Fellows & Scholars in Residence
The CFGS Fellowship Program constitutes a core part of the intellectual life at the centre with an overarching aim of building a sophisticated and transdisciplinary network. Through this program, CFGS offers a variety of fellowships, including graduate student research fellows, visiting graduate research fellows, UVic faculty fellows, visiting research fellows, and visiting research scholars. Fellowships and research stays range from a few weeks to a year.
Since the program inception in 2013, CFGS has hosted more than 100 scholars from at least 28 countries. Weekly seminars often boast that half of the first languages spoken around the table are not English, offering another perspective to the interdisciplinary nature of the program and of the experience. Additionally, a number of cross-border research scholars have joined the centre through a partnership between CFGS and the Borders in Globalization project. CFGS has also hosted three co-sponsored Harold Coward Indian fellows through joint partnership with the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives.
Following is the current cohort engaged with the Centre this year.
Graduate Student
WIGGLab
Abdul Tawab Balakarzai is a PhD student at WIGGLab.
Aspiration 2030 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Nathaniel Brunt is an interdisciplinary scholar, documentarian, and educator.
UVic Faculty Fellow
Sophia Carodenuto is a UVic Faculty Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies and Assistant Professor in the UVic Geography Department.
Postdoctoral Scholar
BIG Project
Michael Carpenter is a post-doctoral fellow with Borders in Globalization at the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, Canada. His research interests include participatory governance, civil resistance, Middle East politics, international relations, and political theory.
Visiting Research Fellow
Carolina Carvalho is a researcher in participatory mapping and participatory GIS applied to urban planning and development.
Visiting Post-Doc
Olha Chaplia is a Visiting Graduate Student Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies and a PhD Candidate in Philology at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine.
Post-doctoral Fellow
Keith Cherry is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies.
Senior Research Fellow
Borders in Globalization
Simon Dalby is a Senior Research Fellow with the Borders in Globalization program at UVic's Centre for Global Studies.
Visiting Graduate Student Fellow
Maria Finnsdottir is a Visiting Graduate Student Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies, and a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto.
Associate Fellow
CFGS
Thomas Heyd is a research fellow at the Centre for Global Studies and professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria since 1993. He primarily works in environmental philosophy, history of philosophy, and the aesthetics of prehistoric art.
Graduate Student Fellow
Borders in Globalization
Kalpana Jha is a Graduate Student Fellow with the Borders in Globalization program.
Associate Fellow and Diplomat in Residence
CFGS
Ken is now an Associate Fellow with the CFGS. As Canada's former ambassador to Sweden, he was our Diplomat in Residence at the Centre (2017) as well as Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria.
Graduate Student Fellow
Fazila Mat is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at University of Victoria.
Graduate Student Fellow
Nhan Thanh Nguyen (Mac) is a Graduate Student Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS), and a PhD Candidate in “Management and Organization” at Gustavson School of Business (GSB), UVic.
Postdoctoral Scholar
BIG Project
Ben is a scientific research collaborator and Postdoctoral Scholar in the "Borders in Globalization" program. His work at CFGS focuses on the theoretical and legal renewal of the territorial borders of the States in the era of globalization.
Aspiration 2030 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Stanislas Richard is an Aspiration 2030 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CFGS.
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar
Tatiana Shaban is a visiting post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, Canada. Her research interests include European Integration and regional governance, European Neighbourhood Policy and Borders
Visiting Graduate Student
European Memory Politics
Graduate Student Fellow
Emma Swan is a Graduate Student Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies and interdisciplinary scholar.
Community Practitioner Fellow
CFGS
Graduate Student Fellow
Borders in Globalization
Shoukia van Beek (she/her) is a Graduate Student Fellow with Borders in Globalization.
Graduate Student Fellow
Janine is a graduate Fellow at the CFGS and interested in memory politics and Holocaust education.
