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    We congratulate Dr. Janina Stürner-Siovitz on the publication of her new book 'Curtain up! City diplomacy in global migration governance'. The publication is aimed at academics and practitioners and is based on her doctoral research. We are very pleased that Janina Stürne...

The Research on Migration, Displacement and Integration (MFI) at the Institute for Political Science congratulates Dr. Raphaela Schweiger for her acceptance into the Yale World Fellows program 2023. Dr. Raphaela Schweiger's successfully completed her PhD on the role of non-state actors and cities in...

Dr Lars Pelke presented the Academic Freedom Index on Thursday (May, 4, 2023) in a scientific talk at the European National Young Academies (ENYA) meeting 2023 in Stockholm. At the ENYA meeting, members of the National Young Academies discussed issues around academic freedom.

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Ross Harrison (Middle East Institute, Washington DC). Prof. Harrison is a renowned expert on US foreign policy in the MENA region. He is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute and also on the faculty in the Political Science department at the Unive...

Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach participated in the conference Academic Freedom under Pressure? held at Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (Academy for Political Education Tutzing) from 2-3 May 2023. She spoke about the idea and dilemmas of “militant academia” in the context of declining academic f...

Prof. Sandra Eckert (Chair in Comparative Politics) and Prof. Maria Rentetzi (Chair of Science, Technology and Gender Studies) will hold their inaugural lectures at the Orangerie in Erlangen on May 25th. Sandra Eckert will give a talk on the new challenges that the EU regulatory state is facing, and...

Prof. Sandra Eckert and Dr. Ronit Hanani (Tel Aviv University) have been directing the workshop »Towards a New Era of Environmental Risk Regulation in the EU? Analysing the EU Regulatory Approach in a Comparative Perspective« at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Toulouse (24-28 April). During the three day...

We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Meredith Weiss (Professor at State University of New York, SUNY). Meredith Weiss is a renowned expert on Southeast Asian politics. She is currently visiting Professor at the FAU to work with Prof. Bünte on a special issue on Civil Society in Southeast As...

During a beautiful ceremony at the Nuremberg Centre for Human Rights, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt was on the occasion of his 65th birthday presented with a commemorative volume entitled "Die Freiheit der Menschenrechte" (The Freedom of Human Rights). In addition to 20 academic contributions...

FAU students (geography, human rights, political science and all interested…) are invited to join students in California (USA) and Japan in support of humanitarian mapping projects worldwide. The kick-off in Erlangen will take place on Wednesday, April 19, starting at 12:30 p.m at Wetterkreuz 15, 91...