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Four members of the Institute, Professor Dr Dr h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof Dr Marco Bünte, Prof Dr Thomas Demmelhuber and Prof Dr Katrin Kinzelbach are Fellows of the newly founded Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research. This alliance combines approaches from the soc...

As part of the ZDF election shows on February 13th and 20th, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel and the MFI team will conduct fact-checking on topics related to migration, displacement, and integration. This process takes place in close collaboration with the ZDF editorial team, which either commissions specifi...

On February 23, 2025, the Fachschaftsinitiative (FSI) cordially invites you to the election evening for the Bundestag elections at Kochstraße 4a (PSG III, blue building) starting from 4 pm! Together we want to follow the election results live, discuss them and spend the evening in a convivial atmosp...

On February 7, students from Erlangen and Würzburg discussed the forthcoming book Der demokratische Horizont(Suhrkamp) with Viennese political theorist Prof. Dr. Oliver Marchart. We would like to thank the Würzburg students for their hospitality and Oliver Marchart for his fascinating insights into the writing process!

At the end of February 2024, the Bavaria Model United Nations Conference will once again take place at Nuremberg Castle - organized by FAU students for students worldwide. This year, over 100 delegates from Germany, the USA and Cameroon are expected to attend. The event will kick off with a exper...

On January 23rd, 2025 Prof. Petra Bendel addressed the role of the media and its influence on political and societal attitudes towards migration during the 19th SWR Media Forum on Migration with this years motto entitled “We, Here. Debates of a Migration Society.” She called for a more factual and g...

Research colloquium on political theory and the history of ideas – PD Dr. Ariane Leendertz (Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften) – Governing in the Interdependence Zone: The Conference of Minister Presidents in the History of the Federal Republic of Germany – Monday, January 27, 18:15-19:45, Kochstr. 4, Room 00.012

From September 30 - October 2, 2025, the second part of the double conference of the DVPW Section for Political Theory and History of Ideas will take place in Erlangen. It is dedicated to the basic concept of the public sphere in political theory. The conference in Erfurt in March 2025, which will f...

Professor Dr. Michael Krennerich passed away on December 28, 2024 after a long and serious illness surrounded by his family. A detailed obituary is published in German.

On November 30, the Institute of Political Science celebrated the Master's degree in Political Science together with the Alumni Association (APE) and the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, Prof. Dr. Kay Kirchmann. Special thanks for this successful ceremony go to the i...