Current Visiting Researchers

2026

Alberto Bórquez, Universidade de São Paulo
Global SCRIPTS Fellow | Project Title: Diplomatic Interaction and Norm Diffusion in UNFCCC Party Statements (1995–2023)
01 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug, 2027 Dr. Shuyu Chu, New York University | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
SCRIPTS Visiting Researcher | Project Title: Anti-Corruption Agencies and the Liberal Global Script
01 Sep 2026 – 31 Dec, 2026 Ishan Fouzdar, Shiv Nadar University
Academic Accelerator Fellow | Project Title: What Happened to Decolonisation? A Genealogy of the Concept Since the 1950s
01 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug, 2027 Muskaan Katiyar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Academic Accelerator Fellow | Project Title: Legal Coldness: The Case of Sexual Frigidity and Unfeeling within Indian Law
01 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug, 2027 Prof. Nikita Khokhlov, PhD, University College Dublin
SCRIPTS Forum Visiting Researcher | Project Title: Digital Infrastructures and Authoritarian Learning in Eurasia: The Case of Chinese and Russian Technological Diffusion
15 Aug 2026 – 15 Oct, 2026 Gabriela Machado Rennó, Universidade de São Paulo
Global SCRIPTS Fellow | Project Title: The Implications of AI Adoption by the Brazilian Judiciary for Access to Justice
01 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug, 2027 Prof. Sokhna Rosalie Ndiaye, PhD, Université Rose Dieng France-Sénégal
SCRIPTS Visiting Professor | Project Title: High Hopes and Broken Promises: Young Adult Courses and Political Protest in Senegal
01 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec, 2026 Sumire Negishi, Waseda University
Global SCRIPTS Fellow | Project Title: Immigrant Intergration Norms in the EU and Germany
12 Oct 2026 – 31 Aug, 2027 Rupal Rupali, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Academic Accelerator Fellow | Project Title: Alternative Theorising of Gender in International Relations: A Queer Perspective
01 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug, 2027 Prof. Matthias vom Hau, PhD, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals
SCRIPTS Visiting Professor | Project Title: Against Mass Schooling: Contestations of Mass Schooling and Their Enduring Legacies
13 Oct 2026 – 04 Dec, 2026 Prof. Eddie Yang, PhD, Purdue University
SCRIPTS Forum Visiting Researcher | Project Title: The Marketplace and Merchants of Ideas: Social Media and AI
01 Oct 2026 – 30 Nov, 2026

Former Visiting Researchers

2026

Dr. Dastan Jasim, Paris Dauphine University - PSL
SCRIPTS Forum Visiting Researcher | Project Title: Mapping Stateless AI Infrastructures:
Kurdish Language Technologies and the Governance of Low-Resource Digital Orders
01 Aug 2026 – 31 Aug, 2026 Linette Lim, University College Dublin
SCRIPTS Forum Visiting Researcher | Project Title: Transnational Information Strategies and Diaspora Politics: The Case of China’s AI-Driven Communication on TikTok
15 Jul 2026 – 15 Sep, 2026