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In her contribution published in the Nürnberger Zeitung today, Prof Sandra Eckert, Chair of Comparative Politics, writes about why the European elections are important and what they are about. According to Eckert, Europe is not an abstract entity, but determines our everyday lives. Product standards...

On 20.03.2024, Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach participated in a symposium entitled "Human Rights and Academic Freedom in Europe" in Berlin. The event was co-organized by the Leopoldina (National Academy of Sciences) together with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The programme is available ...

Together with her colleagues Boris Kühn and Prof. Dr. Hannes Schammann from the University of Hildesheim, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has published a new study which has been granted funding by the Federal Commissioner for Integration. The study "Integration als Pflichtaufgabe: Holzweg oder Königsweg zu ...

As part of the BMBF-funded project "Academic Freedom in the People's Republic of China (China)", Dr Alexandra Kaiser recently published an introduction to the Chinese higher education system. This introductory book sheds light on key aspects of academic freedom of teaching and research in China and ...

The Center for Higher Education (CHE) in Gütersloh regularly carries out a large-scale student survey in Germany, and now it's that time again. A significant part of the CHE ranking is made up of student evaluations, supplemented by facts about studies, facilities and research. The CHE makes the res...

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...

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...