2026-2027 Columbia Global Emerging Scholars

Columbia Global welcomes eight scholars from around the world as part of the 2026-2027 Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program. The fellowship offers early-career scholars who hold refugee status or have been forcibly displaced the opportunity to enhance their research capabilities, expand professional networks, and support their reintegration into academia in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

israa sadder
Israa Sadder

Research Topic: 

Country: Syria

Columbia Global Center: Amman

Dr. Yasir Hassan Ahmed Al-Qudimi
Dr. Yasir Hassan Ahmed Al-Qudimi

Research Topic: 

Country: Yemen

Columbia Global Center: Amman

Dr. Yousif Modaghesh
Dr. Yousif Modaghesh

Research Topic: From Counter-Narrative to Atmospheric Narration: Surveillance and Formal Innovation in Contemporary Arab American Novels

Country: Yemen

Columbia Global Center: Amman

Ghaidaa Motahar
Ghaidaa Motahar

Research Topic:

Country: Yemen

Columbia Global Center: Amman

Mai Aman
Mai Aman

Research Topic: The Universal Periodic Review and children’s rights: A case study of the right to education in Sudan

Country: Sudan

Columbia Global Center: Nairobi

Joljol Yahya
Joljol Yahya

Research Topic: Examining the Impact of Differentiated Assistance (DA) on Vulnerability and Coping Strategies among refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Turkana County, Kenya

Country: Sudan

Columbia Global Center: Nairobi

Carmen Corea-Sánchez
Carmen Corea-Sánchez

Research Topic: Land-based responses to (Neo-)Extractivism under Authoritarian Regimes. The case of Nicaragua

Country: Nicaragua

Columbia Global Center: Santiago

Luis Manuel Marcano Salazar
Luis Manuel Marcano Salazar

Research Topic: Judicial Observatories and Early Warning Systems for the Protection of Judicial Independence and Democratic Legitimacy in Latin America

Country: Venezuela

Columbia Global Center: Santiago