Visiting Scholars 2025-2026

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) welcomes 18 Visiting Scholars who will be in residence during the 2025-2026 academic year. These scholars represent many social science disciplines and hail from institutions from nine European countries, Israel and the United States.

We invite you to explore their biographies as well as attend the weekly New Research on Europe Seminar where these scholars will present their research.

This year's John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellows are René Kreichauf,
Christian Neumeier, and Rouven Symank. The recipient of the Center's German Kennedy Memorial Fellowship is Anna Adorjáni.

Anna Adorjáni

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Augsburg; German Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

René Kreichauf

Professor in Urban Studies and Planning, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Christian Neumeier

Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt University of Berlin; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Rouven Symank

Postdoctoral Researcher, Free University of Berlin; John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow & Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

In addition to our Kennedy Fellows, the following visiting scholars will be in residence at CES for the full academic year.

Cameron Brinitzer

Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Jarmo Kallunki

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere University; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal

Professor of History, French & Italian and Law, University of Southern California Dornsife; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Muriel Rouyer

Professor of Political Science, Nantes Université; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Paulus Wagner

Marie-Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

The following scholars will be in residence for the fall and spring semesters only.

Fall 2025

Kristin Strømsnes

Professor of Political Science, University of Bergen; Senior Researcher, The Norwegian Research Centre; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Spring 2026

Grace Ballor

Assistant Professor of International Economic History, Bocconi University; Visiting Professor of History and Environmental Research, Sciences Po Paris; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Louison Cahen-Fourot

Associate Professor of Economics, Roskilde University; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Dimitri Courant

President of the Related Group on Democratic Innovations, American Political Science Association; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Ansgar Hudde

Assistant Professor, University of Cologne, Germany; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Jan C. Jansen

Full Professor of Modern History, University of Tübingen; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Oleksandra Tarkhanova

Research Associate, University of St. Gallen; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Teresa Völker

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Manès Weisskircher

Head of Research, REXKLIMA Group, Technische Universität Dresden; Visiting Scholar 2025-2026, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University