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The Middle East Politics and Society Lecture Series (MELS) starts into a new round: We cordially invite you to a lecture by former German ambassador (Niamey, Niger) Hermann Nicolai. Nicolai served as German ambassador in Niger until 2023 and is an outstanding expert on the conflict region Sahel with...

On October 11, 2023, Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach gave the inaugural talk in a new seminar series on Global Challenges to Democracy, organized by the Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School in cooperation with the Carr Center for Human Rights. Her talk was entitled “Academic Freedom: Empirical Data on a...

At the beginning of the lecture period of the winter semester 2023/24, there will be some introductory and welcome events. Please note that these events are all in German. Thursday, 12.10.2023 12:30-14:00 Introductory event BA Public Law (Schillerstraße 1, Juridicum, room 2.282): Prof. Dr. Mar...

Prof. Dr. Margaret Lewis (Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law) will give a lecture on October 24, 2023 at 6:15 p.m. as part of the lecture series "Freedom - Claim, Design, Empiricism" in the Senate Hall in the Kollegienhaus (KH 1.011), Universitätsstraße 15. You are cordially invit...

In March 2023 the hybrid conference „Systemrelevant und systemisch benachteiligt? (Flucht-)Migration und Gesundheit: Zugang, Teilhabe und Beschäftigung“ on migration and health care took place at FAU Kollegienhaus. Purpose of this scientific and practice-oriented event was to address the multifacete...

In the context of current debates on migration and asylum, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has been approached by numerous media outlets on her expertise. We have compiled a selection of articles (German/English/French) here: „Migrationsforscherin: Menschenwürde zurück auf die Agenda setzen“ (tagesschau...

The datafication of the world and the increasing availability of (geo)data opens up new opportunities for monitoring and documenting human rights violations, particularly in locations that are difficult to access due to security concerns. These advances raise technical and methodological challenges ...

Professor Kathryn Sikkink (Harvard University) received an honorary doctorate from FAU on June 6th for her outstanding research on human rights. To mark this occasion, a festive award ceremony took place with guests from the university and beyond. The Institute of Political Science, in association w...

Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel was the chair of the Expert Council on Integration and Migration from 2019 until 2022 (member since 2016). In the Annual Review 2022 (German), she and vice chair Prof. Dr. Daniel Thym report on their work for and with the SVR, addressing the importance of independent science-b...

In the context of the reform of European asylum policy, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has been approached by numerous media outlets on her expertise. We have compiled a selection of articles (German/English) that she has authored here: „Das Individualrecht auf Asyl muss bleiben: Ein Gastbeitrag von Pe...