Current Fellows
2025-26
The Fellows are in residence for the entire academic year, unless otherwise specified.
Invited Fellows 2025-26:

Egil Asprem (Spring 2026)
Sabbatical Fellow, SCAS
Professor of History of Religions, Stockholm University

Navnita Chadha Behera
Fellow, SCAS
Professor of International Relations, University of Delhi

Peter Bergsten (Spring 2026)
Sabbatical Fellow, SCAS
Professor, Department of Medical Cell Biology and Affiliated Researcher, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University

Anders Ekström
Global Horizons Senior Fellow, SCAS
Professor of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University

Johan Elverskog
Fellow, SCAS
Dedman Family Distinguished Professor, Professor of Religious Studies, and, by courtesy, Professor of History, Southern Methodist University

Sahana Ghosh (Autumn 2025)
Fellow, SCAS
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, National University of Singapore

David Goldstein (Spring 2026)
Human Past Senior Fellow, SCAS
A. Richard Diebold Jr. Professor of Indo-European Studies, Professor of Linguistics & Professor of Classics, University of California, Los Angeles

Anthony Jakob
Human Past Junior Fellow, SCAS

Dana Katz
Fellow, SCAS
Researcher, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

Andreas Kirschning (March 2026)
Sabbatical Fellow, SCAS
Professor of Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover
Guest Professor of Chemistry, Uppsala Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University

Geoffrey Maguire (Spring 2026)
Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Cambridge

Jing-Bao Nie (Autumn 2025)
Barbro Klein Fellow, SCAS.
Professor of Bioethics, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago

Niklas Olsen (Autumn 2025)
SCAS-Nordic Fellow, SCAS
Professor of Intellectual History, University of Copenhagen

Hugo Reyes-Centeno (Autumn 2025)
Human Past Senior Fellow, SCAS
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Kentucky

Feyda Sayan-Cengiz (Spring 2026)
Barbro Klein Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Manisa Celal Bayar University

Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed (Autumn 2025)
Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Uppsala University

Paul Seaward (Spring 2026)
Fellow, SCAS
Emeritus Director, The History of Parliament Trust, London

Jane Shaw (Autumn 2025)
Fellow, SCAS
Professor of the History of Religion, University of Oxford

Hanna Shevtsova
SCAS-VUIAS Fellow, SCAS
Principal Researcher, Institute of Industrial Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Samuli Simelius
SCAS-Nordic Fellow, SCAS
Researcher, University of Helsinki
Pro Futura Scientia Fellows in Residence 2025-26:

Chakad Ojani (Spring 2026)
Pro Futura Scientia Fellow, SCAS
Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University

Olle Risberg
Pro Futura Scientia Fellow, SCAS
Researcher, Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University.
Project Coordinator, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm

Ylwa Sjölin Wirling
Pro Futura Scientia Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, University of Gothenburg

Julia Velkova
Pro Futura Scientia Fellow, SCAS
Professor of Media and Culture, Linköping University
Research Affiliate, Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara

Jack Wright
Pro Futura Scientia Fellow, SCAS
Associate Professor of Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg
Non-Resident Long-term Fellows in Residence 2025-26:

Naoko Shimazu (September 2025)
Non-resident Long-term Fellow for Programmes on Modern History and International Relations, SCAS
Professor and Deputy Director, Tokyo College, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo

Michael John Watts (Mid-September - October 2025)
Non-resident Long-term Fellow for Programmes on the Political Economy of Development and Development Policy, SCAS.
Class of ‘63 Professor of Geography Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley.
Visiting Professor, Committee on Environment, Globalization &
