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Award and book publication

Our former junior researcher Iryna Sauca was awarded the AK Upper Austria Wissenschaftspreis 2023 for her master’s thesis on strategic public procurement written at the institute.

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Call for Papers: Conference on Public Law and Cities

The Research Institute for Urban Management and Governance co-hosts the first ICON.S Austrian Chapter Conference on 10/11 September 2024, titled “Public Law and Cities”.

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Birgit Hollaus discusses climate change adaptation in municipalities at BOKU Energy Cluster

On 17th October 2023, another edition of the BOKU Energy Cluster event series took place, this time on the topic of “Climate change adaptation in municipalities – what (more) can be done?”.

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Environmental Law Days 2023 discusses the new wave of environmental protest with Teresa Weber and Birgit Hollaus

Every year, the environmental law community meets at JKU Linz for the Environmental Law Days. 2023 was no exception.

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Just published: LawGov’s Birgit Hollaus’ monograph on Environmental Compliance Mechanisms and EU law

With the EU having developed into an active international actor, EU policies are more and more influenced by international law obligations, processes, and institutions.

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LawGov’s Birgit Hollaus presented at the IUCN AEL Colloquium 2023

LawGov’s Birgit Hollaus participated in the 20th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, held from 31 July to 4 August 2023 at the University of Eastern Finland and its Center for…

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Knowledge, science and parliaments: workshop and panel presentations

The climate crisis and the pandemic have drawn public and academic attention to the role science and knowledge play for parliamentary processes, such as law making.

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WU Team wins environmental law moot court

Coached by LawGov’s Birgit Hollaus, together with Claudia Wutscher, a team of WU law students participated in this year’s environmental law moot court – and won!

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LawGov’s Birgit Hollaus presented at the ÖVAG seminar on the Aarhus Convention

Even 25 years after its adoption, the Aarhus Convention still challenges the Austrian legal system.

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LawGov’s Birgit Hollaus at the 2nd Austrian Climate Law Day

How does the climate crisis relate to fundamental rights?