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On 26th of June, 2021, from 5 to 7.30 pm Prof. Dr. Stefan Fröhlich will be commenting on the MSC-talk on the future of German foreign and security politics. Hereby the three candidates for the position of German chancellor of CDU/CSU. SPD and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen come together in a TV program by MS...

Students can now apply as members of the FAUMUN delegation to participate in the world's largest UN simulation in New York. FAUMUN gives you the answer to all these questions. Take on the role of a diplomat and represent a Member State of the UN at the worldwide biggest simulation of the United N...

The project team "When Mayors Make Migration Policy" - Petra Bendel, Janina Stürner, Christiane Heimann and Hannes Schammann - together with the European Policy Centre in Brussels published a policy brief on the future of city diplomacy during and after Covid-19 in the field of migration on June 10,...

Prof. Dr. Stefan Fröhlich has been invited by the TV channel PHOENIX to talk about the NATO summit in Brussels on the 14th of June from 2 to 6pm.

Routledge has published a new monograph by Christian Thuselt, PhD on parties in Lebanon. An abstract and further information can be found on the publisher's homepage.

Professor Kinzelbach participated in a roundtable on threats to academic freedom in Asia. This event was hosted by the Association for Asian Studies and Syracuse University. A video recording is now available here: https://video.syr.edu/media/t/1_qh3wxwin

A new essay by Christian Thuselt, PhD, has been published under the title "Revolutionary Utopia in the Middle East as steely romanticism: the case of the al-Baʿth party". More information can be found at Taylor&Francis Online.

FAU launches an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented teaching format: the Human Rights Clinic. The first batch of students can now apply to start their clinical education in the winter term 2021/22. In addition to traditional lectures, students will participate in skills-oriented workshops, and c...

In broad cooperation with CHREN and FFVT, among others, the Institute of Political Science is co-hosting a series of online workshops on "Displacement, Immobility and Human Rights." The dates and further information can be found in the flyer "Displacement, Immobility and Human Rights" (PDF).

Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel is involved in an international doctorate programme of the universities of Bayreuth, Wuerzburg and Erlangen-Nuremberg on "Business and Human Rights", funded by the Elite Network Bavaria. Migration-related topics and applications are also welcome. Please send any inquiries to p...