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Thomas G. Weiss and Mark F. Massoud named 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellows

11. May 2016

Thomas G. Weiss, Mark F. Massoud

Thomas G. Weiss (l.), Mark F. Massoud

Thomas G. Weiss and Dr. Mark F. Massoud have been named 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellows together with 31 other scientists from the US.

 

The fellows “will provide new perspectives on [their] topics” and are “addressing some of the world’s most urgent challenges to U.S. democracy and international order,” as the funding Carnegie Corporation of New York stated. Each fellow will receive up to $200,000 toward the funding of one to two years of scholarly research and writing.

Prof. Thomas G. Weiss  is Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center at City University of New York. he is one of the world’s leading experts on the United Nations and on humanitarian intervention.
Weiss has been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz in 2012 and the MA-program in international administration and conflict management at the University of Konstanz in 2011.
research project “A World Without the United Nations”

Prof. Mark Fathi Massoud is Associate Professor for Politics and Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Massoud has been a visiting scholar at the MA-program in international administration and conflict management at the University of Konstanz in 2015.
research project “Human Rights and Islamic States: Can Religion Rebuild the Rule of Law After War?”