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21JUL 2026
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Graduation Ceremony and Thesis Awards 2026
Farewell to This Year’s Graduates On 24 June 2026, the Institute of Political Science held its graduation ceremony for this year’s bachelor’s and master’s graduates. In beautiful summer weather, graduates, faculty members, family, and friends gathered in Lecture Hall C to celebrate the occasion and attend the presentation of degree certificates. The ceremony was opened […]
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22JUN 2026
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Climate Choices and Academic Freedom: FAU Studies at the EPSS
What role did climate policy debates play in citizens’ voting decisions during the last European elections? What impact do populist governments have on academic freedom? These questions are addressed in two papers presented by Dr Simon Primus and Dr Lars Lott at the inaugural conference of the European Political Science Society (EPSS) in Belfast, Northern […]
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01JUN 2026
MFI
Global Forced Displacement 2026 Report presented at the Federal Press Conference
On 1 June 2026, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel presented the key findings of the Global Forced Displacement 2026 report at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin. Published by the FFVT project, the report analyses current developments in forced displacement worldwide and examines the political, legal and humanitarian challenges associated with displacement and forced migration. Together […]
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29MAY 2026
international relations
The Return of Geopolitical Rivalry
The Chair of International Politics and Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, together with the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Nürnberg and the U.S. Consulate General Munich, invites you to a guest lecture by Richard Weitz. Under the title “The New Era of Great-Power Competition and ‘America First’: Implications for Europe”, Dr. Weitz analyzes the return of geopolitical […]The Chair of International Politics and Political Economy at the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, together with the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Nürnberg and the U.S. Consulate General Munich, invites you to a guest lecture by Richard Weitz. Under the title “The New Era of Great-Power Competition and ‘America First’: Implications for Europe”, Dr. Weitz analyzes the return of geopolitical […]
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22APR 2026
human rights
Welcome at the Institute: Maximilian Wegener
The Institute of Political Science warmly welcomes Maximilian Wegener as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Human Rights Politics. As of April 15th, 2026, Maximilian Wegener joins the team in Erlangen where he will study a broad array of themes at the interface between empirical human rights research, Peace and Conflict Studies, and International […]
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17MAR 2026
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The Autonomy of Universities in the USA Falls Far Behind Peer Group
Academic Freedom Index Update 2026 Released Institutional autonomy is essential for safeguarding academic freedom. Researchers at the FAU’s Institute of Political Science, in collaboration with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg, find a positive association between university autonomy and individual scholars’ freedom to research and teach and reflect on the […]Academic Freedom Index Update 2026 Released Institutional autonomy is essential for safeguarding academic freedom. Researchers at the FAU’s Institute of Political Science, in collaboration with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg, find a positive association between university autonomy and individual scholars’ freedom to research and teach and reflect on the […]
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