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Former intern Verena Massl wins award for her thesis
Friday 31 January 2020
We are proud of our former intern Verena Massl, who won this year’s Karl Golser prize for her thesis "Growing Up in a Bubble - Bilingual Education Experienced by Jewish and Palestinian Students in Israel".
Her final thesis was part of the master’s program "IRIS - Innovation in Research and Practice of Social Work" at the Faculty of Education at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. It is based on her research on the second generation of Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom.
Verena did the research for her thesis while interning at WASNS’s Communications and Development Office. Her stay was made possible by the Italian Friends of Neve Shalom - Wahat al-Salam, who awarding her a scholarship in the name of late Italian Friends board member Franca Ciccolo Fabris. While in the village she also wrote a number of articles describing her experience.
Verena hails from the German speaking South Tyrol region of northern Italy (where the University of Bozen-Bolzano is also situated).
Media articles on the award and ceremony:
Karl-Golser-Preis für Absolventin der unibz (German language)
Bischof-Golser-Preis für „Growing Up in a Bubble“ (German language)
Israele, «Così siamo cresciuti in un’Oasi di pace» (Italian language)
Photos from the award ceremony
