​​​​​​​​​​​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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10/01/2020

Federal Scholar in Residence 2021 – Call for Applications

Until 1 July 2021 the Institute welcomes your application to become the next Federal Scholar in Residence. Discuss and present your research during a stay of up to three weeks at the Institute in Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol.

10/01/2020

Diversity Governance Papers (DiGoP) -Constitutional, Territorial and Societal Pluralism

Working paper series

"Diversity Governance Papers (DiGoP) -Constitutional, Territorial and Societal Pluralism" is an online working paper series that publishes working papers from all disciplines focusing on diversity governance and exploring issues linked to constitutionalism and societal pluralism.

08/01/2020

Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2020

Apply now! Applications open till 18 October 2020

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