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Roberta Medda-Windischer

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Institute for Minority Rights

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Main Research Foci :

International Protection of Minority Rights
Old and New Minorities
Inclusion Human Rights Policies
Diversity Governance
Minorities and Freedom of/from Religion
Equality and Non-discrimination
Civic Education and Gamification
Minorities, Diversity and AI

Dr. Roberta Medda-Windischer (LL.M, PhD), Senior Researcher and Group Leader for Equality and Diversity in Integrated Societies at Eurac Research Institute for Minority Rights (Bolzano/Bozen – Italy), is an international lawyer specializing in the international law of minority rights, minority issues, old and new minorities, diversity governance, civic education, non-discrimination policies. Dr. Medda-Windischer worked as Legal Officer for various international organisations, including the European Court of Human Rights (CoE/ECHR, Strasbourg), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, BiH), the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR, Albania), and the UN Centre for Human Rights (OHCHR, Geneva). Her research on minority protection includes the authorship and editorship of monographs and multi-authored volumes, as well as numerous articles and book chapters published both in Italy and internationally.

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Scientific Publications

Inbook2026

Linguistic diversity of new minorities in Europe: A crossroads of rights and duties

Medda-Windischer R, Zeba M

Roberta Medda-Windischer, Mattia Zeba

Progetto: EDIS - Vecchie e nuove minoranze

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18845602

Inbook2025

Intersectionality, Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness: An Oxymoron or a Reality?

Medda-Windischer R, Crepaz K

Roberta Medda-Windischer, Katharina Crepaz

Progetto: EDIS - Vecchie e nuove minoranze

This chapter discusses the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) systems across different areas of human life, and subsequent concerns about these new technologies exhibiting biased or even discriminatory behaviour, especially in contexts where multiple dimensions of diversity, such as gender, colour, religion or ethnicity, overlap. Using Kimberlé Crenshaw's (1989) concept of intersectionality as our main framework and adding perspectives from current legal and social science discourses, we argue that discriminatory AI is a human-made problem and can therefore only be tackled through a human-centred approach. This approach includes discussing protected attributes and their (in)stability, vulnerability, and essentialist versus non-essentialist attribution of group identity, as well as focusing on human-made inequalities and power imbalances, with a special attention to minority women, as the source for biased AI systems. AI models are biased and discriminatory because our society structures are as well; solutions only addressing technological challenges therefore fall short of tackling the underlying issue of inequalities. The chapter analyses the EU AI Act and the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency as possible strategies for mitigating discriminatory effects through AI governance and conclude that successfully creating fair AI will not be possible without addressing the societal roots of its discriminatory behaviour.

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.4324/9781003510161-13

Journal article2025

Minoranze religiose ed emergenze sanitarie: Approcci globali e lezioni apprese dalla pandemia di COVID-19

Medda-Windischer R, Budabin AC, Madera A

Roberta Medda-Windischer, Alexandra Budabin

Il contributo esamina il complesso panorama delle minoranze religiose in diversi contesti geografici e giuridici, e l'impatto dell'emergenza generata dalla pandemia di Covid-19, da una prospettiva giuridica, concentrandosi su materiali legislativi e giurisprudenziali. Dopo un'introduzione sulla natura fluida della nozione di minoranza religiosa, l'analisi si struttura attorno a dicotomie tematiche che evidenziano tensioni tra interessi contrapposti, come l'autorità religiosa contro quella laica e la salute pubblica contro l'autonomia religiosa. Le aree di interesse specifico riguardano le esenzioni a favore delle pratiche religiose, il ruolo degli accomodamenti religiosi nelle istituzioni pubbliche e le implicazioni delle pratiche religiose come sepolture e funerali sulle misure di protezione della salute pubblica. Il contributo affronta inoltre il conflitto tra attività secolari e religiose, con riguardo ai divieti di assembramento, e alle preoccupazioni relative alla privacy delle informazioni sensibili rispetto alle esigenze di salute pubblica. Infine, questo lavoro affronta la questione della ricerca di capri espiatori e dello sviluppo di forme di hate speech in relazione alla libertà di espressione. Infine, valuta le pratiche positive e i potenziali abusi nella consultazione e nella collaborazione con le minoranze religiose. Le conclusioni mettono a confronto diversi approcci giudiziari alle norme precauzionali relative al COVID-19, e si concentrano sul coinvolgimento delle comunità di fede come approccio più efficace per gestire le emergenze sanitarie, sostenendo il riconoscimento delle minoranze religiose come alleate piuttosto che come avversarie nel contesto di una crisi.

DOI

DOI: 10.54103/1971-8543/30023

Inbook2025

Vulnerabilities, minoritizing processes and concerted solutions for rural scarcities: Learning lessons and tackling marginalisation in Northern Italy

Medda-Windischer R, Maino Federica

Roberta Medda-Windischer

Progetto: EDIS - Vecchie e nuove minoranze

This chapter aims to explore which lessons can be learnt from minoritized communities living in rural areas as applicable to linguistic, religious and cultural minorities likewise. Minoritized rural communities have strong bonds with their own territory and these bonds are characterized by diversity and resilience. Rural areas are often, though not always, characterized by depopulation, lack of essential services, topographic and climatic restrictions, and accordingly, when these features are present, they are considered ‘less-favoured areas’ (LFA) characterized by ‘marginality’. The approach applied in this contribution is based on cross-fertilization in terms of both the construction of synergies and sharing of common solutions among linguistic, religious and cultural minorities, on the one hand, and minoritized rural communities, on the other. This approach is particularly promising as it provides new insights on common issues such as minoritizing processes related to vulnerability and marginalization, multiple and intersectoral grouping and individual’s be Andreoli longing, asymmetry in access to power, empowerment and participation. By encompassing different marginalized groups, this contribution aims to promote solution-oriented and need-based decisions, conflicts as opportunities for change, while at the same time, emphasizing concerted processes to support structural changes.

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.4324/9781032661780-7

Inbook2024

Europäische Wertegemeinschaft und zivilgesellschaftliche Integration: Erfahrungen von Asylsuchenden und Studierenden mit einem Brettspiel

Kofler D, Medda-Windischer R, Carlà A

Andrea Carlà, Roberta Medda-Windischer

Progetto: EDIS - Dispositivi didattici su Diversitá, Anti-discriminazione e Minoranze

Das Zusammenleben in Europa basiert auf einem wirtschaftlichen und politischen Integrationsprojekt und bildet eine Wertegemeinschaft, die Mitgestaltung erfordert, um Bestand zu haben. Das Brettspiel The House of Common Values – Das Haus der gemein-samen Werte (Medda-Windischer et al., 2020a) präsentiert nicht nur die dreizehn Werte der Charta der Grundrechte der EU, sondern lädt auch ein, diese im Alltag zu diskutieren, spielerisch zu erkunden, in Frage zu stellen und inhaltlich weiterzuentwickeln. Asylsuchende und Studierende der Bildungswissenschaften im Primarbereich trafen sich an Spieltischen und berichteten im Anschluss von ihren Erfahrungen. Das Thema der zivilgesellschaftlichen Integration, die inklusiv und differenzsensibel ist, bildet das übergeordnete Ziel der Überlegungen in diesem Beitrag. Sie kann nicht nur rational geplant werden, sondern will gelebt sein, eben im Spannungsfeld zwischen Verordnungen und Partizipation.

DOI

DOI: 10.13124/9788860461964_12

Book2024

In Search of The Lost Past. A Backwards Role-Play / Pensare Contromano: Alla Ricerca del Passato Perduto. Un gioco di ruolo a ritroso / Über Eigene Grenzen Hinausdenken: Auf der Suche nach der Verlorenen Vergangenheit. Ein Rückwärts-Rollenspiel

Medda-Windischer R, Zeba M, Carlà A, Budabin AC, Patti Y

Andrea Carlà, Roberta Medda-Windischer, Alexandra Budabin, Mattia Zeba

Progetto: EDIS - De-Radicalizzazione in Europa e oltre: Individuare, risolvere, reintegrare

ISBN: 978-88-941951-1-8

Inbook2024

Integration of Third-Country Nationals in Subnational Entities: Is Regional Citizenship a Viable Instrument?

Medda-Windischer R, Kössler K

Karl Kössler, Roberta Medda-Windischer

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.3726/b18969

Inbook2023

Europäische zivilgesellschaftliche Integration und gemeinsame Werte: Die Erfahrung eines Brettspiels

Medda-Windischer R, Carlà A

Andrea Carlà, Roberta Medda-Windischer

Progetto: EDIS - Dispositivi didattici su Diversitá, Anti-discriminazione e Minoranze

In den letzten Jahren ist die sogenannte Flüchtlingskrise in vielen europäischen Ländern zu einem strukturellen Merkmal geworden. Infolgedessen hat sich der Schwerpunkt der politischen Maßnahmen gegenüber Flüchtlingen von Fragen der Not- und Erstaufnahme zur Thematik der Maßnahmen zu deren Integration verlagert. In den letzten zehn Jahren sind in vielen europäischen Ländern Maßnahmen zur bürgerlichen Integration in Mode gekommen. Den Programmen zur staatsbürgerlichen Integration zufolge sind Kurse und Schulungen, in denen Migranten die Sprache und die Werte des Aufnahmelandes, wie Demokratie und Menschenrechte, erlernen, ein wichtiges Instrument für den Prozess der Eingliederung der Migrantenbevölkerung. Es besteht jedoch Skepsis gegenüber den auf nationaler Ebene entwickelten Programmen zur staatsbürgerlichen Integration, die als unidirektional, disziplinierend und ausgrenzend kritisiert worden sind. Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Zusammenspiel dieser Dynamiken und stellt die Ergebnisse des von der EU finanzierten Projekts "Euroregionen, Migration und Integration" (EUMINT) vor, das darauf abzielt, ein europaweites Programm zur staatsbürgerlichen Integration von Asylbewerbern, Flüchtlingen und der lokalen Bevölkerung zu entwickeln, und gleichzeitig versucht, einige der Probleme anzugehen, die diesen Arten von Initiativen zugeschrieben werden. EUMINT, das das Konzept der bürgerlichen Integration neu formuliert, verwendet einen partizipatorischen Bottom-up-Ansatz, aktives Lernen und innovatives interaktives didaktisches Material, um Begegnungen zur bürgerlichen Integration zu organisieren, bei denen Flüchtlinge, Asylbewerber und Mitglieder der lokalen Bevölkerung die Schlüsselwerte der Europäischen Union (Artikel 2 des Vertrags über die Europäische Union - EUV) diskutieren. Auf der Grundlage von Teilnehmerbefragungen werden in diesem Artikel die Ergebnisse solcher Begegnungen in Österreich und Italien (Tirol, Südtirol und Friaul-Julisch-Venetien) vorgestellt und bewertet, inwieweit sie das Bewusstsein für die EU-Werte erfolgreich gefördert haben.

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66978-5_40

Inbook2023

Introduction: Squaring the Circle: Critical Reflections on Religious Minorities, Diversity Governance and Pluralist Societies

Medda-Windischer R, Wonisch K, Budabin AC

Roberta Medda-Windischer, Alexandra Budabin

Progetto: EDIS - Minoranze religiose

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.1163/9789004446816_002

Edited book2023

Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies: Critical Perspectives on the Accommodation of Religious Diversities

Medda-Windischer R, Wonisch K, Budabin AC

Roberta Medda-Windischer, Alexandra Budabin

Progetto: EDIS - Minoranze religiose

ISBN: 978-90-04-44680-9

The accommodation of religious diversity in contemporary pluralist societies is undoubtedly amongst the most salient issues on today’s political agenda, not least due to the challenges posed by migration. A subject of considerable debate is how to reconcile the demands of religious and cultural diversity alongside political unity, that is, how to create a political community that is cohesive and stable and satisfies the legitimate aspirations of minorities. This volume provides a critical analysis of the institutional accommodations and legal frameworks conceived by and/or for historical religious groups and assesses their potential and shortcomings in providing for an integrated society based on human- and minority rights protection.

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.1163/9789004446816

Inbook2022

Changing Perspectives in Minority Studies: A Human Rights Model of Diversity Governance for Old and New Minorities

Medda-Windischer R

Roberta Medda-Windischer

Progetto: EDIS - Vecchie e nuove minoranze

DOI

DOI: 10.5771/9783748933113-483

Journal article2022

Section 2 Special Focus: Covid-19 and Minorities - Introduction

Medda-Windischer R

Roberta Medda-Windischer

Progetto: EDIS - Vecchie e nuove minoranze

“We are all in this together!”: this has been the commonly used, and perhaps rhetorical, slogan repeated throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It was, however, immediately clear that, in reality, we were, and we are still, not in this together—at least not in the same way. The Covid-19 emergency measures (lockdown, social distancing, health prescriptions, etc.) have had indeed a more pervasive negative effect on most vulnerable categories of our societies, in particular many minority groups.

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.1163/22116117_005

Inbook2023

Europäische zivilgesellschaftliche Integration und gemeinsame Werte: Die Erfahrung eines Brettspiels

Medda-Windischer R, Carlà A

Andrea Carlà, Roberta Medda-Windischer

Progetto: EDIS - Dispositivi didattici su Diversitá, Anti-discriminazione e Minoranze

DOI Fonte

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66978-5_40

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Scientific Publications

Linguistic diversity of new minorities in Europe: A crossroads of rights and duties

Intersectionality, Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness: An Oxymoron or a Reality?

Minoranze religiose ed emergenze sanitarie: Approcci globali e lezioni apprese dalla pandemia di COVID-19

Vulnerabilities, minoritizing processes and concerted solutions for rural scarcities: Learning lessons and tackling marginalisation in Northern Italy

Europäische Wertegemeinschaft und zivilgesellschaftliche Integration: Erfahrungen von Asylsuchenden und Studierenden mit einem Brettspiel

In Search of The Lost Past. A Backwards Role-Play / Pensare Contromano: Alla Ricerca del Passato Perduto. Un gioco di ruolo a ritroso / Über Eigene Grenzen Hinausdenken: Auf der Suche nach der Verlorenen Vergangenheit. Ein Rückwärts-Rollenspiel

Integration of Third-Country Nationals in Subnational Entities: Is Regional Citizenship a Viable Instrument?

Europäische zivilgesellschaftliche Integration und gemeinsame Werte: Die Erfahrung eines Brettspiels

Introduction: Squaring the Circle: Critical Reflections on Religious Minorities, Diversity Governance and Pluralist Societies

Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies: Critical Perspectives on the Accommodation of Religious Diversities

Changing Perspectives in Minority Studies: A Human Rights Model of Diversity Governance for Old and New Minorities

Section 2 Special Focus: Covid-19 and Minorities - Introduction

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Scientific Publications

Linguistic diversity of new minorities in Europe: A crossroads of rights and duties

Intersectionality, Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Fairness: An Oxymoron or a Reality?

Minoranze religiose ed emergenze sanitarie: Approcci globali e lezioni apprese dalla pandemia di COVID-19

Vulnerabilities, minoritizing processes and concerted solutions for rural scarcities: Learning lessons and tackling marginalisation in Northern Italy

Europäische Wertegemeinschaft und zivilgesellschaftliche Integration: Erfahrungen von Asylsuchenden und Studierenden mit einem Brettspiel

In Search of The Lost Past. A Backwards Role-Play / Pensare Contromano: Alla Ricerca del Passato Perduto. Un gioco di ruolo a ritroso / Über Eigene Grenzen Hinausdenken: Auf der Suche nach der Verlorenen Vergangenheit. Ein Rückwärts-Rollenspiel

Integration of Third-Country Nationals in Subnational Entities: Is Regional Citizenship a Viable Instrument?

Europäische zivilgesellschaftliche Integration und gemeinsame Werte: Die Erfahrung eines Brettspiels

Introduction: Squaring the Circle: Critical Reflections on Religious Minorities, Diversity Governance and Pluralist Societies

Religious Minorities in Pluralist Societies: Critical Perspectives on the Accommodation of Religious Diversities

Changing Perspectives in Minority Studies: A Human Rights Model of Diversity Governance for Old and New Minorities

Section 2 Special Focus: Covid-19 and Minorities - Introduction

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