The American Council on Germany awarded fellowships to the following individuals to complete research on timely topics:
Kristina Arakelyn
Director of Strategic Planning
NYC Office of Asylum Seeker Operations
Research Topic: “Welcoming and Integrating: Municipal Migrant Response Operations in Munich, Leipzig, and Nuremberg”
2024 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Steffen Bartschat
CEO
Hill88
Research Topic: “Can Germany’s Mittelstand Companies Adapt to Digital Transformation?”
2023 McCloy Fellowship on Global Trends
Lina Berg
International Capacity Coordination Manager
DB Netz AG
Research Topic: “Taking the Best out of Two Systems – Railroads in Germany and the United States and Their Potential for Combatting Climate Change”
2023 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
Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad
Fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Research Topic “Toward a Transatlantic Foreign Policy Overcoming ‘Authoritarian Stability’: Bridging the Gap Between Values and Interests”
2022 McCloy Fellowship 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
Dr. Timo Lochocki
Senior Fellow
Stiftung Mercator
Research Topic: Germany’s National Interests
2022 McCloy Fellowship on Global Trends
Tria Raimundo
Director, Global Development Programs
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Research Topic: “Inclusive and feminist foreign policy and what it means for the transatlantic relationship”
2022 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Sarah Sieloff
Executive Director
Center for Creative Land Recycling
Research Topic: “Facilitating German-American Exchange through Land Reuse”
2019 McCloy Fellowship on Global Trends
Jaylin Stotler
Community Connections Manager
City of Thornton, Colorado
Research Topic: “Investigation of Methods to Combat Inequities in Healthy Food Access Amongst Those Living in Poverty”
2023 McCloy Fellowship on Global Trends