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Political Science at FAU

The Institute of Political Science has been a driving force of the discipline in Germany since its foundation in 1961. The Institute’s locally anchored research groups stand out for their strong scientific output and practical orientation, as well as their international outlook. Our research and teaching focuses on challenges to democracies and states that deviate from the democratic norm, on the accelerating changes in the international order, including transnational phenomena, and on managing technological innovation. Read more…

In early November 2025, the institute welcomed Dr. Lene Guercke as a Volkswagen Foundation Change! Fellow. In collaboration with the practice partner European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), she leads the project Unmasking Supply Chains: leveraging digital human rights investigat...

The Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is seeking a student assistant (m/f/d) to support the research project “Forced Migration and Refugee Research: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT)”. The project, funded by the Federal...

On November 4th, 2025, the FAU project “Gesundheit! Inclusion in the Care and Nursing Sector” will present its findings at the Mercator Foundation’s ProjektZentrum Berlin. The practice-oriented research project, funded by the Mercator Foundation at the FAU Center for Human Rights (FAU CHREN) under t...

On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., an information session will be held about the Erasmus+ exchange programs of the Institute of Political Science and the Middle Eastern Studies program. Partner countries:Egypt, Belgium, Bosnia, France, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Swede...

On July 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber was invited to give a guest lecture in the series "The Middle East in Transition: Contemporary Historical Perspectives” at the Institute for the Studies of the Culture and Religion of Islam at Goethe University Frankfurt. He spoke about the interaction b...

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