Professor of Sociology David P. Baker appointed a Mercator Fellow by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Professor of Sociology David P. Baker appointed a Mercator Fellow by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Penn State Professor of Sociology, of Education and of Demography David P. Baker has been appointed a Mercator Fellow by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), also known as the German Research Foundation.
Beginning this month, Baker will spend the next four years making regular trips to Germany’s Goethe University Frankfurt to conduct research as part of the prestigious fellowship, which is part of the German Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) and reserved for leading scholars whose work brings to a German-led scientific project “foundational intellectual direction, international visibility and comparative scope of the research program,” according to DFG. The award is named after the renowned 16th century cartographer Gerardus Mercator.
Penn State Professor of Sociology, of Education and of Demography David P. Baker has been appointed a Mercator Fellow by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), also known as the German Research Foundation.
Beginning this month, Baker will spend the next four years making regular trips to Germany’s Goethe University Frankfurt to conduct research as part of the prestigious fellowship, which is part of the German Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) and reserved for leading scholars whose work brings to a German-led scientific project “foundational intellectual direction, international visibility and comparative scope of the research program,” according to DFG. The award is named after the renowned 16th century cartographer Gerardus Mercator.