows how the traumatic epidemic experience of the leading disease of the 19th century found its way into contemporary literature. In her work, she also highlights how closely scientific, political, social and cultural discourses are interwoven and the importance of arts and literature, especially in times of crisis. In this way, it creates a link to current social events. Once a year, the Körber Foundation awards the German Study Prize to the best German doctorates in all disciplines. The first prize of 25,000 euros not only evaluates Dr. Höll’s academic excellence, but also the social significance of his research contribution. We congratulate her warmly! Further information on the book publication here.
Doctoral dissertation of a former Junior Fellow in the final round of the German Study Award 2021
The doctoral dissertation “Politik und Poetik der Cholera in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts” written by Dr. Davina Höll, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has been selected for the final round of this year’s German Study Award of the Körber Foundation. This prize is awarded annually to the best German doctorates (from all disciplines). The patron of the German Study Award is Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Bundestag. In addition to scientific excellence, the social significance of the research contributions is also evaluated. The result of the final round will be announced in mid-July. Dr. Höll is one of ten finalists selected from almost 700 applicants in three sections to present her work and the social value of her research achievement in a public debate before the jury at the Max Planck Society’s Harnack House on July 2. We congratulate her warmly and wish her continued success.
New Junior Fellows admitted to the Gutenberg Academy
On April 26, 2021, the ceremonial admission of the Junior Fellows to MS Teams and Gather.town took place. After three Junior Fellows of the 2019 cohort left the Gutenberg Academy, the following nine new Junior Fellows were accepted: Jana-Verena Gerhart (FB 03: Chair of Marketing/ Social Media), Florian Groll (FB 07: Historical Seminar – Ancient History), Paula Hanna Jöst (FB 02: Institute of Political Science), Laura Anna Klein (FB 03: Chair of Philosophy of Law and Public Law), Andreas Johannes Menne (FB 01: Catholic and Protestant Theology), Theresa Mentrup (FB 07: Institute of Cultural Anthropology and African Studies), Christopher Polster (FB 08: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Dynamic Meteorology Group), Jeanine Shea (FB 08: Institute of Physics, Statistical Physics and Soft Matter Theory) and Stephan Summers (FB 07: Institute of Art History and Musicology). Musical contributions by artists from the Mainz School of Music, including Arne Zeller, Yulia Okruashvili and Jennifer Klein, framed the celebrations.
Katharina Kunißen completes her doctorate
Katharina Kunißen, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has published her doctoral dissertation entitled “The Independent Variable Problem. Welfare Stateness as an Explanatory Concept” on 29.03.2021 with “summa cum laude” and graduated with the same distinction. We congratulate her warmly!
| New junior speaker team |
| As of April 1, Mr. Malte Kneifel will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy. He takes over the responsibilities of Ms. Miriam Riedinger. Mr. Marcel Trümper is resigning from his position as junior spokesman for personal reasons. His duties will be taken over by Mr. Till Lenz, who was unanimously elected by the active Junior Fellows as acting Junior Representative until the next Junior Representative election at the beginning of October. We would like to thank Ms. Riedinger and Mr. Trümper for their great responsibility and commitment as junior speakers for the Academy. |
Kevin Schwickert completes doctorate
Kevin Schwickert, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new TRP ion channel activators” / “Synthesis and reactivity of new bortezomib congeners with diverse warheads as potential proteasome inhibitors” on 16.02.2021 with “summa cum laude” and completed it with the same distinction. We congratulate him warmly!
Former Junior Fellow receives prize
Davina Höll, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has won this year’s “Prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Faculty 05: Philosophy and Philology” with her doctoral dissertation entitled “Politics and Poetics of Cholera in 19th Century Literature”. Every year, Faculty 05 awards this prize to graduates who have written a doctoral dissertation that is well above average. We congratulate her warmly on this award!
Holger Jacobs completes doctorate
Holger Jacobs, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “The Hague Recognition and Enforcement Convention of 2 July 2019 – A Systematic and Comparative Law Study” on 10 February 2021 with “summa cum laude” and completed it with the same grade. We congratulate him warmly!
| Change of the senior speaker team |
| The Gutenberg Academy has new leadership. At their meeting on January 25, 2021, the members unanimously elected Prof. Dr. Thomas Rigotti (FB 02) as the new senior speaker and Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti (FB 08) as deputy senior speaker. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms (FB 03), who served the Gutenberg Academy as senior speaker for four years and played a key role in shaping the Gutenberg Academy during his two terms in office. Mr. Harms will remain an active Senior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy in the future. |
Davina Höll completes doctorate
Davina Höll, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Politik und Poetik der Cholera in der Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts” on 17.11.2020 with “summa cum laude” and completed it with the same distinction. We congratulate her warmly!
We welcome our new junior spokesperson!
From October 1, 2020, Mr. Marcel Trümper will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Ms. Miriam Riedinger. He thus takes over the duties of Ms. Anke Tardel, who was previously the junior spokesperson and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
Former Junior Fellow accepted into the circle of “top 30 to 30” journalists
Mr. Frederik von Castell, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has been included in the circle of “top 30 to 30” journalists by “medium Magazin”, the closed stacks magazine for journalists.
Once a year, the magazine selects 30 particularly talented young journalists from around 300 nominations, which are mainly put forward by trainers, editors-in-chief, HR managers and former award winners. They come from all types of media and are active both nationally and regionally. “Journalism has a future – personified in these hopeful, talented, committed and highly motivated young journalists,” says Annette Milz, editor-in-chief of medium magazine.
Further information about the closed stacks and the award can be found here. Congratulations on your admission!
| Former Junior Fellows admitted to the Junge Akademie |
| In May 2020, the second round of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz ‘s concept for promoting young talent (“Young Academy“) was launched. Among the 50 newly admitted members, the following former Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy have also been admitted: Dr. Jennifer Antomo, Mr. Nicola L. Hein and Ms. Miriam Rachel Salzmann. Like the Gutenberg Academy, the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz offers interdisciplinary and intergenerational networking between excellent academics as well as a fruitful interdisciplinary exchange. Congratulations on your admission! |
| Former Junior Fellows receive awards |
| At this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS, five former Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy were honored for their outstanding achievements and contributions to science: Dr. Sebastian B. Beil received the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Prize for his programs of study on “Molybdenum(V) Reagents”. Dr. Aleksandra Kaurin has been awarded the Research Promotion Prize of the Friends of Mainz University for her doctoral thesis entitled “Interpersonal Impression Formation in the Context of Developmental Dimenqesional Psychopathology”. Ms. Miriam Salzmann, M.A. has been awarded the Research Promotion Prize of the Friends of Mainz University for her interdisciplinary doctoral dissertation entitled “The Cypriot Aristocracy in the 15th Century: Social Structures, Social Mobility, and Identity Construction”. Dr. Sebastian Leukel received the LBBW Landesbank Baden-Württemberg prize for his research on “Crystallization via Amorphous Intermediates”. Mr. Sören Lichtenthäler has been awarded the Peregrinus Foundation Prize for his doctoral dissertation “Prohibition of possession and protection of property – An investigation into the scope of the guarantee of ownership of ‘prohibited’ property from a criminal and Private Law perspective”. Congratulations to our former Junior Fellows! |
Former Junior Fellow publishes doctoral dissertation with the world’s largest university publisher
The doctoral dissertation of our former Junior Fellow Dr. Marlene Mauk entitled “Citizen Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes” was published by Oxford University Press on 29.04.2020. In her doctoral dissertation, Ms. Mauk took a global comparative approach to the representation of regime support and its sources in democracies and autocracies. It is shown how and whether the effects of different sources at the individual and system level on regime support vary between democracies and autocracies. To this end, it has used a comprehensive database containing political attitudes and macro-level data for over 100 countries. Further information on the publication is available here. We congratulate our former Junior Fellow on this success!
Stefan Baumgart (born Alte) completes doctorate
Stefan Baumgart (born Alte), Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, successfully defended his doctorate entitled “Effective field theories for physics within and beyond the standard model” on February 4, 2020 and completed his doctoral dissertation with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
Sören Lichtenthäler completes doctorate
Sören Lichtenthäler, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, successfully defended his doctorate entitled “Besitzverbot und Eigentumsschutz- Eine Untersuchung zur Reichweite der Garantie des Eigentums an “verbotenen” Sachen in straf- und zivilrechtsdogmatischer Hinsicht” on January 21, 2020. She was awarded “summa” twice. We congratulate him warmly!
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman!
As of January 1, 2020, Ms. Miriam Riedinger will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Ms. Anke Tardel. She takes over the duties of Ms. Jennifer Jasmin Konrad, who was previously the junior spokesperson and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
Jonas Pfisterer completes doctorate
Jonas Pfisterer, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, successfully defended his doctorate entitled “Toward nanoscale reactivity mapping under electro-catalytic reaction conditions: Plasmon-enhanced vibrational spectroscopy of the electrochemical gold oxidation and gold oxide reduction” on October 15, 2019. She was awarded “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman!
As of October 1, 2019, Ms. Anke Tardel will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Ms. Jennifer Jasmin Konrad. She takes over the duties of Ms. Linda Harjus, who was previously the junior spokesperson and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
Tobias Johann completes doctorate
Tobias Johann, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed his doctorate entitled “Anionic copolymerization: From hydroxamic acid-functional polyethers to block copolymers via statistical copolymerization” with “summa cum laude” on 1 August 2019. We congratulate him warmly!
Former Junior Fellow becomes visiting professor at Columbia University’s Department of Music
From September 2019 to August 2020, our former Junior Fellow, Nicola L. Hein, will be invited by his external mentor and award-winning trombonist, Professor George E. Lewis, to spend a year as a visiting scholar at the Music Department of Columbia University in New York. This research phase is the continuation of a previous stay from November 2017 to July 2018. The focus of this stay is a thesis on the Philosophy of Improvisation entitled “Improvisation and Skepticism”. This project is located in the field of “Critical Improvisation Studies”, which is prominently represented at the institute and is being worked on in an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from different disciplines. We would like to congratulate Nicola Hein on this opportunity.
Junior Fellows return from study trip
This year, the study trip took eleven Junior Fellows to the city of Lisbon (Portugal). In addition to some interesting historical, architectural and cultural program points such as a visit to individual districts, the Torre de Belém and the Mosteiro dos Jerónismos (both UNESCO World Heritage Sites) and the Monumento aos Combatentas do Ultramar, the Junior Fellows went on a day trip to the city of Cascais. A tour through African Lisbon opened up further cultural perspectives on the country and the city. There was also a meeting with members of the Institute of Linguistics and Literature at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. At the doctoral student workshop there, the Junior Fellows had the opportunity to present their respective doctoral projects and network with local scientists.
During the study trip, the Junior Fellows had the opportunity to exchange ideas and get to know each other better. Not only did they gain multifaceted cultural impressions of the city and the country, but they were also able to establish a scientific exchange in an intercultural setting. Special thanks are therefore due to Mr. Naky Gaglo, who guided the Junior Fellows through the city of Lisbon (see picture) and to the researchers of the Institute of Linguistics and Literature of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
Former junior spokeswoman receives ALLBUS Prize 2019
Ms. Katharina Kunißen, together with the employees of the Institute of Sociology, Debora Eich and Gunnar Otte, received the ALLBUS Prize 2019 for their publication “Social Status and Cultural Taste: A Methodological Critical Comparison of Empirical Reviews of the Omnivore-Univore Thesis”. The three sociologists deal with consumer behavior in relation to social classes, based on Richard A. Petersen’s omnivore-univore thesis. Further information on the publication is available here. The ALLBUS Prize has been awarded annually since 2010 by the ALLBUS Group of the GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Ausgezeichnet werden “herausragende wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, die das Analysepotential von ALLBUS-Daten auf besondere Weise nutzen”. Wir gratulieren unserer ehemaligen Juniorsprecherin und den Mitarbeitern des soziologischen Instituts der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität zu diesem Erfolg!
| Former Junior Fellows at DIES ACADEMICUS honored |
| On Wednesday, 27.06.2019, some of the award winners were once again honored at the annual DIES ACADEMICUS – including four former Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy. Dr. Luise Adams, Dr. Thorsten Holzhauser and Dr. Sven Otto each received the Research Promotion Award of the Friends of the University of Mainz e.V. for their doctorates. The association “Freunde der Universität Mainz e.V.” was founded in 1951. Its aim is to promote research and teaching at JGU and to deepen JGU’s ties with the city of Mainz and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It also aims to maintain the university’s links with its alumni. In addition, Dr. Henning Kaufmann was awarded the doctoral prize of the Dres. Elke and Rainer Göbel Foundation. The “Dres. Elke and Rainer Göbel Foundation” was established by JGU alumni in 2017. The foundation’s grants are aimed in particular at JGU’s Faculty 08 – Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science. It contributes to the grant of international students in the subject of physics. We warmly congratulate the prizewinners! |
New cohort is accepted into the Gutenberg Academy
The ceremonial admission and farewell of the Junior Fellows took place on 29.04.2019. After the Junior Fellows of the 2017 cohort had left the Academy, a new cohort was admitted to the Gutenberg Academy. The 9 new Junior Fellows come from faculties 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09 and 10 as well as from the Max Planck Institutes. Musical contributions from the Trio Azul ensemble framed the celebrations.
Photo: © Stefan F. Sämmer (from left to right): Jennifer Konrad (Junior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy), Till Lenz (FB08), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller-Stach (Vice President for Research and Early Career Academics), Anke Tardel (FB06), Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Rigotti (Deputy Senior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy), Kevin Schwickert (FB09), Miriam Riedinger (FB05), Davina Höll (FB05), Niklas Huber (MPI), Anne-Kathrin Sieg (FB10), Holger Jacobs (FB03), Miriam Arnold (FB02), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Phillip Harms (Senior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy) and Linda Harjus (Junior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy).
The new Gutenberg Academy Newsletter
The latest Gutenberg Academy newsletter is online! This year, we are welcoming nine new Junior Fellows and saying goodbye to two valued and committed Senior Fellows from the circle of active members. In this issue, we also draw attention to the changes in the speaker’s group and have conducted an interview with our junior speaker, Jennifer Konrad, about winning the Deubner Prize. We would also like to draw your attention to upcoming events. We hope you enjoy reading it!
Junior member receives Deubner Prize
Jennifer Konrad, Juniorsprecherin der Gutenberg Akademie, hat zusammen mit der Mainzer Kunsthistoriker-Projektgruppe “Die Betonisten” (ehem. “Junges Erbe Architektur”) den Deubner-Preis 2019 des Verbandes Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V. in der Kategorie Projektpreis erhalten. Die Gruppe macht durch verschiedene Aktivitäten auf die Bauwerke der Nachkriegsmoderne sowie auf aktuelle Forschungsschwerpunkte aufmerksam. Sie steigern damit das Interesse der Öffentlichkeit an der Kunstgeschichte und der Kunstwissenschaft. Für dieses außerordentliche Engagement wurde ihnen nun der wichtigste Kunsthistorikerpreis Deutschlands verliehen. Congratulations to our junior speaker and her project group!
Photo: © Felix Tauber
Networking weekend 2019
Once again this year, our members’ networking weekend took place in Osthofen (from 22. to March 23, 2019) took place. Den neuen Junioren bot sich dadurch die Gelegenheit, die aktiven Mitglieder der Gutenberg Akademie kennenzulernen sowie ihre Dissertationsthemen vorzustellen. Danach wurden Diskussionsrunden eröffnet, die verschiedene Perspektiven auf die Dissertationsprojekte ermöglicht haben. The members were also able to exchange ideas and network over dinner together. Special thanks go to the junior speakers of the Gutenberg Academy, who were actively involved in the planning of the weekend!
Photo: © intern – Gutenberg Academy
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman!
As of January 1, 2019, Ms. Jennifer Jasmin Konrad will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, alongside Ms. Linda Harjus. She takes over the duties of Ms. Katharina Kunißen, who was previously the junior spokesperson for the Gutenberg Academy and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank her very much!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Another successful year is drawing to a close. The spokespersons and the Gutenberg Academy office wish you a peaceful holiday season with your loved ones! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your active participation in the Academy’s events and for the stimulating interdisciplinary exchange.
Please note that our office will be closed from December 20, 2018 up to and including January 6, 2019.
Last but not least, we wish you a happy new year and look forward to exciting discussions and interesting events next year, to which we would like to extend a warm welcome to you!
Luise Adams completes doctorate
Luise Adams, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed her doctorate with “summa cum laude” on November 26, 2018. We congratulate her warmly!
Olivia Rahmsdorf receives Ernst Wolf Prize
Olivia Rahmsdorf, former Junior Fellow at the Gutenberg Academy, is awarded the Ernst Wolf Prize for her work. This “Young Talent Award for Outstanding Theological Work” is awarded every two years by the Society for Protestant Theology (GET). The GET emerged from the circles of the Confessing Church and also honors Ernst Wolf, a theologian of the Confessing Church. The Ernst Wolf Prize honors work that reflects theologically on pressing social issues of the present and contributes to a theologically responsible practical shaping of church life and the mission of the church in society. The award ceremony for Olivia Rahmsdorf’s work will take place in March 2019. We congratulate her warmly!
Frederik Freiherr von Castell receives German Reporter Award
Frederik Freiherr von Castell and his team received the German Reporter Award in the ‘Multimedia’ category for their research into child abuse, violence against children and the workload of German youth welfare offices as part of the HR Info report “Victims without a voice – how we protect our children from violence”. This has been awarded since 2009 by the Reporters’ Forum, an initiative of hundreds of journalists from a large number of print and online editorial offices. We congratulate our Junior Fellow and the Hessischer Rundfunk team on this great success!
The new Gutenberg Academy Newsletter
The current Gutenberg Academy Newsletter is online! As 2018 draws to a close, we would like to thank all current and former members for another successful year. A lot has happened and some changes have accompanied the Gutenberg Academy this year, so in this newsletter we take a look back and at the same time look ahead to the coming year. We hope you enjoy reading it!
Invitation to the round table “Academic career paths after the doctorate”
The next round table of the Gutenberg Academy and the GNK will take place on Monday, December 10, 2018. This type of cooperation between the two institutions takes place once a year. This year we have chosen the topic “Academic career paths after the doctorate”. We are looking forward to an inspiring keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Martin Winter, Head of the Network of Music Universities for Quality Management and Teaching Development (previously from 2007-2014: Institute for Higher Education Research (HoF) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg). Ms. Katharina Kunißen, Junior Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy, will introduce the topic. Impulses and discussion are dedicated to different qualification paths (junior professorship, junior research group leader, habilitation) in a comparison of subjects. In addition to general information on the spread of career paths, subjective perspectives of those affected are also presented. Registration is requested by e-mail by December 03.
| Welcome new Senior Fellows! |
| We are delighted to welcome four new Senior Fellows to the ranks of active members of the Gutenberg Academy: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arne Nagels (Faculty 05; General Linguistics); Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katja Schupp (Faculty 02; School of Journalism; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helle Ulrich (Faculty 10; Institute of Molecular Biology); and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian-Friedrich Vahl (Faculty 04; Medicine). Welcome to the Gutenberg Academy! |
Sebastian Leukel completes doctorate
Sebastian Leukel, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, successfully completed his doctorate on November 14, 2018. The title of his doctoral dissertation is “Crystallization of carbonates via amorphous intermediates”. We congratulate him warmly!
| Invitation to the round table “Internationalization of teaching“ |
| The next round table of the Gutenberg Academy and the GLK will take place on Monday, November 19, 2018. This type of cooperation between the two institutions takes place once a year. This year we have chosen the topic “Internationalization of teaching”. The debate will focus on the various facets and motivations for greater internationalization of teaching. Specific measures and the associated challenges will also be discussed. We are looking forward to inspiring keynote speeches by Dr. Pia Nordblom, research associate in the Contemporary History Department of the JGU Department of History, and Dr. Markus Häfner, head of the International Office at JGU. Registration by November 15 by e-mail is requested. |
Junior Fellows return from study trip
This year, the city of Seville (Spain) was chosen as the destination. In addition to some interesting cultural program items, such as visits to individual parts of the city, the Royal Palace and the bullring, which always involved discussion of individual topics and controversies, meetings were held with young researchers from the University of Seville. This gave the Junior Fellows the opportunity to present and discuss their respective doctoral projects and to compare doctorates and academic careers across countries.
During the study trip, they had the opportunity to exchange ideas and get to know each other better. Through them, the Junior Fellows not only gained extensive cultural impressions, but were also able to establish an academic exchange in an intercultural setting. Special thanks therefore go to the co-workers from the University of Seville, who enriched our Junior Fellows’ trip.
Olivia Rahmsdorf completes doctorate
Olivia Rahmsdorf, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has published her doctoral dissertation entitled “Time and Ethics in the Gospel of John. Theoretical, methodological and exegetical approach to the “favor of the hour” concluded with a viva voce. The thesis was evaluated with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate her warmly!
Visit to the Friday Conference in Germersheim – an unforgettable event!
Last Friday, 29.06.2018, members of the Gutenberg Academy visited the Faculty 06 – Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies in Germersheim. At the beginning, the alderman of the city of Germersheim, Dr. Sascha Hofmann, gave the participants a tour of the university building and insights into its history. Afterwards, University Professor Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra (Deputy Speaker of the Gutenberg Academy) presented current and future research areas of the faculty in her laboratory.
The highlight of the excursion, however, was the weekly Friday conference of Faculty 06, at which our Senior Fellow, University Professor Dr. Concettina Sfienti (pictured above, right), gave a lecture on experimental physics entitled “50 sfumature di materia grigia” in Italian. She managed to arouse the participants’ interest in physics without assuming any prior knowledge of the subject.
Meanwhile, students of the faculty simultaneously interpreted her presentation into seven different spokespersons (see picture below), so that the participants of the conference were offered an incomparable spectacle of translation via headphones!
Once again, we would like to thank the employees of the faculty and, of course, Professor Dr. Sfienti for this unforgettable event!
We welcome our new junior spokeswoman!
As of June 1, 2018, Ms. Linda Harjus (née Yoksulabakan) will be the new junior speaker of the Gutenberg Academy alongside Ms. Katharina Kunißen.
She takes over the duties of Mr. Michael Roseneck, who was previously the junior spokesperson for the Academy and who fulfilled this office with great responsibility and commitment. We would like to thank him very much!
First network meeting of the Gutenberg Academy – a complete success!
Last Friday (June 8, 2018), the first meeting of the members of the Gutenberg Academy took place at the School of Music. Junior Fellows, Senior Fellows and alumni took part in the network meeting and it was a complete success!
The highlight of the event was the exclusive organ concert by our alumna Anna Pikulska, during which she not only played two different organs (see picture), but also gave the participants various impressions of the sound and function of the instruments. After the concert, members had the opportunity to meet and chat. We would like to thank all participants for coming and, of course, Anna Pikulska for her performance. You made this event special!
| Invitation to the round table “How is big data changing science?“ |
| The next round table of the Gutenberg Academy and the GFK will take place on Monday, June 18, 2018. This type of cooperation between the two institutions takes place once a year to discuss topics related to academic careers. This year we have chosen the topic “How is big data changing science?”. We are looking forward to inspiring keynote speeches by Stefan Kramer, Professor of Computer Science, and Sascha Dickel, junior professor of Media Sociology. Registration by June 13 by e-mail is requested. |
Elitza Mihaylova completes doctorate
Elitza Mihaylova, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed her doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial Law, German and European Business Law. The title of her thesis is “The warranty under sales law as an institute of European market regulation law – On the protection of the market against adverse selection through a statutory market information liability and the content control of pre-formulated warranty terms”. We congratulate her warmly!
| Two former Junior Fellows of the Academy receive prizes |
| We are delighted about the awards received by our former Junior Fellows, Dr. Marlene Mauk and Dr. Christine Beneketo this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS (30.05.2018). Dr. Mauk received the Research Award of the Friends of the University of Mainz e.V. for her doctoral dissertation entitled “Citizen Support for Democratic and Non-Democratic Regimes. A Global Comparison of Regime Support and Its Individual- and System-Level Sources” under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Roller. Dr. Christine Beneke received the prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Faculty 03: Law, Business and Economics for her doctoral dissertation “Vertrauensgedanke und Rechtsfortbildung im kapitalmarktrechtlichen Anwendungsbereich von § 826 BGB” under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Oechsler. We congratulate the prizewinners and wish them continued success! |
Thorsten Holzhauser completes doctorate
Thorsten Holzhauser, former Junior Fellow at the Gutenberg Academy, has published his doctoral dissertation entitled “Die ‘Nachfolgepartei’. The dispute over the integration of the PDS into the political system of the Federal Republic” successfully defended. The thesis and the oral examination were both evaluated with the grade “summa cum laude”. We congratulate him warmly!
Henning Kaufmann completes doctorate
Henning Kaufmann, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Physics. The title of his work is “A Scalable Quantum Processor”. We congratulate him warmly!
Christine Beneke completes her doctorate
Christine Beneke, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed her doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial Law, German and European Business Law. The title of her thesis is “The concept of trust and the development of the law in the scope of application of Section 826 BGB under capital market law”. We congratulate her warmly!
Anna Pikulska receives the German Record Critics’ Award
Anna Pikulska, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy (2013-2015) has received the German Record Critics’ Award for her double CD “Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral Partitas BWV 766-770, Preludes & Fugues BWV 531, 533-536, 541, 544, 549-551 – Anna Pikulska on the Silbermann Organ St.Marien zu Freiberg, Saxony and on the Trost Organ Stadtkirche Waltershausen”. We congratulate her warmly on this success!
(Photo: © Norbert Latocha)
Katharina Kunißen is the new junior spokeswoman
We are delighted to welcome Katharina Kunißen as the new spokesperson for the Junior Fellows and would like to thank Jonathan Siebert, who has fulfilled this role with great responsibility for a year.
| Invitation to the round table “Science and populism” |
| The next Gutenberg Academy Round Table will take place on Monday, December 18, 2017. Under the umbrella term “Science and Populism”, this time the focus will be on the emergence of populist movements as well as possible strategies for science in dealing with populism. We are looking forward to inspiring keynote speeches by Prof. Dr. Dilek Dizdar (research unit Intercultural German Studies) and Prof. Dr. Claudia Landwehr (Institute of Political Science). Please log in by e-mail by December 14 for registration. |
Charlotte Kieslich completes doctorate
Charlotte Kieslich, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed her doctorate with the grade summa cum laude in the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies. The title of her thesis is “Between Professionalization and Ideologization: The RfD and the Development of Interpreting during the National Socialist Era”. We congratulate her warmly!
Marlene Mauk completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Marlene Mauk completed her doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Political Science. The title of her work is “Citizen Support for Democratic and Non-Democratic Regimes. A Global Comparison of Regime Support and Its Individual- and System-Level Sources”. We congratulate her warmly!
Tobias Boll completes doctorate
Tobias Boll, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Sociology. The title of his work is: “Körper zur Ansicht. An autoethnography of autopornographic practices”. We congratulate him warmly!
| Call for nominations for new Junior Fellows |
| The Gutenberg Academy is offering nominations for young researchers and young artists. Nominations for admission to the 2018 summer semester can be submitted until October 16, 2017. Further information on our web page. |
| Junior Fellow Nicola Hein invites you to her graduation exhibition |
| On Thursday, September 14, at 7:30 pm, the exhibition “Socratic Attempt on Political Contingency” will open at the state parliament in Mainz. Junior Fellow Nicola Hein cordially invites all interested parties to his final program of study in his master’s degree in Sound Art Composition with Prof. Peter Kiefer. |
| Senior Fellow Prof. Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia organizes international conference |
| The international PLATO (“Positive Learning in the Age of Information”) conference took place at the Helmholtz Institute of Johannes Gutenberg University from June 28-30, 2017. In the context of the young research program PLATO, the publication of the following volume is now announced: Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Wittum, G. & Dengel, A. (Eds.) (in press). Positive Learning in the Age of Information (PLATO) – A blessing or a curse? Wiesbaden: Springer. |
Senior speaker active in international association for the grant of translation studies
Silvia Hansen-Schirra, Professor at the Faculty of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at JGU as well as GRC fellow and senior spokesperson of the Gutenberg Academy, has been elected Vice President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS). We congratulate her warmly!
Henning Müller completes doctorate
Henning Müller, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Faculty of Law and Economics. The title of his work is “Fostering Non-Cognitive Skills to Affect Economic Outcomes: Evidence from Randomized-Controlled Field and Lab Experimental Studies”. We congratulate him warmly!
Michael Roseneck is the new junior spokesman
We are delighted to welcome Michael Roseneck as the new spokesperson for the Junior Fellows and would like to thank Lars Iking, who has fulfilled this office with great responsibility for a year.
| Invitation to a round table in cooperation with the GFK |
| The next Gutenberg Academy Round Table will take place on Monday, July 10, 2017. In cooperation with the Gutenberg Research College, this time the topic will be the peer review of publications. We are looking forward to inspiring keynote speeches by Prof. Dr. Stefan Hirschauer (Institute of Sociology), Prof. Dr. Harmut Wittig (Institute of Nuclear Physics) and Prof. Dr. Uwe Schmidt (Head of the Center for Quality Assurance and Development). Please register by July 5 by e-mail. |
Hagen Söngen completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Hagen Söngen completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Physical Chemistry. The title of his work is “Atomic Force Microscopy at Mineral-Water Interfaces: Hydration, Chemical Identification and Point Defects”. We congratulate him warmly!
| DIES ACADEMICUS 2017: Award for young scientists |
| On Wednesday, May 31, this year’s DIES ACADEMICUS of the Gutenberg Nachwuchskolleg will take place in the Alte Mensa. At this event, 17 young scientists will be honored. Information about the award-winning young researchers can be found on the GNK’s web page. |
Year 12 is accepted into the Gutenberg Academy
The ceremonial admission and farewell of the Junior Fellows took place on 24.04.2017. After the Junior Fellows of the 2015 cohort left the academy, the 12th cohort was admitted to the Gutenberg Academy this year. The 12 new Junior Fellows come from faculties 01, 02, 03, 07, 09 and 10. Musical contributions from the ensemble Favole musicali framed the celebrations.
f.l.t.r.: Olga Mater (FB 03), Clara Wörsdörfer (FB 07), Tobias Johann (FB 09), Philipp Girr (FB 10), Jan Trenczek (FB 03); second row f.l.t.r.: Univ.Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller-Stach, Vice President for Research and Early Career Academics, Katharina Kunißen (FB 02), Sebastian Leukel (FB 09), Elitza Mihaylova (FB 03), Michael Roseneck (FB 02), Univ.Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms, spokesperson of the Gutenberg Academy; third row from left to right: Jonathan Siebert and Lars Iking, junior spokespersons of the Gutenberg Academy, Franziska von Hammerstein (FB 09), Olivia Rahmsdorf (FB 01), Sebastian B. Beil (FB 09), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra, deputy speaker of the Gutenberg Academy (Photo: Peter Kiefer)
Julian Bergmann completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Julian Bergmann has successfully completed his doctorate at the Institute of Political Science. The title of his work is “Bargaining for Peace, Striving for Stability. A Study on the European Union’s Effectiveness as International Mediator”.
We congratulate him warmly!
| Ceremonial admission event |
| This year’s Gutenberg Academy admission event will take place on Monday, April 24, 2017 in the Alte Mensa. In this festive setting, the Junior Fellows of the 2015 cohort are bid farewell from the Academy and 12 new Junior Fellows are inducted. Registration is still possible by e-mail until April 10. |
Jana Herzberger completes her doctorate
Junior Fellow Jana Herzberger completed her doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Chemistry. The title of her work is “Stimuli-Responsive Multifunctional Poly(ethylene glycol) Copolymers”. We congratulate her warmly!
Jonathan Siebert is the new junior spokesperson
We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Siebert as the new spokesperson for the Junior Fellows and would like to thank Henning Kaufmann, who has fulfilled this office with great responsibility for a year.
Markus Zinser completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Markus Zinser completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Physics. The title of his work is “Search for new heavy charged bosons and measurement of high-mass Drell-Yan production in proton-proton collisions”. We congratulate him warmly!
| Welcoming new Senior Fellows |
| We are delighted to welcome five new senior members to the Gutenberg Academy this fall: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Margarete Imhof, Faculty 02; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Rentschler, Faculty 09; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Altmeyer, Faculty 01; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Linda Hentschel, School of Art; and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti, Faculty 08. |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year |
| The year 2016 is drawing to a close. We wish you happy and peaceful holidays and a happy new year. With this Christmas greeting, we would like to thank you for your active participation in the Academy, especially at our round table and organizational meetings, for interesting discussions and for an interdisciplinary exchange. In addition, best wishes for a healthy, happy and successful New Year. We look forward to further stimulating exchanges and exciting events in the new year. |
| Round table on 19.12.2016 in cooperation with the GLK |
| On Monday, December 19, the next round table of the Academy will take place – this time in cooperation with the Gutenberg Teaching College. This round table will focus on the results of the working group on the integration of doctoral students in teaching. The GYR and GLK interdisciplinary work group has drafted a paper on the topic, which will be presented and discussed during the evening. There will be the opportunity to exchange ideas in a Christmas atmosphere with mulled wine and speculoos. We are also looking forward to a report from the Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy on their study trip to Geneva in October this year. In addition, the four Senior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Falter, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Füssel, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gauß and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hans Zischler will be bid farewell from the body during this round table. |
| Career Perspectives for Postdocs |
| The Career Perspectives for Postdoctoral Researchers project, which is designed in close cooperation with the Center for Quality Assurance, the Office for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality, the Career Service and many other partners, supports postdoctoral researchers who are dealing with questions such as: Where should your journey take you? and How do you arrive at a strategic career plan? There will already be two offers in spring 2017: On 13.02. and 14.02.2017 in collaboration with Dr. Matthias Merkelbach, ImpulsPlus, the workshop “Shaping your own future. Career planning for postdoctoral researchers”. Here, postdocs are challenged and supported in their strategic career planning. On 03.04 and 04.04.2017, a second workshop with Dr. Matthias Merkelbach, ImpulsPlus, will be offered on the topic of “Targeted application, systematic success in the application process”. Postdocs are thus adequately prepared and, with an appropriate CV, are in a position to apply for jobs outside academia, for example in the education sector, at public institutions or in industry. |
| Video on mentoring for early career researchers |
| The video “Promotion of young researchers at JGU”, commissioned by the Gutenberg Graduate School, illustrates the benefits of mentoring as a funding instrument using the example of a mentoring duo from the humanities and social sciences. In addition, the various offers for young researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz will be presented. Mentoring programs accompany young talents on their career path by offering them professional orientation and supporting their personal development. In addition to a wide range of programs for students, JGU also offers attractive support for doctoral candidates and post-docs in the various faculties. |
Study trip to Geneva for the Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy
Nine Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy set off on a four-day study trip to the Swiss city of Geneva on October 13. The doctoral candidates and artistic members of the Academy visited the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, the nuclear research facility CERN and the University of Geneva, among other places, and engaged in on-site exchanges with young scientists.
At the headquarters of the United Nations, the participants of the study trip visited the Palais des Nations in particular. At CERN, following the presentation of various experiments, the Junior Fellows learned about the ATLAS Control Room and the activities of the Mainz work groups at the nuclear research center. The travelers’ program also included a visit to the Museum of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, which has an exhibition on the history of these two important institutions. A joint bike tour around Lake Geneva rounded off the group’s trip.
The Junior Fellows returned from their study trip on October 16 and reported on their impressions to the Academy’s Senior Fellows in the following weeks.
| Event on 21.10.2016 in cooperation with GYR “Must-have mentoring?” |
| Mentoring programs have become firmly established in academia as an instrument for the promotion of young researchers and Human Resources Development – especially for women. While the benefits of mentoring for the recipients manifest themselves directly in the personal and professional development of the mentees, the added value of mentoring programs for the higher education institutions, companies and institutes offering them is less obvious. For higher education institutions in particular, the question arises as to how sensible it is to invest in the grant of individual junior staff when they leave the institution after completing their qualification phase. Does this mean that Human Resources Development is being carried out for the competition or is mentoring a Human Resources Development instrument that can demonstrate strategic added value for the institutions themselves beyond the individual benefit of individuals? With these questions in mind, the Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers (GYR) is hosting an event on 21 October 2016 that will shed light on mentoring as a strategic staff and organizational development tool. In this context, the added value for mentors is also discussed, as they contribute their knowledge, skills and networks to the mentoring relationship – often free of charge. You can find more information here. |
Junior Fellow releases new CD
Junior Fellow Nicola L. Hein has released a CD on the internationally renowned label Leo Records (ROTOZAZA – ZERO). This brings together Rudi Mahall (clarinets), Adam Pultz Melbye (double bass) and Christian Lillinger (drums) with Hein (guitar). On the basis of the already existing idioms of free jazz and sound improvisation, an intermediate space is created here which allows the two antipodal poles of improvised music to enter into a dialectical discourse.
Alumnus accepts offer of appointment as professor at Columbia University in New York
Our former member Prof. Dr. Sebastian Will (2007-2010) will take up a professorship at Columbia University in New York this year. He will set up a new work group there that will conduct research in the field of experimental quantum physics and create ultracold atoms and molecules, the coldest matter in the universe. We congratulate him warmly!
| New homepage for young artists and scientists |
| We are pleased to announce that the renewal of the portal for young researchers and artists – a collaboration between the Gutenberg Council for Young Researchers (GYR) and the Center for Quality Assurance and Development (ZQ) – has been completed and the new site is now officially accessible. As part of the redesign, not only was the target group expanded so that all phases of young scientists and artists are now addressed, but the information was also systematically prepared for targeted access. |
Alumna honored with the Jean Monnet Award
One of our former members, Dr. Stephanie Bergbauer, was awarded the Jean Monnet Award for EU in Global Dialogue for her doctoral dissertation. The prize is awarded by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “EU in Global Dialogue” (CEDI), which is jointly organized by JGU and TU Darmstadt. We congratulate her warmly!
Successful round table on 18.07.2016 in cooperation with GFK “Interdisciplinarity: opportunities and challenges”
We would like to thank Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lerch for his presentation “Promoting interdisciplinarity – how does it work?”, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia “Interdisciplinarity in higher education research – models and instruments from the KoKoHs research program” and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Doris Prechel and Dr. Johannes Daxenberger (TU Darmstadt) “Interdisciplinarity – risks and side effects”. Once again, the round table was a good opportunity to gain an insight into this interesting topic. We would like to thank everyone who took part!
Lars Iking is the new junior spokesman
We are delighted to welcome Lars Iking as the new spokesperson for the Junior Fellows and would like to thank Julian Bergmann, who has fulfilled this office with great responsibility for a year.
Successful round table on 20.06.2016 “Academization of society? Consequences of increasing numbers of students”
The presentations by Dr. Kerstin Burck, Head of the Planning and Controlling Department at JGU Mainz, and Prof. Dr. Tanjev Schultz, Professor of Journalism at JGU’s School of Journalism and long-time editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and co-editor of the collection “Die Akademiker-Gesellschaft. Will everyone have to study in the future?” proved to be very interesting. Among other things, the following questions were the subject of lively discussion: Can the trend towards an “academic society” be empirically proven at all? What challenges does the rising number of students pose for higher education institutions? What are the labor market policy consequences of an increase in university graduates? What does this development mean for the training professions? What opportunities does academization offer society?
| Three alumni members receive awards at the Dies Academicus |
| Three Alumni Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy were honored at the Dies Academicus. Dr. Sven Bach, supervised by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Tremel, received the Research Promotion Prize of the Friends of Mainz University. The prize of the Peregrinus Foundation was awarded to Dr. Jakob Schwab, supervised by Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms. The prize of the Johannes Gutenberg University of the School of Music was awarded to Ms. Melanie Windl, supervised by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Kiefer. We would like to congratulate the prizewinners and their supervisors! |
Jennifer Antomo completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Jennifer Antomo has completed her doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Faculty of Law and Economics, Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law. The title of her thesis is “Claims for damages due to the infringer of an international jurisdiction agreement?”.
We congratulate her warmly!
Networking weekend at the Gutenberg Academy
From 08. This year’s Gutenberg Academy networking weekend took place in Alzey from April 1 to 9. The new Junior Fellows had the opportunity to present their research projects. There was also an intensive exchange between Junior and Senior Fellows of the Academy.
| Invitation to the TRA & CO Symposium 2016 |
| Symposium to mark the opening of the TRA&CO Center (Center for Translation & Cognition), one of the first translation science neurolaboratories in the world. Lectures, poster session and workshop are free of charge for JGU members. |
Julian Bergmann receives the Ernst Haas Fellowship 2016 from the European Union Studies Association (EUSA)
Junior Fellow Julian Bergmann is awarded the Ernst Haas Fellowship 2016 of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA). With this award, the EUSA, one of the most important professional associations in the field of programs of study on the European Union, promotes outstanding doctoral candidates whose doctoral projects make an important contribution to EU research. The prize commemorates the work of the US-American scientist Ernst B. Haas, whose work on neofunctionalism in particular had a decisive influence on research into European integration. Our heartfelt congratulations!
Sven Bach completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Sven Bach completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry. The title of his work is “Metastable Phosphates of 3d Metals – Illuminating Fundamental Crystallization and Nucleation Processes”. We congratulate him warmly!
Benedikt Kloss completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Benedikt Kloss completed his doctorate with the grade summa cum laude. The title of his work is “Measurement of the pi+pi- Cross Section Using Initial State Radiation at BESIII”. We congratulate him warmly!
Advance notice: Anna Pikulska releases CD
Junior Fellow Anna Pikulska will release a CD entitled: “Die Wies” – organ music from the Wieskirche.
We mourn the loss of Stefanie Buss
We mourn the loss of Stefanie Buss, Managing Director of the Gutenberg Nachwuchskolleg (GNK) and former Managing Director of the Gutenberg Academy, who passed away on November 19, 2015 after a serious illness.
Sebastian Brückner completes his doctorate
Junior Fellow Sebastian Brückner has completed his doctorate at the Chair of Business Education. As part of his doctoral dissertation, he was involved in the project “Modeling and measuring Economics competence in students and university graduates by adapting and further developing American and Spanish-language measurement instruments”. We congratulate him warmly!
The Gutenberg Academy on YouTube
An image film about the Gutenberg Academy is now available on YouTube. We would like to thank the CampusTV team for the successful contribution. You can find it here.
Hannah Pohlit wins the ALK Allergology Award
In 2015, ALK-Abelló is sponsoring an award for the first time in cooperation with the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI), the Society for Pediatric Allergology and Environmental Medicine (GPA) and the Medical Association of German Allergologists (AeDA). The €30000 prize was split and awarded to Ms. Hannah Pohlit and Mr. Georg Bölke.
Dorothea Volz successfully completes her doctorate
Dorothea Volz, alumna of the Gutenberg Academy, has completed her doctorate summa cum laude. The title of her work is “SchauSpielPlatz Venedig. Performative appropriation and theatrical reception of a cultural imaginary at the end of the 19. and beginning of the 20th century”. We congratulate her warmly!
Karsten Sommer successfully completes his doctorate
Karsten Sommer, Junior Fellow at the Gutenberg Academy, has completed his doctorate. The title of his thesis is “Precise clause of tissue perfusion using magnetic resonance imaging and fluid dynamic simulations”. We congratulate him warmly!
Stephanie Bergbauer successfully completes her doctorate
Stephanie Bergbauer, former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, has completed her doctorate summa cum laude. The title of her thesis is “European Identity in Testing Times – Levels and Determinants of Citizens’ Identification with Europe from the Treaty of Maastricht to Eastward Enlargement and the Euro Crisis”. We congratulate her warmly!
Roland Happ successfully completes his doctorate
Former Junior Fellow Roland Happ has completed his doctorate at the Institute of Business Education. As part of his doctoral dissertation, he worked on the project “Innovative teaching-learning network in academic higher education”. We congratulate him warmly!
Gutenberg Academy: Call for nominations for admission from summer semester 2016
The Gutenberg Academy is offering nominations for young researchers and young artists. Nominations for admission to the 2016 summer semester can be submitted until October 23, 2015.
Dr. Tobias Seidl is appointed to a professorship
Former Junior Fellow Dr. Tobias Seidl will be appointed to a professorship for key and self-competencies at the School of Information and Communication at Stuttgart’s higher education institution on September 1, 2015. We congratulate him very much!
Thorsten Holzhauser receives prize for the best essay
Thorsten Holzhauser’s essay “Never with the PDS”, which was published in the Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 2/2014, has been awarded the Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte prize for the best essay of 2014. The office congratulates him!
Stephan Köhler successfully completes his doctorate
Junior Fellow Stephan Köhler has successfully completed his doctorate at the Institute of Physics with magna cum laude. The title of his work is: “Modeling and Simulation of Fibrinogen and its Adsorption Behavior”. Our heartfelt congratulations!
Jasmin Rezai-Dubiel successfully completes doctorate
Former Junior Fellow Jasmin Rezai-Dubiel successfully completed her doctorate at the Institute of Comparative Literature with magna cum laude. The title of her work is “Critique of Chiliasm. Philosophy of History and Collective Identity in Modernist Literature”. We congratulate her warmly!
E-learning project wins prize in “Germany – Land of Ideas” competition
The virtual reality experiments for physics lessons designed by William Lindlahr are among the 100 winners of the nationwide competition “Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” 2015. On June 18, the team of virtual reality experiments from Mainz Physics will celebrate the award with an interactive presentation for students, teachers and other interested parties. In the fall of 2015, the nationwide public will then vote for the public winner online.
Dr. Katharina Bahlmann is awarded the Hanns Lilje Prize
The philosopher Dr. Katharina Bahlmann has been awarded the Hanns Lilje Foundation Prize for her outstanding doctoral dissertation “The Phantasm of the ‘End of Arts'”. The award in the science prize category is worth 10,000 euros. This year, the prize was called for proposals on the topic of “The formative power of arts and culture”. The work will soon be published by Wilhelm Fink Verlag in Paderborn under the title “Arthur C. Danto und das Phantasma vom ‘Ende der Kunst'”.
10th year is accepted into the Gutenberg Academy
The admission and farewell ceremony for the Junior Fellows took place on 27.04.2015. This year, the 10th class has already been accepted into the Gutenberg Academy. The 11 new Junior Fellows come from faculties 01, 02, 03, 07, 08, 09 and 10. An artistic contribution by former Junior Fellow Kaspar König and the panel discussion “Yesterday, today and tomorrow” with alumni from the Gutenberg Academy framed the celebrations.
Junior Fellow Jasmin Marjam Rezai-Dubiel publishes new collection
The collection “Indignez-vous!” brings together scientific contributions presented at the conference of the same name for young researchers at JGU from 1. to February 2, 2013 were presented. Based on the assumption of a renewed turn to historical-philosophical themes around the turn of the century, the question of what effects the intellectual reassessment of the present that can be observed in various national literatures has on the literary examination of history will be examined.
Junior Fellow William Lindlahr nominated for e-learning prize
The team from the Larissa work group at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) Institute of Physics led by William Lindlahr and Professor Klaus Wendt has been nominated for the 2015 German E-Learning Innovation and Young Talent Award (d-elina) for its virtual reality experiment concept. The virtual reality experiments are intuitive to use, correct in terms of content and allow authentic experimentation and learning from mistakes.
Stefan Geiß successfully completes his doctorate
Junior Fellow Stefan Geiß has successfully completed his doctorate at the Institute for Communication Studies (summa cum laude). The title of his work is “The attention span of the public. A study on the duration and intensity of opinion-forming processes”. Our heartfelt congratulations!
Sven Reinhardt successfully completes doctorate
Junior Fellow Sven Reinhardt has successfully completed his doctorate at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (summa cum laude). His doctoral dissertation deals with the “Identification of regulators of the Alzheimer-relevant proteases ADAM10”. Our heartfelt congratulations!
Jennifer Antomo honored for “Thesius”
Junior Fellow Jennifer Antomo, together with Michael Grupp and Tim Conradi, received the Mainz Business Award in the “Best Start-up” category for their online portal “Thesius” – the first nationwide research, networking and career platform for students and young researchers. This was awarded to them by the Wirtschaftsjunior:innen Mainz (Rhenish Hesse) at the largest start-up trade fair in Rhineland-Palatinate, Ignition. Congratulations!
28.04.2014: Ceremonial admission and farewell of Junior Fellows
On Monday, April 28, 14 new Junior Fellows were accepted. The Gutenberg Academy warmly welcomes the young researchers. At the same time, eight Junior Fellows were given a ceremonial farewell from their active membership. Pictures of the event and information about the new members can be found here.
Jeannette Hilf completes doctorate
Jeannette Hilf (née Geschwind) has been a Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy since 2013 and completed her doctorate in organic chemistry under Prof. Dr. Holger Frey with summa cum laude in March 2014. Her active membership has therefore ended. The Gutenberg Academy congratulates her on completing her doctorate.
27.04.2014: Organ concert by Anna Pikulska
Junior Fellow Anna Pikulska will give an organ concert in Buchholz on Sunday, April 27. The program includes works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Italian masters on two organs. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. in the parish church of St. Pankratius in Buchholz.
Promotion software at CeBIT
At CeBIT 2014, Junior Fellow William Lindlahr will be presenting experimental software for school lessons that was developed during his doctorate in physics. It enables realistic 3D simulations of physical experiments that are too dangerous or too complex for the classroom. With the help of the software, modern teaching media such as tablets can be used specifically in science lessons. The presentation “Modern Learning in the Digital Society – Experimenting in Virtual Reality” will take place as part of the future talk Hall 9, F 44 on March 11 at 10 am.
Roland Staff completes doctorate
At the end of January, Roland Staff successfully completed his doctorate in chemistry entitled “Complex Colloids by the Emulsion Solvent Evaporation Process” with “Summe cum Laude”. In February, he was then able to join BASF SE in Ludwigshafen directly as a laboratory team leader. The Gutenberg Academy would like to congratulate its Junior Fellow.
22.12.2013: Concert by Junior Fellow Anna Pikulska
One of Junior Fellow Anna Pikulska’s concerts was reviewed in the Frankfurter Neue Presse. Her next concert will take place on Sunday, December 22, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. for the Fourth Advent in St. Joseph’s Church in Schweidnitz, Poland.
thesius platform is online
Junior Fellow Jennifer Antomo has been working for some time with other doctoral candidates at Mainz University on an internet platform for Master’s students and doctoral candidates in Germany. A beta version of the “thesius” website is now online. The aim of “thesius” is to connect research and researchers. After registering with the topic of your own work, you can search within completed works and contact researchers.
Junior Fellows receive fellowship
Junior Fellow Jasmin Rezai-Dubiel is one of this year’s Kalkhof-Rose Foundation award winners for her dissertation project at the Department of Romance Studies. A former Junior Fellow, Dr. Markus Altenkirch, was also awarded the Alfred Teves Foundation Prize for his doctoral dissertation.
Melanie Leidecker completes doctorate
Melanie Leidecker, Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy from 2011-2013, completed her doctorate with Prof. Jürgen Wilke at the Institute for Communication Studies with Summa cum Laude in November 2013. The Gutenberg Academy congratulates her warmly.
28.10.2013: Interview in the JGU Magazine
Who feels like a European? This is the subject of Gutenberg Academy Junior Fellow Stephanie Bergbauer’s doctoral thesis “European identity in context: individual and country-level determinants of a mass European identity”. She also talks about this in an interview with JGU Magazine.
Claudia Isabel Martin at the Aalto-Theater Essen
Claudia Isabel Martin, research assistant at the Mainz School of Music and Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy, is currently qualifying at the Aalto Theater Essen alongside her work at the university. There she works with renowned directors to prepare for her future work as a director.
01.10.2013 – 01.12.2013: Research stay in Japan
Junior Fellow Sven Reinhardt will conduct research as part of the collaborative project “Retinoid-mediated signaling in the brain – consequences for synaptic function?” at the University of Tokyo. The Boehringer Ingelheim Fund is supporting him with a travel grant. The project takes place in collaboration with Prof. Taisuke Tomita at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Neuropathology and Neuroscience.
08.07.2013 – 25.10.2013: The Gutenberg Academy is looking for excellent young researchers and young artists
The Gutenberg Academy for Young Researchers is inviting all supervisors to nominate their outstanding doctoral candidates or artists as Junior Fellows for the Gutenberg Academy as part of the eighth call for applications.
06.08.2013: Young artist from the Gutenberg Academy receives JGU sponsorship award
Gutenberg Academy Junior Fellow and artist Lisa Weber (media art class) received the award for particularly qualified young researchers/artists at Johannes Gutenberg University.
09.07.2013: Gutenberg Academy Junior Fellow in the JGU closed stacks
Gutenberg Academy Junior Fellow Stefan Geiß presents his doctoral thesis at the Institute of Communication Studies on “The attention span of the public. Thematic dynamics of the media and opinion-forming processes of recipients” in the JGU closed stacks.
25.06.2013: Gutenberg Academy Junior Fellow receives LANXESS Talent Award
Gutenberg Academy Junior Fellow Roland Staff – a doctoral candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research – is one of the two winners of the “LANXESS Talent Award 2013”, which was presented on June 25, 2013 as part of the DWI / RWTH Aachen Summer School. The awards, each worth 4,000 euros, recognize outstanding achievements during the doctorate in the fields of polymer chemistry and chemical process engineering.
06.05.2013: Ceremonial admission of 13 new Junior Fellows
This year’s formal admission ceremony took place on May 6, 2013 in the Roter Saal of the School of Music on the JGU campus. Thirteen young researchers and young artists were welcomed as new Junior Fellows and admitted to the Gutenberg Academy.
| Bilbao presentation online! |
| The Junior Fellows’ study trip to Bilbao, Spain, took place from October 11 to 14, 2012. The picture presentation already shown at one of the last round tables can now also be viewed online or downloaded at>>. |
| 04.12.2012: “Good scientific practice” Documentation of the panel discussion |
| On January 16, 2012, a cooperation event of the Gutenberg Academy and the Gutenberg Research College (GRC) took place. |
| 29.11.2012: Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy present innovative teaching projects |
| In the first issue of the closed stacks of LuST (Lehre und Studium), four Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy present their teaching projects, with which they bring fresh ideas into the seminar rooms at JGU. |
| 27.08.2012: Former Junior Fellows Tobias Preis and Daniel Reith in the current issue of WirtschaftsWoche |
| Former Junior Fellows of the Gutenberg Academy Dr. Tobias Preis and Dr. Daniel Reith have developed a procedure that can be used to predict transaction volumes on the stock market based on search queries for specific companies on Google, Facebook & Co. |
| 17.07.2012 – 26.10.2012: The Gutenberg Academy is looking for excellent young researchers |
| The Gutenberg Academy for Young Researchers is inviting all supervisors to nominate their outstanding doctoral candidates or artists as Junior Fellows for the GA as part of the eighth call for applications. |
| 16.06.2012: Run for Children |
| The members of the Gutenberg Academy took part in the traditional Mainz charity run “Run for Children” this year. |
| 14.05.2012: Photos of the recording event on April 18 online |
| On April 18, the 2012 semester kick-off event of the Gutenberg Academy (GA) took place, at which 5 young researchers and one young artist were accepted as new Junior Fellows of the GA. |
| 12.03.2012: Photos of the guided tour through the New Synagogue Mainz online |
| On Monday, March 12, members of the Gutenberg Academy (GA) and the Gutenberg Research College (GRC) gave a joint guided tour of the New Synagogue Mainz. Click on the arrow to go to the photos. |
| 06.03.2012 : Riga video online |
| From October 20 – 23, 2011, the Junior Fellows went on a study trip to Riga, which resulted in a short Film. To watch the video please click here. |
| 10.11.2011: Former Junior Fellow as Post-Doc at MIT / Boston |
| After completing his doctorate with ‘summa cum laude’, Dr. Sebastian Will – a former Junior Fellow of the Gutenberg Academy – begins a post-doctoral position at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. |
| 27.01.2012: Former Junior Fellow receives JGU doctoral prize |
| Dr. Michael Poerner receives the award from the Department 06: Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies for his dissertation “Chinesisch in der Fremde. Intercultural Receptive Knowledge, Collective Identities and the International Expansion of Chinese Companies” was awarded the Johannes Gutenberg University’s doctoral prize. His work was previously honored at the Dies academicus 2011. |
