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In her keynote at the EKD Synod on November 12th, 2024, in Würzburg, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel highlighted - with reference to international law, EU law, and the German Constitution - the need for safeguarding the individual right to asylum, both at the EU level and within Germany. She issued a warning...

On November 6, Dr Lars Lott from the Institute of Political Science was invited to the Fraunhofer Forum in Berlin to comment on the results of the Science Barometer 2024. The Science Barometer, published by Wissenschaft im Dialog, celebrated its tenth anniversary and for the first time captured how ...

On November 7, the event 'JobInsights Live: Political Science as a Calling' at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg offered compelling insights into career prospects for political science students, with alumni speakers from diverse fields such as educational outreach, parliamentary advising, and social media in governmental ministries. Students seized the opportunity to gather valuable career advice and engage with experienced professionals in their respective fields.

On the evening of the U.S. election, we invited students to an information and discussion evening titled "America Votes: The 2024 Presidential Election in Focus." The event was organized by the FSI Politics, Dr. Simon Primus from the Chair of Comparative Political Science, and Dr. Kristina Maul, an ...

Last September,  Antonia Thies, doctoral candidate in the DFG Research Training Group on 'Sentimentality in Literature, Culture, and Politics' embarked on her second of three field researches to the Gulf, this time to Saudi Arabia. Embedded within the research activities of the Chair of Middle East ...

Partnering with the International Max Planck Research School "Global Multiplicity" (IMPRS-GM), FAU professors Katrin Kinzelbach (political science) and Dominik Müller (anthropology) inaugurated an interdisciplinary IMPRS doctoral research group called Human Rights Now – How? The collaboration was...

The Institute of Political Science cordially invites you to a lecture by Stuart Nicolson titled "And the rest is history… Political Communication in the Disinformation Age – Experiences from the Inside". Until last year, Stuart Nicolson served as the head of communications/ spokesman for Scotland’s ...

On October 14, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., we welcome new students of the MA degree program in Political Science. Please join us in room PSG 0.0 6. On October 15, 2024, at 2:15 p.m., the introductory event for the BA degree programs in Political Science as well as the Teacher Training degree program (Gy...

The Institute of Political Science is looking for a student assistant (m/f/d) to support the website administration as of January 1, 2025. Application deadline is 31.10.2024. Click here for the job advertisement (in German only).

The German Political Science Association (GPSA) organized its 29th Annual Congress under the theme ‘Politics in the Polycrisis’ at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen from 24 to 27 September 2024. FAU's Institute of Political Science was strongly represented with seven lectures, four panels and t...