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An international group of early career researchers came together at FAU from 10-14 February for the Geodata for Human Rights Winter School 2025. Jointly with FAU's Institute of Geography, the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg, and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, we organized ...

As part of the ZDF election shows on February 13th and 20th, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel and the MFI team will conduct fact-checking on topics related to migration, displacement, and integration. This process takes place in close collaboration with the ZDF editorial team, which either commissions specifi...

On February 23, 2025, the Fachschaftsinitiative (FSI) cordially invites you to the election evening for the Bundestag elections at Kochstraße 4a (PSG III, blue building) starting from 4 pm! Together we want to follow the election results live, discuss them and spend the evening in a convivial atmosp...

At the end of February 2024, the Bavaria Model United Nations Conference will once again take place at Nuremberg Castle - organized by FAU students for students worldwide. This year, over 100 delegates from Germany, the USA and Cameroon are expected to attend. The event will kick off with a exper...

On January 23rd, 2025 Prof. Petra Bendel addressed the role of the media and its influence on political and societal attitudes towards migration during the 19th SWR Media Forum on Migration with this years motto entitled “We, Here. Debates of a Migration Society.” She called for a more factual and g...

Research colloquium on political theory and the history of ideas – PD Dr. Ariane Leendertz (Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften) – Governing in the Interdependence Zone: The Conference of Minister Presidents in the History of the Federal Republic of Germany – Monday, January 27, 18:15-19:45, Kochstr. 4, Room 00.012

From September 30 - October 2, 2025, the second part of the double conference of the DVPW Section for Political Theory and History of Ideas will take place in Erlangen. It is dedicated to the basic concept of the public sphere in political theory. The conference in Erfurt in March 2025, which will f...

Professor Dr. Michael Krennerich passed away on December 28, 2024 after a long and serious illness surrounded by his family. A detailed obituary is published in German.

On November 30, the Institute of Political Science celebrated the Master's degree in Political Science together with the Alumni Association (APE) and the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, Prof. Dr. Kay Kirchmann. Special thanks for this successful ceremony go to the i...

In collaboration with federal states, municipalities, and representatives of refugees, a team from FAU and the University of Hildesheim, together with four federal states, has developed a mechanism to distribute asylum seekers from federal states to municipalities. Using an algorithm, the individual...