As a Fulbright Schuman student researcher to the European Union, Nicole Tong spent the 2024-25 academic year investigating the assessment and engineering of more equitable and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems in Sweden (Umeå University) and the Netherlands (AI, Media & Democracy Lab) alongside Prof. Virginia Dignum. Her research compared the transatlantic landscape of AI regulation […]
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Gian Pietro Enzo Bellocca was an Italian 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Economics at Brown University. He is a PhD student in Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer Engineering and a double Master Degree in Engineering, at Politecnico di Torino, and in Finance, at the […]

As a Fulbright Schuman student researcher for the 2023-24 academic year, Nilesh Kavthekar conducted research in tech and labor policy in Denmark (University of Copenhagen), Spain (IE Law School), and Belgium (KU Leuven). His research compared the labor protections offered to gig workers in different EU countries and how national models change under the proposed […]
Clemens Lauer was a German 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Accounting at Columbia University. He is a PhD student and research assistant at the Business Administration Department of Mannheim University, Germany, where he also completed his master’s degree in finance and accounting. He spent two semesters abroad, one at the University of Victoria, Canada and one at the St. Petersburg Graduate School of Management, Russia. After his master, Clemens gained two years of practical experience in the asset management industry before returning to academia.
Eleni Skarsouli was a Greek 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Research Scholar in Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Eleni Skarsouli has studied Classics in Greece and Germany and holds a PhD in Greek Philology from the University of Cologne. She has worked as a research assistant in the project “Edition Kölner Papyri ” and has edited documentary and literary papyri. In 2021 she published an edition of three papyri containing unknown passages from the Euripidean tragedy Telephos. Besides the edition of papyri her research also encompasses various topics related to ancient Greek language and life in antiquity (legislation, material culture, professional practices, color terminology etc.). In the last years she has investigated the use of metaphorical language in Ancient Greek for the expression of emotions.
Andrea Soos was a Hungarian 2023-24 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Art History at the Center for Architecture. She is a curator, writer and researcher. Her projects explore underground culture, human interactions in built environments and the ways architecture influences communities. She worked at the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hungarian National Gallery and carried out international research and curatorial projects in Europe and the United States. She holds a master’s degree in design theory from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and a curatorial degree from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Currently she is a PhD candidate in Design Culture Studies at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.
Carolina Paulesu was an Italian 2023-2024 Fulbright Schuman Visiting Student Researcher in Law at Yale University. She is a PhD Researcher in Law at the European University Institute. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Milan (J.D. equivalent), obtained summa cum laude, a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Master of Laws from the European University Institute.
Andreea Nastase was a Romanian 2022-2023 Fulbright Schuman Research Scholar in Political Science at James Madison University. Dr. Nastase is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, where she teaches various subjects in European Union politics and governance in BA and MA programmes. In her research, Andreea explores public ethics, integrity and democratic legitimacy in EU governance, while her most current work focuses on EU lobbying and lobbyists.
From 20 to 23 March 2024, the Fulbright Commission in Brussels facilitated the participation of 25 current American Fulbrighters and 25 European alumni of EU-funded exchange programs in the 2024 EU-US Young Leaders Seminar on the Security Implications of Climate Change. The event marked the seventh iteration of the EU-US Young Leaders Seminar, which was […]
EU-NATO Seminar 2024
In February 2024, the Fulbright Commission in Brussels welcomed American Fulbright grantees to Belgium and Luxembourg for the forty-first annual Fulbright Seminar to the European Union and NATO. Participants included U.S. Fulbright grantees based in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, […]