Three fellowships acquired in the Philipp Schwartz Initiative

At a celebration, Michael Quante, Vice-Rector for Internationalization, Knowledge Transfer and Sustainability, presented the certificates to three female researchers from Russia and Ukraine. "The University of Münster is a place of science and peace," he emphasized. "We are delighted that, together with the faculties, we are offering the researchers a safe environment in which they can continue their work."
The fellowship goes to the Russian Elena Marasinova, who works at the Chair of Ricarda Vulpius in the Department of Eastern European History. She previously worked as a professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, where she fled the country due to political statements and subsequent threats. Two fellows from Ukraine are also receiving funding and have been at the University of Münster since spring 2023: physicist Dr. Anna Kornyushchenko previously worked as an associate professor at Sumy State University and is now conducting research at the Institute of Materials Physics with Gerhard Wilde. Germanist Dr. Larysa Kovbasyuk was a professor at the Chair of German and Romance Studies at Kherson State University and is now a researcher at the Institute of German Language and Literature under Antje Dammel.
The Philipp Schwartz Initiative was launched by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation together with the Federal Foreign Office. It enables universities and research institutions in Germany to host researchers at risk on the basis of a full fellowship. At the University of Münster, the International Office is responsible for the central coordination of the fellowship program.