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The Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS) is the central platform for interdisciplinary research and networking of visiting scholars from Germany and abroad at the University of Passau. PICAIS offers research stays for internationally renowned scholars and supports academic events that foster collaboration and networking.
Important Information
The next deadlines to apply for funding in 2024 and 2025 are as follows:
- Tuesday, October 17, 2023 and
- Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Please check our website for information on funding opportunities and modalities.
Fellows
Current Fellows

Project Proposal
Organizational Adaptation to sustained cosmological Crisis - Extension of a longitudinal study of nature parks in Ukraine during the Russian invasion and the (de)occupation since February 2022
Fellowship
6 months, July - December 2023
Host at the University of Passau
Chair of Strategic Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Further details

Project Proposal
Public Communication in a City under Attack: Russia’s Informational Influence on the Citizens of Mariupol
Fellowship
12 months, October 2022 - March 2023 & October 2023 - March 2024
Host at the University of Passau
Chair of Political Communication with a Focus on Eastern Europe and the Post-Soviet Region
Contact details
E-mail address:
melnyk04@ads.uni-passau.de
Further details

Project Proposal
What Is It Like to Be a Migrant? Emotion and Inner Experience in Shumona Sinha’s Migrant and Refugee Narratives
Fellowship
6 months, May - July 2023 & January - March 2024
Host at the University of Passau
Prof. Dr. Marina Ortrud Hertrampf
Professorship of Romance Literature and Culture with a focus on France
Contact details
E-mail address:
diana.mistreanu21@gmail.com
Further details

Project Proposal
Inequality, the Welfare State, and the Racialization of Post-Soviet Migrants in Germany and the United States
Fellowship
3 months, June - July 2023 & May - June 2024
Host at the University of Passau
Professorship for American Studies/Cultural and Media Studies
Contact details
E-mail address:
Claudia.Sadowski-Smith@asu.edu
Further details
Future Fellows
We look forward to welcoming the following Fellows in the future:

Project Proposal
Disruptive innovation and “hybrid” products: an economic perspective of the disruptive potential of different forms of cultivated (cell-based) meats
Host at the University of Passau
Bioeconomy Economics Junior Research Group
Contact details
E-mail address:
glufkereis@ufpr.br
Further details

Project Proposal
The America-Bavaria Military Experience: A Visual Archive of Transnational Contact Zones
Host at the University of Passau
Professorship for American Studies/Cultural and Media Studies
Contact details
E-mail address:
csims@duke.edu
Further Details

Project Proposal
An innovative human centered legal model of local taxes and fees for Ukraine
Host at the University of Passau
Chair of Constitutional, Administrative, Public Finance and Tax Law
Contact details
E-mail address:
i.babin@chnu.edu.ua
Further details

Project Proposal
Towards Accountability in the use of Artificial Intelligence for Smart Grids: Concepts, Taxonomies, Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
Host at the University of Passau
Chair of Computer Networks and Computer Communications
Contact details
E-mail address:
sajavadi@aut.ac.ir
Further Details