Wire – Women in Research

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Welcome to the WiRe Blog! WiRe – Women in Research is a Fellowship program for outstanding female postdocs at the University of Münster, Germany. On our blog you will find exciting insights into the (research) worlds of our fellows, learn more about how current research helps to solve pressing problems of our times, get inspired by our fellows and their experiences in the world of research and academia, and go on forays through Münster with us!

WiRe Networking Event 2019 / Nikolaus Urban

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Is Spain a White Country? Rewriting Race, Nation, and Identity in Contemporary Spain
Antiracist Literature | Literary & Cultural Studies | Research for Future

Is Spain a White Country? Rewriting Race, Nation, and Identity in Contemporary Spain

Investigating questions of race, identity, and national belonging are critical to understanding the struggles that democracies worldwide face today, as they seek to address the surges in racism and xenophobia that often accompany ongoing demographic shifts.

Plastics That Don’t Pollute Our Planet? How Research on Enzyme Optimization Helps To Solve One of the Biggest Challenges of Our Time
Biosciences | Chemistry | Research for Future

Plastics That Don’t Pollute Our Planet? How Research on Enzyme Optimization Helps To Solve One of the Biggest Challenges of Our Time

Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem. Learn more on a promising scientific approach, advanced by Dr. Aleksandra Marsavelski, to overcome the global crisis. Aleksandra’s research focusses on enzymes that can act as molecular scissors to cleave apart plastic pollution.

The Fellows


Dr. Alison Posey: Investigating How Racial Minority Authors and Artists are Represented in Spanish Literature
Cohort 2023

Dr. Alison Posey: Investigating How Racial Minority Authors and Artists are Represented in Spanish Literature

Meet philologist and expert in Hispanic literature Dr. Alison Posay on this Welcome Wednesday! Alison investigates the role of the work of ethnic and racial minorities in debates about defining a collective national identity in contemporary Spain.