Doha, Qatar: Seven scholars from leading universities around the world will join the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ) during the 2026–27 academic year, strengthening the University’s role as a global hub for research, dialogue, and knowledge production on the Global South.
Jowel Choufani, Aya Labanieh, and Osman Osman will join as Global Postdoctoral Scholars, while Larissa Buchholz, Geraldo Campos, Özge Calafato, and Teddy Workneh will be in residence as Global Fellows.
The #IAS_NUQ Global Fellowship and #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholars programs are central to the Institute’s efforts to build a sustained, interdisciplinary community of researchers working on the Global South.
The Global Postdoctoral Scholars program supports early-career researchers through long-term appointments, allowing them to advance historically grounded, theoretically informed research and mediamaking while contributing to program development, teaching, public scholarship, and publications with #IAS_NUQ_Press.
By contrast, the Global Fellowship program brings established and emerging scholars for shorter residencies up to one academic term, providing dedicated time and space to develop ongoing projects while engaging with the wider intellectual community at Northwestern Qatar. Both are residential programs that place sustained collaboration at the center of the scholars’ experience.
“Universities have a responsibility not only to generate knowledge, but also to expand the types of knowledge that matter,” said dean and CEO of Northwestern University in Qatar, Marwan M. Kraidy. “Many of today’s most consequential intellectual questions are being asked from, and answered within, the Global South.
“This cohort reflects our commitment to bringing together scholars whose work challenges conventional thinking, advances interdisciplinary research, and broadens global understanding.”
