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Why are some democracies more resilient than others? How can the resilience capacity of democracies be operationalized and measured? In the recently published article “Democratic Resilience in the Twenty-First Century: Search for an Analytical Framework and Explorative Analysis”, published Political Studies, Aurel Croissant (Heidelberg University) and Lars Lott (FAU) examine how democratic resilience capacity can be operationalized and measured and to what extent it strengthens the resilience of democracies to autocratization.

On 24 June, in collaboration with FAU's Center for Human Rights and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, we hosted a talk by Harvard professor and FAU honorary doctor Kathryn Sikkink on the emergence of individual criminal accountability for war crimes, mass atrocities and human rights vi...

A new essay by Dr. Alexander Kruska, entitled “As gently as the ripe apple falls from the tree”: Political Rule, Rightful Government, and the Founding of the American Republic in Prussian Old-Conservatism, has recently been published. The piece appears in the edited volume Representations and Uses ...

In the context of current debates on migration and asylum, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has been approached by several media outlets on her expertise. We have compiled a selection of articles (in German) here: Interviews: „Hintergrund zum Weltflüchtlingstag – Gespräch mit Prof. Petra Bendel“ (BR2,...

In the last ten years, there has been an international rise in extreme right-wing movements and parties, along with an accompanying authoritarian formation of society. In the course of this increasingly acute development, science and universities have become a field of cultural struggle for the extr...

On May 29, 2019, the city council of Erlangen declared climate emergency. Today, almost six years later, the question arises: What remains of the decision? To answer this question, the Chair of Comparative Politics will show a documentary film about the Erlangen Climate Council. Afterwards, representatives from science, civil society and the city administration will discuss the implementation of the climate goals in Erlangen.

Laura Schuhn, doctoral candidate at the Chair of Middle East Politics and Society, presented the results of her research last week at the regional 2025 NASPAA conference at the KAPSARC School for Public Policy (KSPP) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In her doctoral project, Laura Schuhn examines how citizen...

A Joint Event by FAU CHREN and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy The FAU Research Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN) and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy cordially invite you to a public evening lecture by Harvard professor and FAU honorary doctor Kathr...

From May 22 to 25, 2025, doctoral candidate and research associate Alicja Polakiewicz participated in the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association (LSA) in Chicago. The over 500 individual sessions held during the conference were attended by nearly 2,400 participants from more than 50 count...

On Monday, May 26, as part of the Colloquium for Political Theory and History of Ideas, a public guest lecture will be given by Dr. Cord Schmelzle. Cord Schmelzle is a Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ) at Goethe University Frankfurt. In his lecture, he will addres...