Fellows

Fellowships are designed for leading members of civil society and researchers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia to conduct intensive research, writing and networking. We bring fellows from the region to Prague to focus on their projects in a safe space, away from the daily routine of their organisations and pressures in their home countries, including the hardships and dangers of war in the case of Ukrainians.

The range of fellows and types of projects we support are diverse, including journalists, lawyers, entrepreneurs, activists and former political prisoners working on everything from articles and books to films and comic strips.

Current Fellows

Anastassia Gorbunova

Kazakhstan

Anastassia is a science journalist. Her fellowship project will focus on the creation of a practical guide to critical thinking for older school children. She will also develop a series of lectures and workshops on this topic for students.

Perizat Saitburkhanova

Kyrgyzstan

Perizat is a journalist, political analyst and TV host with Kyrgyzstan’s Next TV, which was closed by authorities in 2022. She was also a co-organiser of the anti-corruption protest movement #Reакция. For her fellowship project she will develop a concept for a TV programme focused on youth, sovereignty and decolonisation.

Mariam Gamkharashvili

Georgia

Mariam is the co-founder and educational programme lead at Forset, an organisation in Georgia using data, design and technology to support civil society. For her fellowship project she will develop a training curriculum and manual for using data-driven communications in activism and journalism.

Former Fellows

Artur Grigoryan

Armenia
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Nataliia Povtar

Ukraine
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Iryna Domnenko

Ukraine
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David Amiryan

Armenia
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Darya Sydorenko

Ukraine
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Tehmine Yenoqyan

Armenia
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Evgheni Camenscic

Moldova
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Hayk Asriyants

Armenia
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Yaroslav Minkin

Ukraine
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Alexander Iscenco

Moldova
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Tinatin Khidasheli

Georgia
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Arzu Geybulla

Azerbaijan
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Fatima Yakupbaeva

Kyrgyzstan
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Olga Myrovych

Ukraine
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Pamira Sainazarova

Kyrgyzstan
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Nazira Darimbet

Kazakhstan
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Vlada Ciobanu

Moldova
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Bektour Iskender

Kyrgyzstan
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Valeria Korablyova

Ukraine
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Avetik Mejlumyan

Armenia
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Aina Shormanbayeva

Kazakhstan
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Yulia Tyshchenko

Ukraine
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Nouneh Sarkissian

Armenia
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Hennadiy Maksak,

Ukraine
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Tetyana Bohdanova

Ukraine
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Atyr Abdrakhmatova

Kyrgyzstan
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Babutsa Pataraia

Georgia
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Savia Hasanova

Kyrgyzstan
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Olga Lvova

Ukraine
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Olena Strelnyk

Ukraine
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