​​​​​​​​​​​The Institute carries out comparative studies and applied research on federal, regional and local governmental trends predominantly, but not exclusively, from a legal perspective. We investigate the legal tools for coping with the management of ever more complex governance and decision-making processes in multi-level systems both within Europe and worldwide. South Tyrol's well-established, far reaching self-government arrangement and asymmetrical autonomy within regional Italy and the location at the border of 'mature' federations, puts the Institute in a privileged position to observe and analyze, inter alia:

• ​Autonomies: Italy and South Tyrol​
• Autonomies Compared: Subnational and Local​
• Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy
• Fiscal Federalism
• Environmental Policy and Law in Multilevel Systems

A trilingual approach (German, Italian and English) characterizes our research, publications, conferences, training programs, and consultancy activities and makes our research results available to a wide variety of target groups. We are member of the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS) and of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

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08/02/2019

EUreka! - We've launched a blog!

https://blogs.eurac.edu/eu-elections/

Our EUreka! blog wants to shed light on some of the most relevant issues for the future of the European Union – intended as a whole but also as the sum of 28 (or 27) different countries –, contributing to the construction of a conscious and informed public opinion. Given the EU’s motto, “United in diversity”, and the idea of the EU as a supranational entity made of different cultures, traditions and languages, EUreka! will address not only issues directly related to the electoral campaigns, the political candidates and their political agendas, but will also try to bring out stories and interdisciplinary aspects otherwise neglected in the general discussion on European elections.

08/01/2019

Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2020

Apply now! Applications open till 11 October 2019

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03.12.2019 Paris Peace Forum: come favorire l’integrazione dei migranti? “Cooperazione istituzionale, integrazione civica e integrazione lavorativa sono i cardini del progetto che stiamo portando avanti per favorire l’integrazione di migranti e richiedenti asilo nell’arco alpino”, spiega Anna-Kira Pirhofer, ricercatrice di Eurac Research e referente del progetto europeo ...

03.12.2019 Rebecca Nelson is Federal Scholar in 2020 Rebecca Nelson is Federal Scholar in Residence 2020.

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