International Award for Feminist Research
Angéla Kóczé , Assistant Professor of Romani Studies, Chair of Romani Studies Program, and Academic Director of Roma Graduate Preparation Program has been awarded the Emma Goldman Snowball Award 2025.
Since 2020, the FLAX Foundation has presented the Emma Goldman Awards and Emma Goldman Snowball Awards to outstanding scholars working on feminist and inequality issues in Europe.
This year’s ceremony took place at IWM - Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen
This award is not just recognition—it highlights the crucial impact of feminist researchers whose work drives real societal change. Their contributions influence equality policies, human rights frameworks, and anti-discrimination efforts. This is not just theory—these ideas are actively shaping a more just and inclusive world. Angéla Kóczé has been working tirelessly against racial oppression and discrimination against Roma by creating higher educational programs and academic opportunities to rectify epistemic and structural inequalities.
Alongside Kóczé Angela, this year’s Emma Goldman Snowball Award and Emma Goldman Award were presented to Naja Graugaard, Natalia Broniarzyk, Tamara Zlobina, Pauliina Feodoroff, Monika Borys, Giulia Garofalo, Dr Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak (she/her), Djarah Kan, Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira, Ashjan Ajour, Anna-E. Younes, and Anna Carastathis.