Queer Studies Week - a dialogue against violence and for diversity
08.05.2024
Queer Studies Week (QSW), which takes place from May 13 to 17, 2024, was initiated in response to the queerphobic act of burning Pride flags that took place in Freiburg in May 2023. In this interview,…
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Women perform less well than men: at the core of an illusion
22.09.2021
For the same level of performance, a woman is still judged to be less competent than a man, notably in areas which are stereotypically masculine. The University of Fribourg has taken part in a European…
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Dr.iur. Nula Frei is the winner of the Brigitte-Schnegg prize 2019
30.10.2019
Dr.iur. Nula Frei is the winner of the Brigitte-Schnegg prize 2019 for her dissertation "Menschenhandel und Asyl. Die Umsetzung der völkerrechtlichen Vorgaben zum Opferschutz im schweizerischen Asylv
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Professor of Philosophy Martine Nida-Rümelin receives the Jean Nicod Prize 2019
16.04.2019
Martine Nida-Rümelin, professor of the philosophy of language, mind and the human
sciences at the University of Fribourg since 1999, is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Jean Nicod Prize.
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