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07MAR 2024
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Participation in Global Democracy Survey
International scholarly collaboration is of great importance for understanding global developments. Researchers at FAU’s Institute of Political Science have been collaborating with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden for five years. They participate in an ambitious data collection project on the global state of democracy by providing area […]
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26FEB 2024
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Parliamentary Hearing: Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment
On 21 February 2024, Prof. Dr Katrin Kinzelbach took part in a public hearing in the German Bundestag as an expert. The Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment discussed the internationalisation of research and higher education. In their joint motion on the subject, the SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and FDP called for the internationalisation […]
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18FEB 2024
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New Publication Introducing the Chinese Science System
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 question of institutional autonomy at Chinese universities. It […]
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12FEB 2024
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Come Study Human Rights at FAU!
Do you have an open mind for human rights? Our M.A. Human Rights is an interdisciplinary and international postgraduate degree programme cherished by students from all over the world. We have so far had the pleasure of teaching students from 60 countries, spanning all continents. The programme addresses human rights in all areas of society […]
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15NOV 2023
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Keynote: FAU Turned 280
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 that are – from today’s perspective – astonishing. Anyone who […]
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10NOV 2023
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Job Vacancy at CHREN (Postdoc)
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. Successful candidates (m/f/d) will be employed in a full-time position (pay grade TVL […]
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