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The book “Human Rights Politics. An introduction” by Michael Krennerich has just been published - also available as Open Access. It provides an introduction to the diversity of topics, actors and institutions in human rights politics and shows how political science and related disciplines can cont...

How does the UN work? What does the work of a diplomat look like? How do States resolve current conflicts of the world? FAUMUN gives you the answer to all these questions. Take on the role of a diplomat and represent a Member State of the UN at the worldwide largest simulation of the United Na...

On June 20, 2024, Prof. Enze Han will give a lecture in the Kollegienhaus (14.00-16.00 in room 0.024). He will present his new book on China's role in Southeast Asia (The Ripple Effect: China's Complex Role in Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press 2024).    

The joint project "Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer" (FFVT), which is implemented by, among other institutions, at the FAU Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN), presented its "Global Flight Report 2024" – published by S. Fischer Verla...

Time and again, periods of increased displacement present municipalities with the challenge of providing capacities for accommodating people arriving as quickly as possible. However, capacities are regularly reduced in times of decreasing migration. Upon increases of arriving refugees makeshift solu...

Kant's philosophy of religion is perceived very differently, often skeptically: Some celebrate it, following Heinrich Heine, as the act of an intellectual revolutionary who “decapitated” God. Others criticize Kant's half-heartedness, saying that he did not consistently apply his own sapere aude prin...

On May 16th, June 6th and June 27th, the online lecture series "Care beyond borders: Exploring impacts of migration, displacement and inclusion for the care and nursing sector" will delve into the intersecting themes of migration, displacement, and integration in the nursing and care sector – addres...

In April Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel was elected Chair of the Goethe-Institutes Advisory Board on Mobility and Migration. Members of the Advisory Board are experts from the private sector, civil society, politics and academia who advise the Goethe-Institute on fundamental issues and in individual project...

Upon invitation of the Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Minister of State Reem Alabali-Radovan, Prof. Dr Petra Bendel took part in the spring meeting of Federal and State Integration and Foreigners' Commissioners at the Federal Chancellery on 18 April 2024 and presented ...

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 (German) here: Interviews: „Europa vor der Wahl: Warum die Asylpolitik so entscheidend ist“ (web.de, 19.04...