Post-doctoral Fellows

Post-Doctoral Fellows are scholars with a new PhD who do not yet have a full time teaching oriented appointment.  They typically come from the ranks of our Junior Fellows and Pre-Doctoral Fellows. These are not in-house appointments. Post-doctoral fellows who are in-house are listed on our Visiting Fellows page. In-house Post-doctoral Fellows come to us with their own outside institutional funding when their work fits with CCS intellectual agendas. The CCS does not offer funding for postdoctoral appointments.  

Alphabetical, by last name

Kamile GrusauskaiteKamile Grusauskaite

Postdoctoral Fellow, KU Leuven, Belgium

Kamile Grusauskaite is a cultural sociologist specializing in media and digital culture. Holding a PhD in Social Sciences from KU Leuven (Belgium), she is currently an FWO postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven and a visiting fellow at Yale University’s Center for Cultural Sociology. Her research explores the intersections of disinformation, internet policy, deviance, online communities, platform governance, and gender. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Cultural Sociology, Social Media + Society, New Media & Society, and Public Understanding of Science.

Sara R. de Andrade SilvaSara R. de Andrade Silva

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Amsterdam

Sara de Andrade Silva is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in Cultural Sociology. Holding a PhD in sociology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, she currently researches the global rise of contemporary and modern art in private museums. Her work explores the intersection between critical cultural production, private and corporate influence in the art world, and the audiences’ engagement with contemporary art.

Sandra SimonsenSandra Simonsen

Postdoctoral Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark

Sandra Simonsen received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Media and Journalism Studies at Aarhus University. She combines digital, quantitative, and qualitative tools to explore meaning-making practices in legacy media, online platforms, and political communication.

Dominik ZelinskyDominik Zelinsky

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen

Dominik Zelinsky received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2020, and is currently employed as a postdoctoral fellow in the ECR/Carlsberg-funded project Who are We (PI Dan Zahavi) at the University of Copenhagen. His interests lie in the fields of social theory, cultural sociology, as well as the sociology of art and science.