IACFS Conference
IACFS Conference on “Metropolitan Governance in Federal Countries” held from 25-26 September 2025, Mexico City
28.10.2025
The Institute of Federalism participated in the IACFS Conference on “Metropolitan Governance in Federal Countries” held from 25-26 September at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
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Explora 2025
To be or not to be federal?
28.10.2025
Research should not remain in the confines of the University! With this motto, the team of the Institute of Federalism was present at the Explora Festival of the University of Fribourg in September 2025.
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13.10.2025
In diesen Tagen ist die Neuauflage des Basler Kommentars zur Bundesverfassung erschienen. Herausgegeben wird der Kommentar von den Freiburger Professoren Bernhard Waldmann, Eva Maria Belser und Astrid…
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Our guest researchers
Presentation of the guest researchers of the IFF: Asim Ari
19.08.2025
The purpose of my research is to introduce federalism and federal education, to provide examples of school systems in terms of federal education.
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Our guest researchers
Presentation of the guest researchers of the IFF: Min Thang
18.06.2025
My research aim is to explore the situation of the Chin internally displaced persons especially in Yangon regions of Burma. Since the 2021 military coup in Burma/Myanmar, the country has become a battleground…
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Ethiopian Delegation
Ethiopian Delegation Visits Institute
30.04.2025
An Ethiopian delegation visited the Institute of Federalism to learn about Switzerland’s federal system and language diversity.
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Neuerscheinung
9. Forum für Verwaltungsrecht - Ausgewählte Fragen zum öffentlichen Entschädigungsrecht
28.04.2025
Im Rahmen des von Prof. Bernhard Waldmann und Prof. Isabelle Häner organisierten Forums für Verwaltungsrechts ist ein Band erschienen, der sich mit ausgewählten Fragen zum öffentlichen Entschädigungsrecht…
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Mozambican Delegation
Mozambican Delegation Visits Fribourg to Explore Swiss Federalism
17.04.2025
At the beginning of April, the International Centre of the Institute of Federalism, in partner-ship with Mozambique’s Commission for Reflection on the Decentralised Governance Mod-el (CREMOD), hosted a…
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Our guest researchers
Presentation of the guest researchers of the IFF: Botakoz Kazbek
11.02.2025
My research aims to analyse the constitutional and legal mechanisms related to emergencies in Russia, which have hardly been considered. The Soviet institutional legacy rests on a rigidly centralized state…
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