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On November 27, December 4, and December 11, the online lecture series "Care Beyond Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Enhancing Retention in the Care and Nursing Sector" will continue. Securing and retaining skilled workers in nursing and elderly care has emerged as critical challenge on a g...

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...

The joint project "Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer" (FFVT), which is implemented by, among other institutions, at the FAU Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN), presented its "Global Flight Report 2024" – published by S. Fischer Verla...

Time and again, periods of increased displacement present municipalities with the challenge of providing capacities for accommodating people arriving as quickly as possible. However, capacities are regularly reduced in times of decreasing migration. Upon increases of arriving refugees makeshift solu...

On May 16th, June 6th and June 27th, the online lecture series "Care beyond borders: Exploring impacts of migration, displacement and inclusion for the care and nursing sector" will delve into the intersecting themes of migration, displacement, and integration in the nursing and care sector – addres...

In April Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel was elected Chair of the Goethe-Institutes Advisory Board on Mobility and Migration. Members of the Advisory Board are experts from the private sector, civil society, politics and academia who advise the Goethe-Institute on fundamental issues and in individual project...

Upon invitation of the Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Minister of State Reem Alabali-Radovan, Prof. Dr Petra Bendel took part in the spring meeting of Federal and State Integration and Foreigners' Commissioners at the Federal Chancellery on 18 April 2024 and presented ...

In the context of current debates on migration and asylum, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has been approached by several media outlets on her expertise. We have compiled a selection of articles (German) here: Interviews: „Europa vor der Wahl: Warum die Asylpolitik so entscheidend ist“ (web.de, 19.04...

The biennial FFVT International Summer School on Forced Migration and Governance, which is hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) as part of the BMBF-funded joint project "Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer" will take place from 15 to 20...

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 ...