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From September 30 - October 2, 2025, the second part of the double conference of the DVPW Section for Political Theory and History of Ideas will take place in Erlangen. It is dedicated to the basic concept of the public sphere in political theory. The conference in Erfurt in March 2025, which will f...

Professor Dr. Michael Krennerich passed away on December 28, 2024 after a long and serious illness surrounded by his family. A detailed obituary is published in German.

In collaboration with federal states, municipalities, and representatives of refugees, a team from FAU and the University of Hildesheim, together with four federal states, has developed a mechanism to distribute asylum seekers from federal states to municipalities. Using an algorithm, the individual...

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 ...