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Research Visits


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Are you a researcher interested in the Autonomy of South Tyrol or minority protection and are you planning a study visit in South Tyrol?
Autonomy Experience provides experts and students with an insight into the current state of research by connecting you with leading experts in the areas of minority rights and autonomy studies. We’re here to help you organise a study visit at Eurac Research.
Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Governance


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The Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Governance is organised annually by the Institute for Minority Rights of Eurac Research.
The two-week postgraduate programme welcomes an international audience: young researchers and academics, post-graduate students, civil servants from local, regional or national governments as well as employees of international organizations or NGOs. The Summer School follows an interactive approach and explores human rights, minority rights and diversity governance from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. It brings together scholars and practitioners and offers the participants the opportunity to broaden their knowledge through a wide range of lectures, workshops, role-plays, and study visits.
Winter School on Federalism and Governance


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The Winter School on Federalism and Governance is a common project of the Institute for Comparative Federalism of Eurac Research, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
The Winter School analyses the phenomena of federalism, regionalism and multi-level governance from legal and political science perspectives. Every edition pays attention to a specific topic, which is approached in detail by legal scholars, political scientists, and practitioners. The two-week postgraduate programme takes place one week in Innsbruck and one week in Bolzano. The Winter School is designed for those who wish to upgrade their knowledge on federalism through an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, including: researchers and academics; post-docs, postgraduate and graduate students; civil servants from local, regional or national government, employees of international organisations or NGOs.
Master in Federalism and Minority Studies


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Europe prides itself on a rich culture of diversity, incorporating regions and minorities while successfully adhering to democratic principles.
Currently, this system is being tested to pressure from different angles; the rights, status and protection of minorities and liberal democracy as a whole, have come under more intense scrutiny and are being constantly challenged.
The Master of Science in Federalism and Minority Studies is a combined initiative of Eurac Research and the Donau Universität Krems, Germany, which offers students a wide range of modules relating to the current issues facing Europe. The course also offers insights to the historical developments which have created the rich texture of political landscapes that represent Europe.
Besides acquiring detailed knowledge on these issues, students will also be equipped with methodological tools to compare and contrast European and global developments. These transferable skills will enable them to analyse power structures, governmental varieties and protection mechanisms across the world.
Compendium


This book is called the Protection of Minorities in Europe and it is an ABC, nothing more, and nothing less.
As such, it has 26 entries and is organised in a modular fashion, making it a quick read. It is not exhaustive, but stimulating, not academic in depth, but connective in width. The entries cover various topics pertaining to minority protection in Europe with special attention devoted to the traditional, or so-called “national” minorities, while immigrants, indigenous peoples, homosexuals and transsexuals, as well as linguistic and religious minorities are also part of the discourse. The many cross-references placed within parentheses (→ keyword) highlight the connections, making the big picture visible.
Book authors: Gabriel N. Toggenburg and Günther Rautz (Vienna and Bozen/Bolzano, May 2012). To order the book online, go to: https://bit.ly/3pitnOC
Workshops for Schools


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Would you like to learn more about South Tyrol’s autonomy in short teaching units? Join us for interactive and informative workshops.
Workshops
Level of education:
3rd year secondary school, high school
Type of Activity:
Interactive workshops for classes on the basic knowledge of autonomy in South Tyrol, no preparation (in class) necessary.
Focus:
The interactive workshop conveys the principles of South Tyrol’s autonomy and invites the pupils to reflect about what autonomy means for their futures. In an introduction, a staff member from the Center for Autonomy Experience conveys the most important information on the Autonomy Statute of South Tyrol. Subsequently, the pupils discuss their own wishes and visions regarding their futures in South Tyrol. The proposals are presented and discussed in the plenum. The outcomes will then be published on the web page of the Center for Autonomy Experience and on Eurac Research’s social media channels.
Referee:
Staff members of the Center for Autonomy Experience.
Required Time:
9 am to 11 am (2 hours). Possible dates: 15.03.2021, 17.03.2021, 15.04.2021
Place:
– Eurac Research, Viale Druso, 1/Drususallee 1, 39100 Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
– also as Webinar
Application and further information:
Free of charge. The workshop is coordinated by Eurac Research for Schools; contact persons Sabrina Zung and Karin Amor; Dates on request via email to: schools@eurac.edu
Language:
German, English
Level of education:
3rd year secondary school, high school
Type of Activity:
Interactive workshop for classes, focussing on the topic of autonomy, in class preparation (in consultation with the referee) is recommended.
Focus:
The interactive workshop conveys basic and specific knowledge on the topics: self-determination and autonomies in Europe in the past and present with special focus on the attainment and implementation of South Tyrol’s autonmy . Based on intense team work and an interactive teacher-centred approach, pupils analyse, together with historian Georg Grote, the historical, political, legal and social components of the independence movements in Europe as well as the national movements, which resulted in the existence of the present European states. The objective is, on the one hand, to enlighten South Tyrol’s example in the field of minority protection and autonomy in the context of European developments in the 20th century and, on the other, to awaken a lasting interest in the forming of South Tyrol’s dynamic autonomy.
Referee:
Georg Grote, Senior Researcher of the Institute for Minority Rights of Eurac Research
Required time:
9 am to 12 am (3 hours). Possible dates: 28.04.2021, 29.04.2021, 30.04.2021
Place:
– Eurac Research, Viale Druso, 1/Drususallee 1, 39100 Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
– also as Webinar
Application and further information:
Free of charge. The workshop is coordinated by Eurac Research for Schools, contact persons Sabrina Zung and Karin Amor; Dates on request via email to: schools@eurac.edu.
Language:
German
Level of education:
2nd, 3rd and 4th year of secondary school
Type of Activity:
Interactive workshop for classes in Italian and/or English; no preparation in class needed.
Focus:
The object of this workshop is to offer pupils who are studying or are interested in the topic of autonomy in South Tyrol or Europe, an insight to other systems of self-governmenance in the world, and in particular into those of indigenous nations. The first part of the workshop includes intercultural games, some short video clips, and a presentation-quiz which is supposed to induce a spontaneous discussion with the students about indigenous nations, their history and current conditions. The second part includes a role play in which the students are supposed to divide themselves into groups and simulate encounters between international organisations and NGOs, governments and indigenous nations in order to construct a system of autonomy together, which results in a balanced compromise for all parties involved. At the end, there will be a short moment of reflection together with the students (debriefing) on the activities processed as well as on the complex balance that the self-government of South Tyrol provides in relation to nations such as Latin America, Australia, Bangladesh and many other countries.
Referee:
Alexandra Tomaselli, Senior Researcher of the Institute for Minority Rights of Eurac Research
Required time:
9 am to 11 am (3 hours). Possible date during the second term of school year 2020/2021, to be requested via email at schools@eurac.edu.
Place: Eurac Research, Viale Druso, 1/Drususallee 1, 39100 Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
Application and further information:
Free of charge. The workshop is coordinated by Eurac Research for Schools; contact persons Sabrina Zung and Karin Amor; Dates on request via email to: schools@eurac.edu
Language:
Italian, English
E-Learning Course
Students who want to improve their knowledge about the autonomy of South Tyrol? Our E-learning course “#forschools Teil I: Autonomie und Geschichte / I° parte: autonomia e storia” offers a good opportunity to do so.