Academic Freedom

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17MAR 2026
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The Autonomy of Universities in the USA Falls Far Behind Peer Group
Academic Freedom Index Update 2026 Released Institutional autonomy is essential for safeguarding academic freedom. Researchers at the FAU’s Institute of Political Science, in collaboration with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg, find a positive association between university autonomy and individual scholars’ freedom to research and teach and reflect on the […]Academic Freedom Index Update 2026 Released Institutional autonomy is essential for safeguarding academic freedom. Researchers at the FAU’s Institute of Political Science, in collaboration with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg, find a positive association between university autonomy and individual scholars’ freedom to research and teach and reflect on the […]
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12NOV 2025
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Long Night of Science
On October 25, 2025, the 12th Long Night of Science took place in Erlangen, Fürth, and Nuremberg. In front of the Audimax, Katrin Kinzelbach and Lars Lott from the Institute of Political Science informed visitors through an interactive exhibit on the topic of academic freedom. On the interactive multimedia table, visitors could explore the Academic […]
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11NOV 2024
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Commentary on the Science Barometer 2024
On November 6, Dr Lars Lott from the Institute of Political Science was invited to the Fraunhofer Forum in Berlin to comment on the results of the Science Barometer 2024. The Science Barometer, published by Wissenschaft im Dialog, celebrated its tenth anniversary and for the first time captured how respondents view academic freedom in Germany. […]
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15SEP 2024
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Academic Exchange at the APSA Annual Congress in Philadelphia
From September 5 to 8, Dr. Lars Lott and Dr. Simon Primus from the Institute of Political Science participated in the annual congress of the American Political Science Association. The APSA Annual Meeting is one of the world’s most important conferences, bringing together international scholars from all subfields of the discipline. Dr. Lott presented a […]
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07MAR 2024
human rights
Participation in Global Democracy Survey
International scholarly collaboration is of great importance for understanding global developments. Researchers at FAU’s Institute of Political Science have been collaborating with the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden for five years. They participate in an ambitious data collection project on the global state of democracy by providing area […]
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15NOV 2023
human rights
Keynote: FAU Turned 280
On November 4, 2023, FAU celebrated a major anniversary. On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach from the Institute of Political Science, together with the university archivist Dr. Clemens Wachter, took a look at the founding statutes of FAU. They discovered restrictions on academic freedom that are – from today’s perspective – astonishing. Anyone who […]
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