Kiel: Germany’s Naval City
One of my favorite things to do after work in Kiel was to grab a share bike and cycle along the Kiel fiord. I…
2019
Greece: Breaking Stereotypes
One of the unique aspects of the Fulbright-Schuman fellowship is its stipulation that scholars divide their time between at least two European Union…
Breaking the Bubble at Alcoa’s Sustainability Day
“We must account for them.” My co-presenter Laura and I turned away from our lunches to see an older man not so subtly gesturing…
Seven Countries in Six Months
In my immediate family, I was the first and still the only one who obtained a Bachelor’s degree, moved outside our hometown, and…
Design your life through Fulbright
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Roman Stoic Philosopher The Roman Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca…
Open Science by Design – A Fulbright in Review
The ideals and principles of open science (or “open research and scholarship”, as we might express it in the States) are summed up in…
Four Judges
Primo It’s February and I’m in, of all places, Luxembourg. How did I get here? I accepted a six-month Fulbright-Schuman fellowship in Florence, but…
What it’s like to live the Fulbright-Schuman experience in California
The Fulbright-Schuman Program offered me the extraordinary opportunity of working on my research project in California, collaborating with other researchers and students in one…
A Timely Look at European Defense Policy
An Interview with Michelle Shevin-Coetzee By Elisabeth Bloxam In April 2019, nearly three years after the June 2016 referendum, the world remains mesmerized by…