Prize for Federalism and Regional Research

The presidents of the provincial parliaments of Austria and South Tyrol and the Institute for Federalism call annually for submissions for the Prize for Federalism and Regional Research. The prize will be awarded for outstanding master´s and diploma theses as well as dissertations and for projects from research and administrative practice.

Federalism Prize 2023 goes to Anna Obereder

The Prize for Research on Federalism and Regionalism 2023, offered by the presidents of the provincial parliaments of Austria and South Tyrol and the Institute for Federalism, is awarded to Anna Obereder from the Johannes Kepler University Linz. The award winner prevailed against other applicants in a top-class field of participants.

Anna Obereder
Dr.in Anna Obereder completed her diploma and doctoral studies in law at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. She received her doctorate in 2022. Her PhD thesis dealt with the topic “cremation and the handling of corpse ash in Austria”. Her work was awarded the 2023 Federalism Prize. Since July 2022, Dr.in Obereder has been working as a constitutional law clerk at the Constitutional Court.

An extensive summary of the award-winning paper is available on the Federalism Blog at the following link:

Feuerbestattung und Umgang mit Leichenasche in Österreich von Anna Obereder, 23.06.2023 Jury Previous Awardees