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Institute for Comparative Federalism

Institute for Comparative Federalism

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Federalism and autonomy are key instruments of democratic governance, allowing for unity in diversity, pluralism and power control. By analyzing how complex societies are organized and how decisions are made, we provide solutions at local and global level on how to improve the democratic efficiency of institutions and policies.

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23
Staff members
14 with a PhD degree
31
Ongoing projects
19 of them with international partners
6
Books
37
Contributions in edited books
30
Journal publications

Data Activity Report 2020/2021

Research areas

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Autonomies: Italy and South Tyrol

This research field analyzes and monitors the development of the special autonomy of South Tyrol within the Italian regional system and provides solutions to ...

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Autonomies Compared: Subnational and Local​

What is the relevance of federalism worldwide? How do systems aim to ensure subnational and local autonomy compare and what can countries across continents ...

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Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy

Scholars explore the operation of democratic federalism from the viewpoint of institutional innovation and new forms of decision-making grounded in deliberative ...

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Fiscal Federalism

The allocation of fiscal powers and intergovernmental financial relations against the balance between autonomy claims and solidarity are a pivotal area of ...

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Environmental Policy and Law in Multilevel Systems

Environment is one of the key areas of law that are regulated and implemented by different governmental levels and actors, thus challenging the traditionally ...

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News & Events

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La registrazione è obbligatoria.

27.09.2021

La cooperazione transfrontaliera sanitaria nell’area del Brennero: stato dell’arte e sfide future

07.10.2021

Democratic system and territorial integration

The deadline for applications is 17 October 2021.

30.01-12.02.2022

Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2022 – Applications now open!

25-27.08.2021

Democracy Aperitif/vo

25.05.2021

Le tendenze del decentramento in Europa

06.05.2021

La partecipazione dei giovani nei Comuni alpini: utopia o realtà?

This is a hybrid event taking place at Eurac Research as well as online.

08.11.2021

Multi-Level-Governance im Bereich der Gesundheitspolitik | La governance sanitaria multilivello

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Projects

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Project

Winter School

6a/2022: Winter School on Federalism and Governance

Duration: December 2008 - December 2022Funding:
Public institutions (Other projects /Project)
Project

Federal Scholar

6b/2022: Federal Scholar in Residence Program

Duration: August 2014 - December 2022Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Project

LoGov

2g/2022: Local Government and the Changing Urban-Rural Interplay - RISE project

Duration: January 2019 - July 2024Funding:
Excellence Science (Horizon 2020 /EU funding /Project)
Project

Research Südtirol

5c/2022: Climate change integration in the multilevel governance of Italy and Austria

Duration: September 2020 - December 2022Funding:
Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research projects (Province BZ funding /Project)
Project

GaYA

3c/2019: Governance and Youth in the Alps

Duration: October 2016 - February 2019Funding:
ESF (EU funding / Project)
Project

Fiscal Federalism

4a/2022: Fiscal federalism and territorial entities: analyses of recent problems and future ...

Duration: December 2008 - December 2022Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Project

Federalism

2a/2022: Comparative Federalism and Autonomy Studies

Duration: December 2005 - December 2022Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Project

DATE

4c/2022: DATE - Diversity Accommodation through Territorial Equalization

Duration: October 2020 - October 2022Funding:
Provincial P.-L.P. 14. Research projects (Province BZ funding /Project)
Project

Institutional Innovation

3a/2022: Institutional Innovation and Participatory Democracy in Multilevel Systems

Duration: August 2013 - December 2023Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Project

H2020 Marie Curie IGR-IDS

2e/2020: Intergovernmental Relations in Divided Societies (Marie Curie)

Duration: July 2018 - July 2020Funding:
Excellence Science (Horizon 2020 /EU funding /Project)

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Francesco Palermo

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Institute for Comparative Federalism

Viale Druso 1 39100 Bolzano Italy

T 002 550 1740 93+

ude.carue@msilaredef

ude.carue.cep@noitartsinimda (PEC)

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Eurac Research is a private research center based in Bolzano (South Tyrol) with researchers from a wide variety of scientific fields who come from all over the globe. Together, through scientific knowledge and research, they share the goal of shaping the future.

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