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20MAR 2024
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Postdoc position in joint FAU/ V-Dem project on academic freedom (30 months)
FAU’s Institute of Political Science in Erlangen will hire a postdoc for 30 months to contribute both empirically and theoretically to a better understanding of the research sector’s role in democratization and autocratization processes. A human rights related research focus is particularly welcome. Remuneration will be based in accordance with the German public pay scale […]
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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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04MAR 2024
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“You don’t threaten with ground troops on your own” – Commentary by Eva Marlene Hausteiner on Macron on “Deutschlandfunk Kultur”
What does it mean if French president Macron refuses to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine? On “Deutschlandfunk Kultur”, Prof. Dr. Eva Marlene Hausteiner comments on the announcement – and on the turmoil it has caused among friends and allies.
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29FEB 2024
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Study “Integration as a mandatory task” Presented in Federal Chancellery
Together with her colleagues Boris Kühn and Prof. Dr. Hannes Schammann from the University of Hildesheim, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has published a new study which has been granted funding by the Federal Commissioner for Integration. The study “Integration als Pflichtaufgabe: Holzweg oder Königsweg zu krisenfesten kommunalen Strukturen” (in German only, “Integration as a compulsory […]
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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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