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.
What is the best form of exercise and how often should we exercise to stay healthy? How can institutions encourage exercise? These are the key questions behind the national recommendations for exercise which are being revised by experts from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) on...
Partnering with the International Max Planck Research School “Global Multiplicity” (IMPRS-GM), FAU professors Katrin Kinzelbach (Chair of Human Rights Politics) and Dominik Müller (Chair of Cultural and Social Anthropology) inaugurated an interdisciplinary IMPRS doctoral research group called Human Rights Now – How?
With the funding measure ‘Regional Expansion of China Expertise in Science (Regio-China)’, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aims to disseminate and deepen China expertise in the German scientific landscape. One of the projects is ‘KoWinChi - Competent scientific interaction with China’, which the Chair of Sinology with a focus on the intellectual and cultural history of China at FAU has successfully acquired as a joint project with the University of Würzburg.
Academic freedom today is not available for 3.6 billion people, or 45.5 percent of the world’s population. After a global peak in academic freedom in 2006, the situation today is comparable to circumstances fifty years ago in 1973. This is one of the results of the 2024 Update of the Academic Freedo...
The popular program FAUmentoring ARIADNEphil is starting its next round in October 2024! Until 31st March 2024, female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, and habilitation candidates from the Faculty of Humanities and Theology can apply for admission to the 18-month mentoring program. The free offer is aimed at promising female early-career researchers who aspire to an academic career.
