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We are soliciting applications for a vacant three-year PhD position (TVL 13, 75% subject to final approval) at FAU’s Institute of Political Science in Erlangen. In parallel, FAU’s Institute of Geography is looking for a second PhD student who will work in the same project. Application deadline for b...

Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach was one of four German scholars invited to take part in this year's G7 Summit of Science Ministers in Frankfurt. She gave a keynote on academic freedom, covering individual freedom to research and teach, universities’ institutional autonomy, as well as academic integrity ...

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Hualing Fu (Dean of the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong) entitled "The Hong Kong National Security Law: Restoration and Transformation" on June 1 at 6 p.m. in the Dekanatssaal, Schillerstraße 1, 91054 Erlangen.

On the 18th of May, the Equal Partnerships Project organizes a migration workshop at Africities. The workshop brings together local, national and international actors to discuss opportunities for multi-stakeholder partnerships addressing mixed migration in African intermediary cities. Details: ...

Dr Eva Seiwert has been appointed Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. As part of the one-year Fellowship, she will continue her research on China’s influence in Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. For more information on the Fellowship and Dr Seiwert’s proje...

Academic freedom is a universal human right. Yet, the 2022-release of the Academic Freedom Index (AFI) reveals that almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has declined substantially over the past ten years. Countries with such declines in academic freedom in...