The American Council on Germany awarded fellowships to the following individuals to complete research on timely topics:
Kristina Arakelyn
Adjunct Professor of Public Service
New York Univeristy
Research Topic: “Welcoming and Integrating: Municipal Migrant Response Operations in Munich, Leipzig, and Nuremberg”
2024 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Sewell Chan
Executive Editor
Columbia Journalism Review
Research Topic: “Media Trust, Ethics and Innovation”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Devin Corrigan
Senior Policy Associate
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Research Topic: “Apprenticeships in Transition: U.S.–German Innovations for a Changing Workforce”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Mion Edwards
Freelance Journalist
Research Topic: “Beyond Borders: Echoes of Audre Lorde in Afro-German Activism and Identity Amid the Rise of the Far Right”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Sylvia Fall
Integrationsbeauftragte
Stadt Emmendingen
Research Topic: “Welcoming and Inclusion as a Strategy for the Development of Small Development of Small Cities in the U.S. and Germany”
2024 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Herrick Fox
Researcher
Former US Department of Agriculture
Research Topic: “Germany’s Biobased Manufacturing Sector: Lessons for Circular Bioeconomy in the U.S.”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Eric Fraunholz
Executive Director
Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Sachsen
Research Topic: “Bridging the Divide: Transatlantic Lessons from the Rust Belt and Saxony”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Jule Hoffmann
Reporter
Deutschlandfunk/DeutschlandRadio Berlin
Research Topic: “Support Your Local Radio Station: How Public Media Is Fighting Political Threats”
2025 Kellen Fellow for Berlin-based Journalists
Amelie Jacques-Apke
Founder and Director
Young Security Conference Think Tank e.V.
Research Topic: “America First, Europe Adrift? Agree to disagree on territorial (dis)integrity?”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Meral Kaufmann
Chief of Staff for Ricarda Lang
German Bundestag
Research Topic: “Two Years of Inflation Reduction Act: Between Hopes for a Green Future, Geopolitical Turmoil, and Electoral Campaigning”
2024 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Thomas Koenig
Director – China
German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Research Topic: “Reigniting the U.S.-German Strategic Alliance on China”
2024 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Mattis Koerber
Consultant for International Public Affairs and Corporate Communications
navos – Public Dialogue Consultants
Research Topic: “Exploring Potentials of Aligned Transatlantic Hydrogen Regulatory Frameworks for Creating Momentum for Green Hydrogen Initiatives in the Global South”
2024 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Curran McSwigan
Deputy Director of the Economic Program
Third Way
Research Topic: “How Caregiving Shapes Women’s Workforce Experiences: A Comparative Study of the United States and Germany”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Anna Neifer
Freelance Journalist
Research Topic: “Democratic Algorithms: The U.S. and Germany Between Freedom and Responsibility”
2025 Kellen Fellow for Berlin-based Journalists
Isolde Ruhdorfer
Foreign Policy Editor
Krautreporter
Research Topic: “The US has shaped global politics for decades, then came Trump. What is changing now?”
2025 Kellen Fellow for Berlin-based Journalists
Anna Seidel
Director
World Minds Foundation
Research Topic: “Transforming Innovation: Building Transatlantic Platforms for Science and Technology through Private Sector Investment”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Dr. Robert Yee
Lecturer and Postdoc
Yale University
Research Topic: “The Origins of Banking Law and Regulation in Germany, 1871–1945”
2025 Dr. Richard Hunt Fellow