"Comparative Legal Research on Eurasian Law": Program for junior scholars begins in Hamburg
14.06.2010
Over the course of a nine-month scholarship stay at the Institute, the burgeoning scholars will undertake comparative research on civil and economic law topics with regards to their respective home countries. Their efforts in Hamburg will be bolstered not only by the Institute's research facilities but also by the opportunity to participate in international dialogues and build new professional networks. Results of the in-depth work completed at the Institute will be published in German, English and Russian. Eugenia Kurzynsky-Singer, senior research fellow responsible for the Institute's unit on Russia and other CIS nations describes their research activities as being valuable for all parties involved. "The work the scholarship recipients are to undertake at the Institute will significantly enhance their legal qualifications and future employment perspectives in their home nations. Simultaneously, an intensive academic exchange of this nature provides a base of considerable knowledge and a host of further impulses for the Institute's own comparative research."The Volkswagen Foundation, located in Hannover supports research projects in all academic fields. The foundation places particular emphasis on junior scholarship and on cooperative efforts that reach beyond academic, cultural and geographic borders. Since its establishment in 1962, the Volkswagen Foundation has, as the largest foundation of its kind in Germany, supported over 29,000 projects with more than 3.5 billion Euros.