Team
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bilyana Petkova
Research Interests:
- Law and Society in the Digital Age
- Federalism and Urban Law
- Data Privacy and Freedom of Speech
- European Law
- Comparative Constitutional Law
Contact: bilyana.petkova[a]uni-graz.at
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joseph Marko
Research Interests:
- Comparative constitutional law
- Comparative Theory of Government
- Ethnic conflicts and minority protection
- Diversity and Law
Other Affiliations: Institute of Public Law and Political Science, Institute for Minority Rights/EURAC Research
Contact: josef.marko[a]uni-graz.at
Assoz. Prof. DDr. Jürgen Pirker
Head of Department
Research Interests:
- Law and Diversity
- Fundamental, Human and Minority Rights
- Legal Transitions in Public Law
- Memory Politics
- Conflict Studies (Interactive Conflict Resolution)
Other Affiliations: Public Law and Political Science
Contact: juergen.pirker[a]uni-graz.at
MMag. Dr. Maximilian Lakitsch, M.A.
Research Interests:
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- International Relations
- Power, Authority, and Legitimacy
- Critical Posthumanism
- Religion and Conflict
- Middle East (focus on Syria, Lebanon, Israel-Palestine)
Other Affiliations: Coordinator of the Conflict – Peace – Democracy Cluster
Contact: maximilian.lakitsch[a]uni-graz.at
Dr. Aiste Mickonyte, BA. LL.M.
Research Interests:
- Europeanization
- European Law
- Rule of Law in Europe
Other Affiliations: Centre for East European Law and Eurasian Studies
Contact: aiste.mickonyte[a]uni-graz.at
Spec. Ksenia Radchenkova M.Sc.
Research Interests:
- Chinese economy and politics development in present geopolitical circumstances
- Concept of sovereignty in historical political discourse
- Confucianism as the ideoligical base for modern Chinese theory of international relations
- Intercultural communication
Contact: ksenia.radchenkova(at)uni-graz.at
Hannes Mayer
Office Manager
Research Interests:
• Space Law and Space Policy
• Canon Law
• International Relations
• Nuclear Armaments Policy
Other Affiliations: Competence Centre for Space Law and Space Policy, European Centre for Space Law
Contact: hannes.mayer(at)uni-graz.at
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Benedikt Harzl, M.A.
Research Interests:
- Conflicts of self-determination in the post-Soviet space
- Europeanization of the Eastern Neighborhood
Other Affiliations: Centre for East European Law and Eurasian Studies
Contact: benedikt.harzl[a]uni-graz.at
Dr. Wilfried Graf
Research Interests:
- Interactive conflict transformation
- Problem Solving
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Dialogue processes (focus: Alps-Adriatic Sea, Middle East, Eastern Europe)
CV, List of Publications
Other Affiliations: Co-Direktor of the Herbert C. Kelman Institute for interactive conflict transformation
Contact: wilfried.graf[a]gmail.com
PD Mag. Dr. Stephan Hinghofer-Szalkay
Research Interests:
- Constitutional and administrative law
- Religious Law
- History, comparison and sociology of law
CV, List of Publications
Other Affiliations: Federal Chancellery
Contact: stephan.hinghofer-szalkay(at)uni-graz.at
PD Mag. Dr. Jan Pospisil
Research Interests:
- Peacebuilding
- Political Settlements
- Resilience
- Development and Security
- Conflict Studies, Intervention
- State Sovereignty
Other Affiliations: Research Director of the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Contact: pospisil[a]aspr.ac.at
Hon-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriel Nikolaij Toggenburg, LL.M.
Research Interests:
- European Union Law
- Human Rights
- Minority Rights and Diversity Protection, Language Rights
- Protection of fundamental rights in Austria and Europe
Other Affiliations: European Union Agency For Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Contact: gtoggenburg[a]gmail.com
