Research

The faculty is pleased to welcome Dr. Andre Pittig who has been professor for translational Psychotherapy at the Institute of Psychology since May. He comes from Würzburg university, where he was head of the research group “Cognitive Control in the Context of Stress and Health” and received the rese...

Together with the Leibnitz Institute for Media Research, a team at the Chair of Educational Science led by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kammerl is researching how digital media change the way children grow up. The project “Sozialisation in einer sich wandelnden Medienumgebung – ConKids” (approximated: socialisation in a changing media environment) is now entering its second phase funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The virtual XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy with the title “The True, the Good and the Beautiful” will be taking place at FAU from September 5th to September 9th, 2021. Internationally renowned experts will be giving lectures about this topic as well as virtually all fields and periods of philosophy. Attendance is free, registration required.

How can we improve our lives? Is being healthy all it takes? Which role do family, friends and other people play? Is being alone and having time for yourself also important? The new project “Gesundheit und soziale Teilhabe” (GesTe) from the Institute of Psychogerontology at FAU deals with these topics, addressing people over the age of 75.

She is researching late Latin texts and she is a Humboldt research fellow: In this last part of the “Women in Research” series, meet Dr. Helen Kaufmann, Visiting Scientist at FAU at Prof. Dr. Christoph Schubert’s Chair of Classical Philology (Latin) since January 2020. “Latin had been my favourite s...

The app which was developed in the Erasmus+ project ‘CIELL’ has reached the finale of the ELTons Innovation Awards in the category Digital Innovation. Out of 150 submissions from 50 countries, the app with FAU participation is in the finale with six other contestants. Winners will be announced in No...

Fun in the sun – that is what summer holidays should look like for children. The city of Nuremberg together with the Chair for Teaching German as a Second Language and the Bürgerstiftung are offering a summer camp in the first two weeks of the summer break, so those who stay home can be active, too....

Encounters with foreign cultures are frequently overshadowed by stereotypes – especially when it comes to refugees and their religious affiliation. But what role does religiosity actually play in the life of young people with migration background or refugee status? Prof. Dr. Manfred Pirner, Chair of...

After the launch of the virtual rooftop museum, the Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory is already gearing up for the next innovation in science communication: Augmented Reality (AR) – ARrcheology! Launched in March, the Project UFG-AR managed by Dr. Carsten Mischka and Dr. Marcel Weiß is bringing archaeological objects and sites to the living room.

She had established herself in academia as a woman, yet after her habilitation she followed the call of God: PD Dr. Nicole Grochowina is both, project contributor and research assistant at the Chair of Historical Theology (New Church History), and a sister in the Protestant community Christusbruders...