Call for Applications: for Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (July 20 – 24, 2026)
FAU is a central hub for human rights research in Germany. In our one-week Summer School we will introduce you to foundational questions and current global challenges in the field of human rights.
The program combines lectures, workshops, group work, and excursions.
- Universal human rights in a changing, post-Western world
- Open-source data and human rights, including hands-on methodological insights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Discrimination and inequality, with a focus on contemporary global challenges
- Migration and human rights
- Human rights education: principles, methods, and practical approaches
- Human rights in and through the media
To be eligible, students must:
- have English language proficiency of level B2 or above.
- be studying for a Bachelor‘s degree in any discipline including Law.
- be interested in understanding human rights as a complex, interdisciplinary field relevant to academia, politics, and society.
Applications for grants covering participation, breakfast, lunch and accommodation for 6 nights (July 19 – 25) are being accepted from now till April 28. Travel costs and personal expenses must be covered by the participants.
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