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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:
„EU-Parlament stimmt über Asylrechtsreform ab“ (SWR Radio, 10.04.2024)
„Poli...
The biennial FFVT International Summer School on Forced Migration and Governance, which is hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) as part of the BMBF-funded joint project "Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer" will take place from 15 to 20...
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 ...
On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel (Head of the Research Unit Migration, Refugees and Integration) discussed the reform of the Common European Asylum System with four Members of the European Parliament from different political groups. The online debate, which was organized by the...
In March 2023 the hybrid conference „Systemrelevant und systemisch benachteiligt? (Flucht-)Migration und Gesundheit: Zugang, Teilhabe und Beschäftigung“ on migration and health care took place at FAU Kollegienhaus. Purpose of this scientific and practice-oriented event was to address the multifacete...
In the context of current debates on migration and asylum, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has been approached by numerous media outlets on her expertise. We have compiled a selection of articles (German/English/French) here:
„Migrationsforscherin: Menschenwürde zurück auf die Agenda setzen“ (tagesschau...
Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel was the chair of the Expert Council on Integration and Migration from 2019 until 2022 (member since 2016). In the Annual Review 2022 (German), she and vice chair Prof. Dr. Daniel Thym report on their work for and with the SVR, addressing the importance of independent science-b...
In the context of the reform of European asylum policy, Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel has been approached by numerous media outlets on her expertise. We have compiled a selection of articles (German/English) that she has authored here:
„Das Individualrecht auf Asyl muss bleiben: Ein Gastbeitrag von Pe...
Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel, professor of political science and head of the research area Migration, Displacement and Integration (MFI), has been appointed to the Advisory Council of the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia for Participation and Integration. The advisory board is composed of select...