News & Events

News and Events

July 14, 2023

IIE-SRF host partner in Germany shares about their work hosting threatened scholars

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law profiles three displaced researchers who have found the opportunity to continue their work in safety on campus and highlights the Institute’s partnership with IIE-SRF.

June 30, 2023

IIE-SRF alumna receives L’Oréal-UNESCO medal of honor for women scientists

UNESCO

Dr. Marycelin Baba of Nigeria received the L’Oréal-UNESCO medal of honor for women scientists. This medal recognizes her scientific achievements despite facing conditions that forced her to temporarily leave her home country. Dr. Baba undertook IIE-SRF fellowships in South Africa and Kenya but has since returned to Nigeria, where her work has contributed to nearly eradicating polio in the country.

June 29, 2023

Local paper pens multi-part series on IIE-SRF fellow from Yemen pursuing his love of teaching in South Dakota

Brookings Register
By Dave Graves

The Brookings Register ran a three-part story on alumnus Tareq Al Maqtari’s journey of pursuing a passion for teaching across three countries. Read part I at the link below, then find part II here and part III here.

June 20, 2023

Afghan woman scholar of mechanical engineering shares her story of being displaced in Canada

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan

Fellow Marzia Hakimi, in an interview with Candaian Women for Women in Afghanistan, diuscusses gender descriminiation she faced in a male-dominated field in Afghanistan, the fate of women and girls’ education in Afghanistan today, and how she has found an academic home at the University of Alberta.

June 6, 2023

University World News article features IIE-SRF statement on Sudan

University World News
By Wagdy Sawahel

The article highlights destruction to infrastructure including higher education institutions in Sudan and closes with the IIE-SRF statement on the conflict.  

April 24, 2023

Alumnus pens opinion piece on how Canada can promote peace in Yemen

Ottawa Citizen
By Mustafa Bahran

Mustafa Bahran, Yemen’s former minister of energy and electricity and an IIE-SRF alumnus now at Carleton University, calls on Canada to more proactively work with its international partners to sustain the peace process in his home country.

April 12, 2023

IIE-SRF host partner interviews Ukrainian fellow about the war’s impact on her career

Vilnius University

Vilnius University sat down with Dr. Olga Belousova, a medical practitioner and scholar of pediatric gastroenterology, to discuss her experience as a doctor treating children during the war in Ukraine and life since she moved to Lithuania on her IIE-SRF fellowship.

April 10, 2023

How SRF host partner Carleton University in Canada supports at-risk scholars

The Charlatan
By Kyra Vellinga

The student newspaper of Carleton University located in Ottawa, Ontario, highlights efforts across the university to support threatened scholars, including hosting IIE-SRF fellow Mustafa Bahran of Yemen.

March 21, 2023

Fellow publishes analysis of ethnic politics in Afghanistan

Wilson Center
By Mirwais Balkhi

Mirwais Balkhi writes in the Wilson Center blog about the need for Afghanistan’s ethnic narratives to shift from dominance to dialogue.

March 2, 2023

One year of war in Ukraine: IIE’s crisis response update

By IIE-SRF staff

February 24, 2023 marked one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more about how IIE is supporting scholars affected by this crisis through IIE-SRF and other initiatives.