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"Somewhere and sometimes we are all a minority." Prof. Joseph Marko, former director of the institute Cohesion, equal participation and minority protection are among the central challenges of a diverse society. Our interdisciplinary and international team

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Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 3h

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Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 3h

New open-access book on minority women & intersectionality by Eurac’s @acbudabin.bsky.social & team! www.eurac.edu/en/institute... #MinorityRights #Intersectionality #GenderStudies #HumanRights #EuracResearch #MinorityRights #Intersectionality #GenderStudies #HumanRights #EuracResearch

Minority Women, Rights and Intersectionality – Agency, Power, and Participation

New Publication

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 1d

Dialogo sulla diversità linguistica a Merano: ieri con i nostri ricercatori Andrea Carlà e @mattiazeba.bsky.social. #plurilinguismo #scuola
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Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 3d

#event - 14/10/2025, 12:30–14:00, Bruxelles
Presentation of the South Tyrol Autonomy Report 2025 - registration required www.eurac.edu/en/institute... @autonomyexperience.bsky.social @euracfederalism.bsky.social

Presentation of the South Tyrol Autonomy Report 2025

Spotlight on institutions, participation, challenges and perspectives of South Tyrolean autonomy

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 10d

Our Senior Researcher @mattiazeba.bsky.social took part in the meeting "Safeguarding #Language #Diversity" organised in #Pristina by NGO Aktiv, Radio KIM and the Council of Europe Office in Pristina.

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Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 15d

Konferenz „gemeinsam:skupno“ 25.–27.9. in Klagenfurt: Günther Rautz moderiert zwei Panels zu Mehrsprachigkeit & Elementarbildung. Teilnahme kostenlos! #gemeinsamskupno #LINGUA www.eurac.edu/de/institute...

„Gemeinsam:skupno“ 2025: Elementarbildung als Schlüssel zur Mehrsprachigkeit

Konferenz, Klagenfurt/Celovec

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 18d

At the upcoming Congress on Minorities in Opole, Dr. Hanna Vasilevich, will present her research titled “Rushed Reforms: Evaluating Ukraine's National Minority Legislation Amidst EU Integration Aspirations.”
#Ukraine #Minorities
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Dr. Hanna Vasilevich to Present on Ukraine’s Minority Legislation at Congress on Minorities in Opole

Opole, Poland – September 23–24, 2025

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · 29d

📸 Some impressions from the Forum Carpaticum 2025 in Bratislava (September 9–11), where Günther Rautz of Eurac Research contributed to the plenary session “Supporting Green Recovery of Ukraine”. www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Sep 10

🌿 Algunder Gespräche ‘25
📅 26.–28. Sept. | werkSTOTTschual Aschbach
🎓 Stipendien für junge Südtiroler:innen
🗣️ Umwelt & Zukunft Südtirols im Fokus
#algund #forumalpbach #südtirol #umwelt
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Algunder Gespräche ‘25

Zukunft Südtirols im Fokus

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Sep 8

Günther Rautz of Eurac Research joins the #ForumCarpaticum2025 panel on Green Recovery of Ukraine in Bratislava (Sept. 9–11).#Ukraine #GreenRecovery #EuracResearch #Carpathians #Bratislava2025
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Supporting Green Recovery of Ukraine

Forum Carpaticum 2025

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Sep 8

Who gets to vote in South Tyrol? A political history of the residency clause www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid... #midas #blog

Who gets to vote in South Tyrol? A political history of the residency clause

‘We did not have to make any concessions to achieve this result, which would have meant a reduction for the minority protection,’ declared South Tyrol’s President Arno Kompatscher in an interview with...

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Alexandra C. Budabin @acbudabin.bsky.social · Sep 4

10 days left until the deadline! If you are a university student who has completed project on #minorityissues 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.

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Sep 2

#GenderMatters #blog La legge n. 169/2024 amplia un divieto… o è solo ipocrisia? Tra coppie discriminate, bambini senza diritti e gestanti invisibili. www.eurac.edu/it/blogs/gen...

Diritti surrogati: "Utero in affitto" e affetto impagabile

La maternità surrogata, detta anche gestazione per altri (GPA) è una tecnica di procreazione assistita in cui una persona porta avanti una gravidanza per conto di altre che prendono in affido il neona...

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Sep 2

Call for Papers – IPSA Research Committees Colloquium 2026 - 🗓 23–26 June 2026 | Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
🏛 Hosted by the Institute for Minority Rights and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

Eurac Research to Host 2026 IPSA Research Committees Colloquium

The 2026 IPSA Research Committees Colloquium will take place from 23 to 26 June 2026 in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, hosted by the Institute for Minority Rights and the Center for Autonomy Experience.

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Aug 26

Remembering Heinrich Neisser: a firm advocate for minority rights in Austria #Midas
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Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Aug 25

Language Policies and Insecurities in Ukraine - New article by Senior Researchers Andrea Carlà and Sergiu Constantin www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

Language Policies and Insecurities in Ukraine

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 28

#midas A large-scale police operation at the #Peršmanhof memorial has drawn criticism from civil society and political leaders. The incident has triggered a debate about remembrance culture, minority rights, and the role of state authority in Austria
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The raid at the Peršmanhof memorial: what it means for Austria’s Slovene minority

A large-scale police operation at the Peršmanhof memorial in southern Austria, one of the country’s most significant memorial sites dedicated to resistance and civilian victims of the Nazi regime, has...

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Center for Autonomy Experience @autonomyexperience.bsky.social · Jul 21

📢 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

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....

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Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 17

Democratic responsibility: What does a letter from the German minority have to do with Europe's peace? More than the Danish government seems to understand, journalist Marle Liebelt argues in her commentary, criticising Denmark’s inaction.

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#midas #blog

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 11

Ukraine Ricovery Conference, 10-11 July, Rome. Eurac Research is also actively participating in the conference and is represented by Wolfram Sparber, Head of the Institute for Renewable Energies, & Günther Rautz, Head of the Institute for Minority Rights. www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

Ukraine Ricovery Conference

10-11 July 2025, Rome

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Religious #Minorities and the #War in #Ukraine: Between Conflict and Prospects for Peace" - presented by Dr. Roberta Medda-Windischer at the 8th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion, held at the University of Vienna (8–12 July 2025) www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

Religious Minorities and the War in Ukraine: Between Conflict and Prospects for Peace

Eurac Research is a private research center based in Bozen-Bolzano. Our researchers come from a wide variety of scientific fields and all parts of the world.

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ukraine’s aspirations for European integration have been a crucial driving force behind its legislative developments in recent years.

New blog post by Hanna Vasilevich on the MIDAS Blog

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The Struggle with Defining Minorities

Ukraine’s aspirations for European integration have been a crucial driving force behind its legislative developments in recent years. Ever since the signing of the association agreement with the Europ...

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 7

Zweite Etappe der Euregio-Akademie fand vom 4. bis 6. Juli in Bozen statt – 25 junge Erwachsene suchten interdisziplinären Zugang zu Zukunftsthemen www.eurac.edu/de/institute...

Minority Rights - Eurac Research @euracminorities.bsky.social · Jul 2

Venerdì scorso i ricercatori Alice Engl e Andrea Carla hanno partecipato al Polit-Apéro organizzato da Politika dove hanno discusso le recenti elezioni comunali di Bolzano e Merano, analizzandone vincitori, vinti e prospettive.

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Eurac Research è un centro di ricerca privato con sede a Bolzano. I nostri ricercatori si dedicano a ciò che per loro è lavoro e vocazione: un futuro migliore.