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Der IFF-Newsletter 3/2025 ist da! 🤓
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October 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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September 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Our 50th Working Paper is online now!

Curious about Mogadishu’s role in Somalia’s federal system?

Check out Osman Karshe Nur’s latest paper: Contentious Status of the Banadir Regional Administration.

Read it here: folia.unifr.ch/unifr/docume...
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Der IFF-Newsletter 2/2025 ist da! 🤓 💻

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July 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#WP47
Verhandlungssprache Schweizerdeutsch? 🇨🇭
Naomi Shafer zeigt am Beispiel Kanton Schwyz, wie sich Mundart im Parlamentsalltag durchsetzt – zwischen Gewohnheitsrecht & Gesetz.
Einblick in gelebte Sprachvielfalt im Föderalismus.

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May 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Die Resultate der kantonalen Volksabstimmungen vom 18. Mai 2025 sind da!
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May 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📄 New IFF Working Paper

“Concurrency in Nepali Federal System: Tool for Flexibility or Recentralization?” by Durga Karki

🔗 Read here: www.unifr.ch/federalism/e...
May 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
📢 Are you a policymaker or practitioner tackling complex crises?
Join the LEGITIMULT webinar! Our researcher, Dr Edina Szoecsik, will be presenting her WP3 findings.

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May 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We welcomed an Ethiopian delegation to discuss Swiss federalism & language diversity!

From multilingual cantons to the recognition of Romansh, it was a rich exchange led by Dr. Rekha Oleschack. 🌍
April 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🇲🇿🤝🇨🇭 A high-level delegation from Mozambique’s CREMOD spent a week at the Institute of Federalism, exploring Swiss federalism to support Mozambique’s decentralisation process.

We are grateful for a week of rich exchange on governance, trust & cooperation!
April 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Working Paper No 46 is out!

"Federalism’s Illusion: Conceptual Insights into East Central Europe, 1831–1926"
by Gennadii Korolov

Dive into the complex interplay of nationalism, empire and ideology in a region shaped by diversity and ambition.

➡️ Read now: www.unifr.ch/federalism/e...
April 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📄 New Working Paper Published

Fiscal Federalism in Somalia: Opportunities and Challenges

This paper examines Somalia’s evolving federal framework, focusing on the progress and persistent challenges in establishing effective fiscal federalism.

📘 Available at: www.unifr.ch/federalism/e...
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🌍 Exciting news! 📚
Check out Belser and Erkoreka's chapter on the Swiss fiscal equalisation system in the book “Fiscal Federalism and Equalisation Transfers: Balancing Regional Autonomy and Solidarity,” now online: tinyurl.com/ycy6exz91
Fiscal Federalism and Equalisation Transfers
"Fiscal Federalism and Equalisation Transfers" published on 03 Mar 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Reposted by Institute of Federalism
Great news: The UNESCO Chair at the University of Fribourg has been renewed until 2028. As part of the UNITWIN network, the Chair addresses global challenges and promotes human rights through collaboration with academic and institutional partners worldwide:
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November 25, 2024 at 11:09 AM