"Gendering Europe's Transformation after 1989: Romanian Women and the Political Economy of Transnational Care in Europe" Melanie Sofia Thut
MELANIE THUT
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT
ACTIVITIES
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
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Institute for Economic and Social History
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5
37073 Göttingen
Melanie.Thut@uni-goettingen.de
Consultation hours over Zoom and by arrangement.
Since 2025
Research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute for Economic and Social History at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
2024
Blue Book Traineeship at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy of the European Commission in Brussels
2022 – 2023
Project Assistant "Woman of Europe Award" at the European Movement Germany in Berlin
2022
Internship at the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce (AHK Romania) in Bucharest
2020 – 2021
Project manager for the European Social Economy Summit at the City of Mannheim's Economic Development Department
2019
Internship at the Haifa Foundation in Israel
2023 – 2024
Master of Arts in European Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Europe Natolin in Warsaw, including a research stay in Armenia
2021 – 2023
Erasmus Mundus International Joint Master Degree in GLOCAL - Global Markets, Local Creativities at the University of Glasgow and the Universitat de Barcelona and Master of Arts in History of Global Markets at the Georg-August-University Göttingen including a research stay in Romania
2019
Short-term study visit at the Kursk State University in Russia
2017 – 2020
Dual studies Bachelor of Arts in Business Development at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Mannheim
2024
Award for outstanding master's thesis at the Chair of European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy at the College of Europe Natolin
2023
Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for studying at the College of Europe
2023
DAAD scholarship for Master's Programs abroad (Eastern Europe)
2020
DHBW Mannheim Award for outstanding bachelor's theses
2019
Scholarship of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg for internships or study visits in Israel
2018 – 2024
Study Scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation