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On January 11, the DFG Research Unit "Aitiologien. Figuren und Funktionen begründenden Erzählens in Wissenschaft und Literatur", in which Prof. Dr. Eva Marlene Hausteiner and Marina Solntseva from the Erlangen Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas are involved with the sub-project "Imperial...

The winter term is in full swing and there was finally our own mulled wine stand again, organized by the student body FSI. Thanks to everyone who was there and thus ensured a lively exchange and a great atmosphere. The FSI wishes you a wonderful end of the year and relaxing holidays!

As part of her doctoral project in the field of environmental policy in Saudi Arabia, Laura Schuhn (research group Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber) took part in COP28 in Dubai. Around 70.000 delegates from 200 countries as well as representatives from business and civil society negotiated measures to m...

The global regression of democracy is often accompanied by shrinking spaces for civil society actors. These shrinking spaces can also be observed in Southeast Asia and jeopardize the democratic progress of the last three decades. The special issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, e...

On November 4, 2023, FAU celebrated a major anniversary. On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach from the Institute of Political Science, together with the university archivist Dr. Clemens Wachter, took a look at the founding statutes of FAU. They discovered restrictions on academic freedom th...

Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is looking for up to three postdoctoral researchers who will further strengthen human rights related research and teaching at FAU's Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN)  The expected starting date is March 1, 2024 or later. Succ...

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...