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Following our call for proposals, we have selected six students to join the IAS research community and work on their final thesis at the institute. The best and most original thesis will be awarded with a prize.

For the academic year 2021-2022 the following Master's students have been selected, based on academic track record, motivation and thesis topic:

  • Sjoerd Terpstra, Computational Science
    "Rate-Induced Transitions in Pollinator Networks"
  • Joos Akkerman, Computational Science
    "The complex, nonlinear effects of fiscal policies aimed at emission mitigation"
  • Charles Rouleau, Art and Performance Research Studies
    The notion of “sound milieu” in the light of recent findings in Plant Bioacoustics
  • Helena Rauxloh, Social Science Research
    "Corporate Lobbying in the EU: who is talking and is anyone listening?"
  • Amira Salama, European Studies
    "The impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the humanitarian geopolitics in the EU’s external border management: the uneven access to health care for RMAs (refugees, migrants and asylum seekers)"
  • Andreas Stoiber, Cultural and Social Anthropology
    The NGO Space-Eye and their goal to combine artificial intelligence and satellite images to support civil sea rescue missions