Center for Autonomy Experience
@autonomyexperience.bsky.social
We are a center of Eurac Research focusing on the #autonomy of South Tyrol and #minority protection.
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On Friday, at a Side Event at the UN Forum on Minority Issues, the Award of Excellence for Emerging Voices in Minority Research will be presented to Sophie Cooper, winner of the Student Minority Projects Challenge 2025. @autonomyexperience.bsky.social @euracminorities.bsky.social #minorityissues
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
On Friday, at a Side Event at the UN Forum on Minority Issues, the Award of Excellence for Emerging Voices in Minority Research will be presented to Sophie Cooper, winner of the Student Minority Projects Challenge 2025. @autonomyexperience.bsky.social @euracminorities.bsky.social #minorityissues
🗳️ Yesterday evening, the Chamber of Deputies voted on the revision of the Autonomy Statute for the Autonomous Region of Trentino-South Tyrol in its first reading. Here are the results:
🟢 In favor: 192
🟡 Abstained: 32
🔴 Against: 0
⚪ Absent: 176
🟢 In favor: 192
🟡 Abstained: 32
🔴 Against: 0
⚪ Absent: 176
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🗳️ Yesterday evening, the Chamber of Deputies voted on the revision of the Autonomy Statute for the Autonomous Region of Trentino-South Tyrol in its first reading. Here are the results:
🟢 In favor: 192
🟡 Abstained: 32
🔴 Against: 0
⚪ Absent: 176
🟢 In favor: 192
🟡 Abstained: 32
🔴 Against: 0
⚪ Absent: 176
🏁 10 days left until the deadline!
📢 If you are a university student who has completed a project on minority issues during the 2024/2025 AY, consider submitting to the Student Minority Projects Challenge. The winner will present his/her research during this year’s UN Forum on Minority Issues.
📢 If you are a university student who has completed a project on minority issues during the 2024/2025 AY, consider submitting to the Student Minority Projects Challenge. The winner will present his/her research during this year’s UN Forum on Minority Issues.
📢 Call for student projects on minority issues!
🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.
⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.
👉 More information: www.academicminority.net
🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.
⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.
👉 More information: www.academicminority.net
Academic Network for Minority Issues
"[Young people] are critical agents of positive change and we welcome the important contributions of young people to peace and security, sustainable development and human rights."
United Nations....
www.academicminority.net
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🏁 10 days left until the deadline!
📢 If you are a university student who has completed a project on minority issues during the 2024/2025 AY, consider submitting to the Student Minority Projects Challenge. The winner will present his/her research during this year’s UN Forum on Minority Issues.
📢 If you are a university student who has completed a project on minority issues during the 2024/2025 AY, consider submitting to the Student Minority Projects Challenge. The winner will present his/her research during this year’s UN Forum on Minority Issues.
🥳 Today South Tyrol celebrates its Autonomy Day!
On 5 September 1946, the Italian Prime Minister Alcide Degasperi and the Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber signed the Gruber-Degasperi Agreement. The agreement constitutes the international legal basis for South Tyrol's autonomy.
On 5 September 1946, the Italian Prime Minister Alcide Degasperi and the Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber signed the Gruber-Degasperi Agreement. The agreement constitutes the international legal basis for South Tyrol's autonomy.
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🥳 Today South Tyrol celebrates its Autonomy Day!
On 5 September 1946, the Italian Prime Minister Alcide Degasperi and the Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber signed the Gruber-Degasperi Agreement. The agreement constitutes the international legal basis for South Tyrol's autonomy.
On 5 September 1946, the Italian Prime Minister Alcide Degasperi and the Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber signed the Gruber-Degasperi Agreement. The agreement constitutes the international legal basis for South Tyrol's autonomy.
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Heinrich Neisser passed away last week. I met him in Balsan*Bozen*Bolzano in 2023, when we organised an event on minority policy in Austria.
✍️ In an article for the MIDAS Blog, I have summarised some reflections on his work: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
✍️ In an article for the MIDAS Blog, I have summarised some reflections on his work: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
Remembering Heinrich Neisser: a firm advocate for minority rights in Austria
Heinrich Neisser, who died on 22 August 2025 at the age of 89, was not only a prominent Austrian politician and professor but also a big supporter of the country’s minority communities. His engagement...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Heinrich Neisser passed away last week. I met him in Balsan*Bozen*Bolzano in 2023, when we organised an event on minority policy in Austria.
✍️ In an article for the MIDAS Blog, I have summarised some reflections on his work: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
✍️ In an article for the MIDAS Blog, I have summarised some reflections on his work: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
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🤔 Was hat es eigentlich mit der Ansässigkeitsklausel in Südtirol auf sich?
📰 Josef Prackwieser und ich haben uns in einem Beitrag in der „Neuen Südtiroler Tageszeitung” mit der Geschichte und Idee dieser Minderheitenschutzklausel beschäftigt.
📰 Josef Prackwieser und ich haben uns in einem Beitrag in der „Neuen Südtiroler Tageszeitung” mit der Geschichte und Idee dieser Minderheitenschutzklausel beschäftigt.
August 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🤔 Was hat es eigentlich mit der Ansässigkeitsklausel in Südtirol auf sich?
📰 Josef Prackwieser und ich haben uns in einem Beitrag in der „Neuen Südtiroler Tageszeitung” mit der Geschichte und Idee dieser Minderheitenschutzklausel beschäftigt.
📰 Josef Prackwieser und ich haben uns in einem Beitrag in der „Neuen Südtiroler Tageszeitung” mit der Geschichte und Idee dieser Minderheitenschutzklausel beschäftigt.
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📢 New article on the MIDAS Blog by Günther Rautz
🔴 Austria faces scrutiny over handling of Slovene minority after police raid
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🔴 Austria faces scrutiny over handling of Slovene minority after police raid
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
Austria faces scrutiny over handling of Slovene minority after police raid
A week after the controversial police operation at the Peršmanhof memorial in Carinthia, Austria, tensions remain high. New testimonies and developments have further intensified public debate on the t...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📢 New article on the MIDAS Blog by Günther Rautz
🔴 Austria faces scrutiny over handling of Slovene minority after police raid
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
🔴 Austria faces scrutiny over handling of Slovene minority after police raid
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
📖 We have published a booklet about the history of the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS).
👉 You can find it here: www.autonomyexperience.org/en/new-publi...
@midas-press.bsky.social
👉 You can find it here: www.autonomyexperience.org/en/new-publi...
@midas-press.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
📖 We have published a booklet about the history of the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS).
👉 You can find it here: www.autonomyexperience.org/en/new-publi...
@midas-press.bsky.social
👉 You can find it here: www.autonomyexperience.org/en/new-publi...
@midas-press.bsky.social
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📢 New article on the MIDAS Blog by Alexandra Cosima Budabin
🔴 UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/und...
🔴 UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/und...
UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research
The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Nicolas Levrat has launched a new academic network to identify and elevate student-directed research. The network is currently running the first edition of...
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July 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📢 New article on the MIDAS Blog by Alexandra Cosima Budabin
🔴 UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/und...
🔴 UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/und...
📢 Call for student projects on minority issues!
🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.
⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.
👉 More information: www.academicminority.net
🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.
⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.
👉 More information: www.academicminority.net
Academic Network for Minority Issues
"[Young people] are critical agents of positive change and we welcome the important contributions of young people to peace and security, sustainable development and human rights."
United Nations....
www.academicminority.net
July 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
📢 Call for student projects on minority issues!
🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.
⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.
👉 More information: www.academicminority.net
🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.
⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.
👉 More information: www.academicminority.net
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⚖️ A new enactment decree enters into force today: In South Tyrol, the State is now allowed to temporarily deviate from the rule of allocating public jobs according to the size of the language groups.
July 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
⚖️ A new enactment decree enters into force today: In South Tyrol, the State is now allowed to temporarily deviate from the rule of allocating public jobs according to the size of the language groups.
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💡 Interested in the history of the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS)?
📕 I wrote a book chapter about it: 'MIDAS and Minority Language Newspapers: Two Decades of European Collaboration'.
👉 You can read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
📕 I wrote a book chapter about it: 'MIDAS and Minority Language Newspapers: Two Decades of European Collaboration'.
👉 You can read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
July 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
💡 Interested in the history of the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS)?
📕 I wrote a book chapter about it: 'MIDAS and Minority Language Newspapers: Two Decades of European Collaboration'.
👉 You can read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
📕 I wrote a book chapter about it: 'MIDAS and Minority Language Newspapers: Two Decades of European Collaboration'.
👉 You can read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
When Katharina Zeller removed the Italian sash, media framed it as ethnic provocation. But what about the gender dynamic?
On the MIDAS Blog, @katharinacrepaz.bsky.social calls for an intersectional lens to unpack this overlooked dimension.
👉 Read more: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
On the MIDAS Blog, @katharinacrepaz.bsky.social calls for an intersectional lens to unpack this overlooked dimension.
👉 Read more: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
“You Have to Wear It” – The Neglected Gender Dimension of a Nationalist Debate
In South Tyrol, the newly elected mayor of Meran/Merano, Katharina Zeller, caused a national uproar when she removed the Italian tricolore sash during her inauguration. The incident was viewed as an e...
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May 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
When Katharina Zeller removed the Italian sash, media framed it as ethnic provocation. But what about the gender dynamic?
On the MIDAS Blog, @katharinacrepaz.bsky.social calls for an intersectional lens to unpack this overlooked dimension.
👉 Read more: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
On the MIDAS Blog, @katharinacrepaz.bsky.social calls for an intersectional lens to unpack this overlooked dimension.
👉 Read more: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
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🔴 Update: The autonomy reform
May 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🔴 Update: The autonomy reform
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📣 Training opportunity in Cymru/Wales!
The @plurilingmedia.bsky.social research network is organising a Training School on "Journalism in Minority Languages" from 15-17 September 2025 in Aberystwyth.
📅 Application deadline: 11 May 2025
📄 Call for applications: lnkd.in/ddx5k39g
The @plurilingmedia.bsky.social research network is organising a Training School on "Journalism in Minority Languages" from 15-17 September 2025 in Aberystwyth.
📅 Application deadline: 11 May 2025
📄 Call for applications: lnkd.in/ddx5k39g
April 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📣 Training opportunity in Cymru/Wales!
The @plurilingmedia.bsky.social research network is organising a Training School on "Journalism in Minority Languages" from 15-17 September 2025 in Aberystwyth.
📅 Application deadline: 11 May 2025
📄 Call for applications: lnkd.in/ddx5k39g
The @plurilingmedia.bsky.social research network is organising a Training School on "Journalism in Minority Languages" from 15-17 September 2025 in Aberystwyth.
📅 Application deadline: 11 May 2025
📄 Call for applications: lnkd.in/ddx5k39g
We would like to introduce you to our action figure "The Autonomist". 🧍 It coincidentally looks like @marcroeggla.bsky.social, the head of our center. 😉
By the way, you can find the link to our Autonomy Dashboard South Tyrol here: www.autonomy-dashboard.info/en. 📊
By the way, you can find the link to our Autonomy Dashboard South Tyrol here: www.autonomy-dashboard.info/en. 📊
April 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We would like to introduce you to our action figure "The Autonomist". 🧍 It coincidentally looks like @marcroeggla.bsky.social, the head of our center. 😉
By the way, you can find the link to our Autonomy Dashboard South Tyrol here: www.autonomy-dashboard.info/en. 📊
By the way, you can find the link to our Autonomy Dashboard South Tyrol here: www.autonomy-dashboard.info/en. 📊
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📰 The MIDAS Blog is not just a blog, but also a small news agency for minority language media. My blog article about South Tyrol and cross-border broadcasting was published by three MIDAS member newspapers. The choice is yours. 😉
👉 lnkd.in/dSKiF-ze
👉 lnkd.in/dkxj6_Wv
👉 lnkd.in/dcHnGZM7
👉 lnkd.in/dSKiF-ze
👉 lnkd.in/dkxj6_Wv
👉 lnkd.in/dcHnGZM7
April 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
📰 The MIDAS Blog is not just a blog, but also a small news agency for minority language media. My blog article about South Tyrol and cross-border broadcasting was published by three MIDAS member newspapers. The choice is yours. 😉
👉 lnkd.in/dSKiF-ze
👉 lnkd.in/dkxj6_Wv
👉 lnkd.in/dcHnGZM7
👉 lnkd.in/dSKiF-ze
👉 lnkd.in/dkxj6_Wv
👉 lnkd.in/dcHnGZM7
📜 A few days ago, the draft constitutional law negotiated with the Italian government on the South Tyrolean autonomy reform was published.
📌 @marcroeggla.bsky.social has summarised the most important points in his policy brief.
👉 It is available in EN, DE and IT.
tinyurl.com/3k5zxfx2
📌 @marcroeggla.bsky.social has summarised the most important points in his policy brief.
👉 It is available in EN, DE and IT.
tinyurl.com/3k5zxfx2
Policy Brief: Results of the Autonomy Reform – Autonomy Experience Südtirol
tinyurl.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
📜 A few days ago, the draft constitutional law negotiated with the Italian government on the South Tyrolean autonomy reform was published.
📌 @marcroeggla.bsky.social has summarised the most important points in his policy brief.
👉 It is available in EN, DE and IT.
tinyurl.com/3k5zxfx2
📌 @marcroeggla.bsky.social has summarised the most important points in his policy brief.
👉 It is available in EN, DE and IT.
tinyurl.com/3k5zxfx2
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🗣️ Today the 2nd part of my interview with Ned Thomas has been published.
🌍 He continues his reflections on European minority policy, talks about progress and setbacks in Cymru (Wales) and role models in general.
👉 Read the interview here: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
🌍 He continues his reflections on European minority policy, talks about progress and setbacks in Cymru (Wales) and role models in general.
👉 Read the interview here: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
A critical view: Ned Thomas on European minority challenges, Cymru and role models
In the first part of the interview, Ned Thomas spoke about the evolution of European minority policy, in which he played an active role. In this second part of the interview he continues his reflectio...
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April 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
🗣️ Today the 2nd part of my interview with Ned Thomas has been published.
🌍 He continues his reflections on European minority policy, talks about progress and setbacks in Cymru (Wales) and role models in general.
👉 Read the interview here: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
🌍 He continues his reflections on European minority policy, talks about progress and setbacks in Cymru (Wales) and role models in general.
👉 Read the interview here: www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...
📢 Minderheitenpolitik in der Krise? Europas Minderheiten in den 2020er-Jahren – Einblicke aus Südtirol, Katalonien, Baskenland und Kärnten/Koroška
📅 10.04., 18:00 Uhr
📌 Eurac Research
🗣️ Oskar Peterlini, Peter A. Kraus, Matthias Scantamburlo, Ana Grilc, Katharina Crepaz
👉 tinyurl.com/ydbkv8p6
📅 10.04., 18:00 Uhr
📌 Eurac Research
🗣️ Oskar Peterlini, Peter A. Kraus, Matthias Scantamburlo, Ana Grilc, Katharina Crepaz
👉 tinyurl.com/ydbkv8p6
Annual Minority Rights Lecture: Minderheitenpolitik in der Krise? – Autonomy Experience Südtirol
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April 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
📢 Minderheitenpolitik in der Krise? Europas Minderheiten in den 2020er-Jahren – Einblicke aus Südtirol, Katalonien, Baskenland und Kärnten/Koroška
📅 10.04., 18:00 Uhr
📌 Eurac Research
🗣️ Oskar Peterlini, Peter A. Kraus, Matthias Scantamburlo, Ana Grilc, Katharina Crepaz
👉 tinyurl.com/ydbkv8p6
📅 10.04., 18:00 Uhr
📌 Eurac Research
🗣️ Oskar Peterlini, Peter A. Kraus, Matthias Scantamburlo, Ana Grilc, Katharina Crepaz
👉 tinyurl.com/ydbkv8p6
💲 The performance of the economy has direct consequences for South Tyrol's financial autonomy. The USA has announced tariffs for countries worldwide. They are also an important partner for South Tyrol.
April 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
💲 The performance of the economy has direct consequences for South Tyrol's financial autonomy. The USA has announced tariffs for countries worldwide. They are also an important partner for South Tyrol.
🔴 News about the autonomy reform.
April 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🔴 News about the autonomy reform.
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🎙️ I interviewed Ned Thomas, a Cymraeg (Welsh) researcher and activist.
🌍 We talked about the evolution of European minority policy, the rise of organisations in this field, and why the project to launch a daily newspaper in Cymraeg failed at the last minute.
👉 www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/$bl...
🌍 We talked about the evolution of European minority policy, the rise of organisations in this field, and why the project to launch a daily newspaper in Cymraeg failed at the last minute.
👉 www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/$bl...
Back to the roots: Ned Thomas on how European minority networks took shape – and why a daily in Cymraeg didn’t
MIDAS turns 25 next year. So it’s time to open the archives and take a look back. One name comes up frequently: Ned Thomas. In this first part of the interview, he discusses the development of Europea...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🎙️ I interviewed Ned Thomas, a Cymraeg (Welsh) researcher and activist.
🌍 We talked about the evolution of European minority policy, the rise of organisations in this field, and why the project to launch a daily newspaper in Cymraeg failed at the last minute.
👉 www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/$bl...
🌍 We talked about the evolution of European minority policy, the rise of organisations in this field, and why the project to launch a daily newspaper in Cymraeg failed at the last minute.
👉 www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/$bl...
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📢 You have 5 days left to apply for the Otto von Habsburg Prize 2025!
🏆 Prize: €2,000.
⏳ Deadline: 31 March 2025.
👉 Find out more: www.midas-press.org/otto-von-hab...
🏆 Prize: €2,000.
⏳ Deadline: 31 March 2025.
👉 Find out more: www.midas-press.org/otto-von-hab...
March 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
📢 You have 5 days left to apply for the Otto von Habsburg Prize 2025!
🏆 Prize: €2,000.
⏳ Deadline: 31 March 2025.
👉 Find out more: www.midas-press.org/otto-von-hab...
🏆 Prize: €2,000.
⏳ Deadline: 31 March 2025.
👉 Find out more: www.midas-press.org/otto-von-hab...
📌 South Tyrol's autonomy reform explained: 4 key questions and answers
💡 In a short article, @jakobvolgger.bsky.social and @marcroeggla.bsky.social summarised what is at stake – while we wait for the next steps.
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/south-...
💡 In a short article, @jakobvolgger.bsky.social and @marcroeggla.bsky.social summarised what is at stake – while we wait for the next steps.
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/south-...
March 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📌 South Tyrol's autonomy reform explained: 4 key questions and answers
💡 In a short article, @jakobvolgger.bsky.social and @marcroeggla.bsky.social summarised what is at stake – while we wait for the next steps.
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/south-...
💡 In a short article, @jakobvolgger.bsky.social and @marcroeggla.bsky.social summarised what is at stake – while we wait for the next steps.
👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/south-...