Blumenfeld Junior Fellowships
Applications welcomed for 2026-2027
The Blumenfeld Fund supports a maximum of four junior fellows each academic year (September to May).
Hans Blumenfeld endowed a Franz Blumenfeld Peace Fund, in memory of his brother who died in the First World War. The Fund is dedicated to projects in peace education and research. Science for Peace, with its office in University College, University of Toronto, administers this fund. Please refer to our website to learn more about Science for Peace and the Blumenfeld Fund: https://www.scienceforpeace.org
To qualify, candidates must have completed, or be completing, their Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree, achieved a high academic standing, and be interested in the work of one of the main research and action areas at Science for Peace. Currently, these areas include nuclear weapons and their abolition and nonviolence in national defence.
You can hold a Junior Fellowship while you pursue a graduate degree or are employed. Your work with Science for Peace will take only a few hours each week.
Those selected will participate as a member of a working group, engage in event promotion or relations with university student clubs, and conduct research and writing on pertinent topics. Fellows are encouraged to create short and accessible research papers, which are rigorously refereed by mentors. Revised articles are published on our website and/or in another publication or online source. Junior Fellows are paid for each article that is accepted for publication.
We invite applications, which should be sent to info@scienceforpeace.org . Your application should summarize your post-secondary education, include a transcript of academic standing, and explain how your interests coincide with the purpose of one of our two research and action groups.
Applications will be accepted until June 30th. Fellowships begin in September.
Blumenfeld Junior Fellows 2025-2026
Patrick Kwok
Patrick is pursuing his Master’s degree in Political Science at University of Toronto. His research focus includes Theories of Political Actions, Gandhian Political Thought, Non-violence and Hong Kong Politics.
Jordan Le Roux
Jordan is a current MA candidate in Public Policy and Administration at Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University. She holds a BA in History, also from TMU, with a focus on international relations and Southeast Asian studies.
Blumenfeld Junior Fellows 2024-2025
Emily Hannan
Emily completed her studies at Wilfred Laurier University. Her focus includes global studies, peace and conflict studies, and social theory.
Fariha Khan
Fariha is a recent graduate of the dual-degree Global Executive MBA program from Rotman at University of Toronto and SDA Bocconi School of Management. Her research interests include conflict and peacebuilding, international
relations and world history,
advanced technology, and nuclear deterrence.
Anna Lysenko
Anna completed her studies at University of Toronto, with a focus on national security.
Saskia Van Beers
Saskia is working towards her masters of engineering at University of Toronto.
Blumenfeld Junior Fellows 2023-2024
_edited.jpg)
Ella Levin
BA (University of Toronto).
Ella served as liaison with undergraduate students and ran ther SfP Instagram.
Mary Kazek
Mary was enrolled in a Masdters program in the Munck School of Global Affairs, U of T
Blumenfeld Junior Fellows 2022-2023
Alfie Hoar
Alfie Hoar is a student at Pembroke College, Oxford, studying Physics and Philosophy. Having just completed his Bachelor’s degree and is now moving into his Master’s, Alfie has a broad interest in the philosophy of science and science’s place in society. He has been involved in campaigns against climate science misinformation and for progressive climate policy in the UK. He participates in SfP’s Non-Violent Resistance Working Group
Boris Kyrychenko
Boris Kyrychenko, born and raised in Toronto, is a recent undergraduate from the University of Toronto, who completed his major in International Relations, and two minors in political science and French studies. His research interests include Canadian foreign policy, world history, nuclear non-proliferation, Eastern European and NATO geopolitics.
Aidan Oliver
Aidan Oliver is a Master's student at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University. In April 2022, she completed her undergraduate at the University of Toronto in Political Science, Environmental Science and French; writing a senior thesis on Arctic Security. She also works for Defence Research and Development Canada on issues of Climate Change and Security.
"Being a Junior Fellow at Science for Peace this past year has been a fantastic opportunity, as well as a tremendous learning experience. This was precisely the kind of opportunity that evaded me during my undergraduate studies, and has allowed me to further develop many of my academic and professional skills (namely research, writing and analysis). Furthermore, being a Junior Fellow has allowed me to collaborate with many brilliant, talented and passionate members and academics within an ideological perspective that has increasingly been lacking in our public discourse- pacifism".
Boris Kyrychenko (2022-2023)
"Being a Blumenfeld Junior Fellow has taught me a lot about the solutions needed to make our world a safer one. As a non-Canadian student, it has been really insightful comparing Canadian environmental policy and activism with the UK’s. Working with the NVWG has taught me a great deal about non-militaristic methods of defence which can be used to greatly reduce the risk of large-scale wars or nuclear fallout".