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21AUG 2025
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Scientific Perspectives on 10 Years of “We can do it!”
The “long summer of migration” is marking its tenth anniversary. Angela Merkel’s widely quoted statement “We can do it,” which she made (for the first time) at the Federal Press Conference on August 31, 2015, became a leitmotif of integration policy and the associated social debate on the reception and integration of refugees. In the […]
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11AUG 2025
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The Eric Voegelin Library in Erlangen: A Resource for European Voegelin Research
In their essay on the Eric Voegelin Library, Dr. Eno Trimçev, the library’s director, and Dr. Łukasz Święcicki (University of Siedlce) introduce this lesser-known resource of European Voegelin research. The core of the Eric Voegelin Library – which in total houses five separate collections – consists of the books Voegelin collected during his lifetime and […]
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22JUL 2025
alumni
Graduation Ceremony for Bachelor’s and Master’s Graduates
On July 9, 2025, the Institute of Political Science held a graduation ceremony for its Bachelor’s and Master’s graduates. The event was opened by the head of the institute, Prof. Dr. Eva Hausteiner. In her welcome speech, she praised the graduates for their achievements and emphasized the importance of political education and research in today’s […]
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19JUL 2025
Middle East
IPSA 2025 in Seoul
Over 3500 participants attended the annual congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Seoul, among them parts of the Institute’s faculty. Lars Lott presented a paper on the connection between autocratization and its effects on universalism and the provision of social policies and public goods at the panel entitled “Autocratization and Sustainability,” sponsored […]Over 3500 participants attended the annual congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Seoul, among them parts of the Institute’s faculty. Lars Lott presented a paper on the connection between autocratization and its effects on universalism and the provision of social policies and public goods at the panel entitled “Autocratization and Sustainability,” sponsored […]
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09JUL 2025
human rights
Education in the Balance
At an international human rights conference jointly organized by the University of Freiburg (FRIAS) and the Gladstein Familiy Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut, Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach participated in a panel discussion and gave a presentation on the Academic Freedom Index. Further information on the index can be found here. During the […]
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08JUL 2025
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Erlangen’s Climate Policy under Scrutiny – Discussing the Movie “Zusammen”
What is the state of Erlangen’s climate policy six years after the city council declared climate emergency? On July 1, this question was the focus of a discussion on the film “Zusammen”, which portrays Erlangen’s participation process. The event was organized by the Chair of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Political Science in cooperation […]
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