Conferences 2025

  • 5.12. 2025 Lectures organized by Future Democracy Lab, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

    David Kosař - paper 'Exploring Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe' (co-authored with Attilou Vincze)

  • 28.-29.11. 2025 Cyberspace Conference, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republi

    David Kosař - panel discussion after the keynote of Burkhard Schafer 'Beyond Judge Hercules: Generative AI in the justice system'

  • 18.-20.11. 2025 Third Scholar-in-Residence Conference 2025 'What Constitutional Future for Ukraine?', Hamburk, Germany

    David Kosař - paper 'Independece of the Judiciary' (together with Arkadiyem Bushchenko)

  • 17.11. 2025 conference 'Zrcadlo minulosti: jak na (re)demokratizaci?' ['Mirror of the Past: How to (Re)Democratise?'] , Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Katarína Šipulová and David Kosař - 'Soudy v procesu demokratizace: vyrovnání se s minulostí nedemokratického soudnictví' ['Courts in the Process of Democratization: Coming to Terms with the Past of Undemocratic Judiciary']

    Attila Vincze - 'Jak ovládnout justici – příklad Maďarska' ['How to control the judiciary – the example of Hungary']

  • 26.-30. 10. 2025 ERASMUS study stay at University of Würzburg, Germany

    Attila Vincze - lecture 'Europäisches Verwaltungsrecht in rechtsvergleichender Perspektive' [European Administrative Law from a Comparative Law Perspective]

  • 21. 10. 2025 discussion 'Nestrannosť a autorita súdnej moci' [Impartiality and Authority of the Judiciary], Via Iuris, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Attila Vincze, Samuel Spáč - panellists

  • 14. 10. 2025 Research Seminars in Law, Economics, and Empirics, Charles University, Department of Economics, Faculty of Law, Prague, Czech Republic

    David Kosař - lecture 'Who Should Govern the Judiciary?'

  • 25.-27. 9. 2025 ELU-S Annual Conference, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    David Kosař - papers 'Perceptions of Judicial Governance in Europe' and 'Embedding Strategies of the European Apex Courts: Why Court Communication with All Segments of Society Matters'

  • 15.-16. 9. 2025 European Rule of Law Conference 2025 hosted by re:constitution, Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany

    Etienne Hanelt - workshop 'Scenario Analysis for Resilience-Building: Lessons from Verfassungsblog’s Judicial Resilience Project' (organised with Friedrichem Zillessenem)

  • 31.8.-3. 9. 2025 UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Lukáš Hamřík - paper 'Rule of Law as a New Cleavage in EU Politics? Political Parties’ Responsiveness to the Democratic Backsliding in the European Union'

  • 26.-29.8.2025 ECPR General Conference, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    David Kosař – chair of panel 'Fixing the Bench'
                          -  paper 'Judicial Overstay' (co-authored with Patrick Leisure)

    Ondřej Kadlec - paper 'From Rule- To Data- And Code-Based Judicial Administration: The Digital Transformation of Court Governance in Europe'

    Lukáš Hamřík and Attila Vincze – paper 'Interactions Between Formal and Informal Judicial Institutions and Practices in Europe'

  • 28.-30.7. 2025 ICON•S Annual Conference, Brasília, Brasil

    Lukáš Hamřík – chair of panel 'Technologies and Changing Global Order'
                            - paper 'The role of Article 2 TEU in the debates on the rule of law situation in the EU: The evidence from the                                          European Parliament'
                           - paper 'Rule of law as a new cleavage in the EU politics? Political parties’ responsiveness to democratic backsliding                             in the European Union'

    David Kosař - convenor of Interest Group 'Separation of Powers'
                         - chair of panel 'Judicial Strategies in Democracies Under Pressure'
                         - chair of panel 'Constitutional Abuse Proofing? Democratic Design & Resilience'
                         - paper 'Judicial Appointment Commissions as Fourth Branch Institutions'
                        - paper 'Embedding Strategies of Supranational Courts'

  • 2. 7. 2025 Sociology Colloquium Summer Semester 2025, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    David Kosař - lecture 'Beyond Courts: The Role of Other State-Employed Legal Professions in Making & Failing Democracy'

  • 26.-28.6. 2025 Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Universidad Carlos III., Madrid, Spain

    Lukáš Hamřík - paper 'The Role of Article 2 TEU in the Debates on the Rule of Law: Evidence from the European Parliament'

  • 26.-28. 6. 2025 conference "100 Years of Rule of Law in Daily Life: from the Austrian Administrative Procedure Act to a European Administrative Procedure“, Societas Iuris Publici Europaei, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Attila Vincze - conference co-organisor (together with the Department of Administrative Studies and Administrative Law)

  • 15.-23.6.2025 European Constitutional Law Review Symposium 2025, LUISS University, Rome, Italy

    David Kosař - editorial board meeting                                                                                                                                                                               - discussant of a Yi-Yi Lee's paper 'Can a Quorum of Constitutional Courts Be Illegitimate? Insights from Some European Kelsenian Courts'

    Ondřej Kadlec - příspěvek 'Navigating the Grand Chamber Dilemma: The Role of the Large Formations at the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights'

  • 10.-13.6. 2025 workshop Mountain Seminar, Mountain Seminar Society, Krkonoše, Czech Republic

    Ondřej Kadlec - paper 'Grand Chambers: Managers of Judicial Legitimacy'

  • 5.-6. 6. 2025 conference 'Activism As A Modality Of Resistance And Communication? -Comparing Judicial Activism Across Eastern Europe', Horizon Europe project RED-SPINEL, ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels , Belgium

    Attila Vincze (co-author Etienne Hanelt) - paper 'Crushing Judicial Resistance: Interactions of Court-Curbing and Judicial Resistance in Hungary'

  • 22.-25.5. 2025 annual meeting Law and Society Association, Chigago, USA

    David Kosař - organisation of a roundtable 'Perceptions of European Judicial Governance'

  • 21.5. 2025 conference '25 let činnosti veřejného ochránce práv' ['25 years of the Public Defender's activities'], Office of the Public Defender of Rights, Brno, Czech Republic

    David Kosař - panel discussion

  • 15.-23.5.2025 workshop ICON·S Summer School 2025 on Law and Methodology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia

    Michal Kovalčík - discussant in a conference 'Comparative Constitutional Roundtable', Rosalind Dixon and Elizabeth Perham paper 'Case Selection in Constitutional Theory'

  • 15.-16.5. 2025 conference 'The Venice Commission 1990-2025', Bocconi University, Milano, Italy

    David Kosař - discussant in a panel 'Defining and Protecting the Rule of Law'

    Viktória Sútorisová - paper 'From the Venice Kitchen: Re-thinking the Recipe for European Judicial Governance'

  • 15.5. 2025 Prague Constitutional Seminar Series, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Ondřej Kadlec - 'Managing Judicial Legitimacy: The Role of Grand Chambers in National and International Courts'

  • 10.4.2025 conference 'Evropský soud pro lidská práva a klimatická změna' [European Court of Human Rights and Climate Change], Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    David Kosař - discussant in the panel 'Klimatická změna a budoucí generace: rostoucí role soudů' [Climate Change and Future Generations: The Growing Role of Courts]

    Patrick Casey Leisure, Michal Kovalčík and Viktória Alžbeta Sutórisová - discussant in the panel 'Jurisdikce a aktivní legitimace (locus standi) u klimatických stížností k ESLP' [Jurisdiction and Locus Standi in Climate Complaints to the ECtHR]

  • 3.4.2025 panel discussion 'Revisiting Militant Democracy in East Central Europe', Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Katarína Šipulová - discussant in the panel 'Revisiting Militant Democracy in East Central Europe'

  • 20.-22.3. 2025 Global Summit on Constitutionalism, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA

    Patrick Leisure - paper 'Judicial Overstay: Meddling with the Tail End of the Judicial Career'

  • 20.-22.3. 2025 workshop 'ICCAL Collaboration Lab', Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany

    David Kosař - paper 'Courts and Judges: Friends or Foes of Democratic Resilience?'

  • 27.-28.2.2025 seminar 'Rule of Law and the Future of Judicial Governance: Digitalisation, Communication, and Extrajudicial Activities', The CEELI Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

    Ondřej Kadlec - seminar convenor

    David Kosař and Katarína Šipulová - keynote speech

    Ondřej Kadlec - chair of the panel 'Extra-Judicial Activities – Judges in Politics, Politicians at Courts, Judges in Academia'

    David Kosař - chair of the panel 'Courts and Communication Strategies'

  • 23.-24.1.2025 conference '100 Jahre Allgemeines Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz',Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

    Attila Vincze - panel discussion 'The Austrian APA as a role model for other countries?'

  • 16.-17.1.2025 conference 'The autonomy of EU law under pressure?', Wien Universtity, Vienna, Austria

    Attila Vincze - paper 'Autonomy undermining autonomy?'

  • 8.-11.1.2025 'SPSA Annual Conference San Juan', San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

    David Kosař - paper 'Why Court Communication Matters'

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