Research

Research Profile of the Faculty

The research profile of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology (PhilFak) is a product of the collaboration of nearly the entire humanities, social sciences, and disciplines focusing on religion. Our concpet of Agile Research Structures Agile Research Structures reflect the Faculty’s interdisciplinary configuration.

 

  • FAU doctoral candidate Milena Störmer on the TedX stage

    Milena Störmer is doctoral candidate at the Chair of Business Administration, specialising in strategic and value-oriented management at our faculty, and participated at TEDxNuremberg. She examines the ethical responsibility of companies in conflict areas and questions the importance of neutrality: What happens when ethics meets reality; when companies operate in contexts where peace and justice […]

  • “The concept of human rights has an inner strength”

    How can we defend international human rights at a time in which their fundamental relevance is increasingly being questioned? In their new book “Menschenrechte nach der Zeitenwende. Gründe für mehr Selbstbewusstsein” (Human rights after the turning point. Reasons for greater confidence) Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt, Senior Professor of Human Rights at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg […]

  • Antisemitism: Changing established ways of thinking

      80 years after the end of the Second World War, the culture of remembrance is under pressure. In addition to gaps in historical knowledge, new biases are emerging, also with regard to antisemitism related to Israel. In education in particular, this poses major challenges. In conjunction with partners, the Chair of Psychological Assessment, Quantitative […]

  • Excellence Strategy: Outstanding in Human Rights Research

    Celebrations at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): The “Transforming Human Rights” research project is to become a Cluster of Excellence. Late on Thursday afternoon, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Council of Science and Humanities announced which research projects are to receive funding from the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments. FAU’s application […]

  • Connected research: “Important not to work at cross purposes”

    Greater opportunities in education for people with a migrant background, in particular women and girls, and breaking down barriers to accessing education: these are the focal topics in the program “Integration through education” from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Included in the program is a project consisting of four sub-projects “Meta project […]