ERC Advanced Grant
Award year: 2026
Category: Scholarship / Grant
Type: ERC Advanced Grant
Awarding organization: Europäischer Forschungsrat (ERC)
When Professor Dr. Andrea Bréard speaks about China, mathematics, and statistics, it’s never just about numbers. The FAU Vice President uniquely combines sinology and mathematics in her research. Professor Bréard, who is holder of the Chair of Sinology with a focus on Chinese Intellectual and Cultural History has now been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant, funded with 2.5 million euros, from the European Research Council for her work. Over the next five years, her project “C-STICS” will examine the reciprocal influence of statistics and crises in autocracies, using China as a case study.