To the attention of students of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv!
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites interested students of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv to participate in the Summer School on the topic “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights”, which will take place from July 20 to 24, 2026.
About the Summer School. FAU is a central hub for human rights research in Germany.
During one-week Summer School, students will learn about fundamental issues and contemporary global challenges in the field of human rights.
Topics covered include:
– 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.
The program of the Summer School combines lectures, workshops, group work, and excursions.
To be eligible, students must:
– 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,
– have English language proficiency of level B2 or above.
Applications for grants covering participation, breakfast, lunch and accommodation for 6 nights (July 19 – 25) are being accepted from now till April 28, 2026. Travel costs and personal expenses must be covered by the participants.
Online application by the link.
