Application

In order to apply for the Winter School 2025, candidates have to submit a completed application form (online form, link available below).

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY.

In the application form you will be asked to submit:

• personal data
• relevant academic and professional education
• work experience (if applicable)
• a statement of motivation (max. 1500 characters incl. spaces)
• a short academic essay (max. 3500 characters incl. spaces) on one of the eight questions related to the workshop topics.

Please give a look at the preview of the application form’s questions (click here), prepare the essay in advance and then fill the application form all at once.

Details regarding the essay are explained below. Please note that without the essay the application cannot be considered!

In case of questions regarding the application form and procedure, please contact winterschool@eurac.edu

Please apply by using this link application form

Deadline for applications: SUNDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2024, 23:59 CEST

Only complete application forms (including all required personal data, statement of motivation and essay) will be taken into consideration. No additional documents are required.

The Winter School on Federalism and Governance 2025 will be held in person. There is no possibility to attend the course from remote.

 

Detailed information regarding the academic essay for the application

For half a day, workshops will focus on four topics selected by the Winter School’s scientific committee. The workshop topics of the 2025 edition are: “Federalism, the Separation of Powers and…”

A) Fiscal Power Sharing
B) Environmental Powers
C) Migration
D) Digitalization

As part of the application, we ask you to select one of the workshops and to write a short essay of max. 500 words (3500 characters) answering ONE of the two questions linked to the workshop you have chosen:

Workshop A – Fiscal Power Sharing

1. Financial relations and the (Horizontal) Separation of Powers: What role does the Parliament play in intergovernmental financial relations? Are there any measures in place to prevent the executive branch from becoming too powerful? Please focus the presentation on a case study you are familiar with and provide examples.
2. Fiscal federalism and the (Vertical) Separation of Powers: Does the constitutional allocation of financial powers adhere to the dual or the integrated federal paradigm? Are there current practices that deviate from the constitutional framework? Please focus the presentation on a case study you are familiar with and provide examples.

Workshop B – Environmental Powers

1. Is the separation of powers a guarantee or an obstacle to access to justice in environmental matters? Please provide examples to support your argument.
2. How is the separation of power argument used in environmental and climate litigation at different levels? Please provide examples from national cases and/or cases before international courts.

 Workshop C – Migration

1. What are potential challenges for power-sharing partners (often with diverging interests and competing logics) in migration and refugee governance?
2. What might be potential challenges for migrants settling in territories characterized by power-sharing systems?

Workshop D – Digitalization

1. Does the digital transformation impact federalism and if so, how? Please answer by reflecting on one concrete example
2. Concerning multi-level systems, please describe the challenges, opportunities, and potential risks of the digital transformation process so far and in the future.

Applications which are successfully submitted and complete will receive a confirmation via e-mail within 5 working days after submission.

Applicants will be notified in early December 2024. The enrolment procedure (including payment of the tuition fee) has to be completed within 7 working days after notification of the invitation to participate.

Any further questions may be directed to the organizers at winterschool@eurac.edu or +39-0471-055137.