Global Fellowship awards
The University has been honoured to award Global Fellowships to over 115 leading international researchers and practitioners since the scheme was first established in 2018. A full list of awardees by year can be found below.
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2026-2027 Global Fellows
Dr Rupsa Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Hosted by School of Computer Science
Dr Vitali Byl, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bonn
Hosted by School of HistoryDr Guilherme Cecílio, Associate Professor, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
hosted by the School of ClassicsDr Benjamin Favier, CNRS Research Scientist, French National Centre for Scientific Research
Hosted by School of Mathematics and StatisticsProfessor Jemma Geoghegan, Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis and Professor of Virology, University of Otago
Hosted by School of MedicineProfessor Craig McGregor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Hosted by School of ChemistryDr Rose Atieno Opiyo, Senior Lecturer, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Hosted by School of Psychology and NeuroscienceDr Andy Tay, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Hosted by School of Biology2026-2027 Senior Global Fellows
Professor Raymond Dean Astumian, Professor, University of Maine
Hosted by School of ChemistryProfessor Campbell Grey, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by School of ClassicsProfessor Ellen Ernst Kossek, Basil S. Turner Distinguished Professor Emerita of Management, Purdue University
Hosted by Business SchoolProfessor Catherine Lovelock, Professor and Georgina Sweet Laureate Fellow, University of Queensland
Hosted by School of Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentProfessor Maureen Murphy, Professor of History of Contemporary Art, Paris Nanterre University
Hosted by School of Art HistoryProfessor Michael Rothberg, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
Jointly hosted by Schools of Modern Languages and International RelationsProfessor Marcelo Cândido da Silva, Professor of Medieval History, University of São Paulo
Hosted by School of HistoryProfessor Holly Stein, Senior Research Scientist and Professor, AIRIE-Colorado, and Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Hosted by School of Earth and Environmental SciencesProfessor Mateu Villaret, Professor, University of Girona
Hosted by School of Computer ScienceProfessor Mark Walker, Group Leader, University of Queensland
Hosted by School of Biology2026-2027 Global Fellows (Education)
Mr Simon Blackmore, Director of Student Experience and Wellbeing, University College Dublin
Hosted by Proctor’s Office and Careers CentreProfessor Simon Parker, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Western University
Hosted by the Business School2026-2027 Global Fellow (Practice)
Theresa Ardler, artist, researcher, educator
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2025-2026 Senior Global Fellowship awards
Professor Marc Brightman, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bologna
Hosted by the School Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesProfessor Sarah Fraser, Chair Professor and Head of the Institute of East Asian Art History at Heidelberg University
Hosted by the School of Art HistoryProfessor Bamini Gopinath, Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health at Macquarie University
Hosted by the School of MedicineProfessor Simon Haberle, Professor of Paleoecology and Natural History at Australian National University
Hosted by the School Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentProfessor Joel Harrington, Centennial Professor of History at Vanderbilt University
Hosted by the School of HistoryDr Adrian Moore, Laboratory Head at the RIKEN Centre for Brain Science
Hosted by the School of Psychology and NeuroscienceProfessor Dame Fiona Murray, Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hosted by the Business SchoolProfessor Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Associate Professor at Princeton University
Hosted by the School of ClassicsProfessor Laurence Talairach, Professor of English at University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès
Hosted by the School of EnglishProfessor Roser Valenti, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Frankfurt
Hosted by the School of Physics and AstronomyProfessor Antje Wiener, Chair of Political Science and Global Governance, and Professor of Law at the University of Hamburg
Hosted by the School of International RelationsProfessor Gregory Yaxley, Professor of Experimental Petrology at the Australian National University
Hosted by the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences2025-2026 Global Fellowship awards
Dr Maria Aimaretti, Lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires
Hosted by the School Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesDr David Brosset, Associate Professor/Naval Cyber Defence Chair at the French Naval Academy
Hosted by School of Computer ScienceDr Daniel Foley, Senior Lecturer in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Canterbury
Hosted by the School ChemistryDr Britta Jensen, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta
Hosted by the School Earth and Environmental SciencesDr Aline Magdalena Lee, Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hosted by the School of Mathematics and StatisticsDr Bodunrin Ottu, Lecturer at the University of Lagos
Hosted by the School of ChemistryDr Edwige Some, Assistant Lecturer at the University Centre of Kaya / Joseph Ki-Zerbo University
Hosted by the School of Psychology and NeuroscienceProfessor Robert Wood, Professor of Behavioural Decision Theory at Macquarie University
Hosted by the Business School2025-2026 Global Fellowship (Education) award
Dr Mike Perkins, Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Research and Innovation at the British University of Vietnam
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2024-2025 Senior Global Fellowship awards
Professor Michael Cronin, Chair of French 1776 at Trinity College Dublin
Jointly hosted by the Schools of Modern Languages and Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentProfessor David Ganz, Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Zurich
Hosted by the School of Art HistoryProfessor Peter Gizzi, Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hosted by the School of EnglishProfessor John Haldon, Shelby Cullom Davis ’30 Professor of European History at Princeton University
Hosted by the School of ClassicsProfessor Kirsty Robertson, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Museums, Art, and Sustainability at Western University
Hosted by the School Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesProfessor Peter Seeberger, Professor of Chemistry at the Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces
Hosted by the School of ChemistryProfessor Jennifer Thibodeaux, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Hosted by the School of HistoryProfessor Olli-Pekka Vainio, Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Helsinki
Hosted by the School of Divinity2024-2025 Global Fellowship awards
Dr Sanna Ala-Mantila, Assistant Professor at the University of Helsinki
Hosted by the School of Geography and Sustainable Development)Professor June Cotte, Kraft Professor of Marketing at Western University
Hosted by the Business SchoolProfessor Susanna Fagerholm, Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Helsinki
Hosted by the School of MedicineDr Daniel Gregory, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
Hosted by the School of Earth and Environmental SciencesDr Christophe Heintz, Associate Professor at the Central European University
Hosted by the School of Psychology and NeuroscienceDr Eyitayo Tolulope Ijisakin, Reader at the Obafemi Awolowo University
Hosted by the School of Art HistoryDr Peter Ndangili, Senior Lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya
Hosted by the School of Physics and AstronomyDr Shawn Standefer, Assistant Professor at the National Taiwan University
Hosted by the School Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesDr Jiří Švancara, Assistant Professor at Charles University
Hosted by School of Computer Science2024-2025 Global Fellowship (Education) awards
Dr Dhiren Borisa, Assistant Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University
Hosted by the School of International RelationsDr Angela Dressen, Andrew W. Mellon Librarian, Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Jointly hosted by the School of Art History and Libraries and MuseumsProfessor Joel Karty, Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Elon University
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2023-2024 Senior Global Fellowship awards
Professor Sang-Wook Cheong from Rutgers University
Hosted by the School of Physics and AstronomyProfessor Tita Chico from the University of Maryland
Hosted by the School of EnglishProfessor Sarah Elwood from the University of Washington
Hosted by the School of Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentProfessor Ilana Gershon from Rice University
Hosted by School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesProfessor Rosemary Gillespie from the University of California, Berkeley
Hosted by the School of BiologyProfessor Tine Köhler from the University of Melbourne
Hosted by the University of St Andrews Business SchoolProfessor Mary Roberts from the University of Sydney
Hosted by the School of Art HistoryProfessor Xiaolin Wei from the University of Toronto
Hosted by the School of Medicine2023-2024 Global Fellowship awards
Dr Elena Bacchin from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Hosted by the School of HistoryDr Shelleen Greene from the University of California, Los Angeles
Hosted by the School of Modern LanguagesDr Mia Hoogenboom from James Cook University
Hosted by the School of BiologyDr Angelo Kakande from Makerere University
Hosted by the School of Art HistoryProfessor Anne Knowles from the University of Maine
Hosted by the School of Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentDr Jia Tan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hosted by the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesDr Xiujuan Zhang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hosted by the School of Medicine2023-2024 Global Fellowship (Education) awards
Ms Sarah Stein Greenberg from the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University
Hosted by the Proctor’s Office and CEEDDr Ifeoma Ugwu from Enugu State University of Science Technology
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2022-2023 Senior Global Fellowship award
Professor Mark Thompson from the University of Southern California
Hosted by the School of Chemistry2022-2023 Global Fellowship awards
Professor Pinar Bilgin from the Bilkent University
Hosted by the School of International RelationsProfessor Nathaniel Dominy from Dartmouth College
Hosted by the School of Psychology and NeuroscienceDr Beth Gardner from the University of Washington
Hosted by the School of Mathematics and StatisticsDr Nandini Pandey from Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by the School ClassicsDr Avishek Parui from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Hosted by the Schools of English and Modern LanguagesDr Andrew Taylor from the Yale University
Hosted by the School of Medicine2022-2023 Global Fellowship (Education) award
Professor Don Snow from Duke Kunshan University
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2021-2022 Senior Global Fellowship awards
Professor Peter Adamson from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Hosted by the School of ClassicsProfessor Michael Byers from the University of British Columbia
Hosted by the School of International RelationsProfessor David Fike from Washington University in Saint Louis
Hosted by the School of Earth and Environmental SciencesProfessor Ramin Jahanbegloo from the O.P Jindal Global University
Hosted by the School of History2021-2022 Global Fellowship awards
Professor Jc Beall from the University of Notre Dame
Hosted by the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film StudiesDr Aaron Ellison from Harvard University
Hosted by Schools of Mathematics and Statistics, and BiologyProfessor Ryan Gilmour from the University of Münster
Hosted by the School of ChemistryProfessor Nikolaos Topaloglou from Athens University of Economics & Business
Hosted by the University of St Andrews Business School2021-2022 Global Fellowship (Education) award
Professor Roger Strasser from the University of Waikato
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2020-2021 Senior Global Fellowship awards
Professor Alastair Blanshard from the University of Queensland
Hosted by the School of ClassicsProfessor Birgit Ulrike Münch from the University of Bonn
Hosted by the Schools of History and Art HistoryProfessor Philip Mannheim from the University of Connecticut
Hosted by the School of Physics and AstronomyProfessor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong from Duke University
Hosted by the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies2020-2021 Global Fellowship awards
Dr Rika Anderson from Carleton College
Hosted by the School of Earth and Environmental SciencesProfessor Peter Hirschfeld from the University of Florida
Hosted by the School of Physics and AstronomyProfessor Myles McGregor-Lowndes from Queensland University of Technology
Hosted by the Business SchoolProfessor Thomas Pfau from Duke University
Hosted by the School of DivinityDr Vivian Sheng from The University of Hong Kong
Hosted by the School of Art HistoryDr Jasmine Trice from the University of California, Los Angeles
Hosted by the School Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies2020-2021 Global Fellowship (Education) award
Dr Ahmar Mahboob from the University of Sydney
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2019-2020 Global Fellowship awards
Professor Alexander Balatsky from the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Connecticut
Hosted by the School of Physics and AstronomyProfessor Iain Gordon from the Australian National University
Hosted by the School of BiologyDr Christopher Junium from Syracuse University
Hosted by the School of Earth and Environmental SciencesProfessor Alison Landsberg from George Mason University
Hosted by the Schools of International Relations and Modern LanguagesProfessor Glen MacDonald from the University of California, Los Angeles
Hosted by the School of Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentProfessor Rod McNaughton from the University of Auckland
Hosted by the Business SchoolProfessor Pablo Shmerkin from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Hosted by the School of Mathematics and StatisticsProfessor Mathias Schmoeckel from the University of Bonn
Hosted by the School of History