The Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Innsbruck proudly announce the 11th edition of their joint programme, the WINTER SCHOOL ON FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE 2020 The Winter School is a cross-border postgraduate programme located in the heart of the Alps under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The 2020 edition will focus on “FEDERALISM AND LANGUAGE” Dates…

In 2020, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business will host the 12th Conference of the Central and Eastern European Forum of Young Legal, Political & Social Theorists. The main theme of the 12th CEE Forum Conference will be populism, popular sovereignty and public reason. In the first two decades of the 21st century, and particularly in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis, populist politics have been on the rise and are challenging so-called liberal democratic conceptions relating to pluralism,…

According to a widely shared perception, we live in times of heightened geopolitical tensions and a crisis of the international system. The German and French Foreign ministers have held, for example, that the entire multilateral system, the cornerstones for international peace and security, are in the most severe crisis since the founding of the United Nations. Despite the prima facie shared crisis diagnosis, there is, however, much less agreement about the nature and consequences of the challenges for peace and…