Constitutional Innovation Hub Graz
The Constitutional Innovation Hub Graz (CIHG) is a platform for inter- and transdisciplinary research, events, art and activism connected to socio-techno-legal topics.
Founded in 2020, the CIHG focuses on the complicated and highly entangled relationships between law, technology and society and how these relationships influence our lives.
The CIHG aims to work as a flexible platform with diverse members and a broad spectrum of know-how within the triangle of law, technology, and society.
Research
We are an interdisciplinary team at the Faculty of Law at the University of Graz, working in close relationship with researchers from different areas across the globe. We’d like to expand this network and thereby foster connections between different disciplines, focusing on the highly entangled relationships between law, technology and society.
Read more about our core research areas.
Projects
Apart from funded research projects, we aim to provide a creative environment complementary to traditional institutions. We welcome suggestions and collaborations with all creative areas, inviting (young) scholars, students, but also people from areas outside academia and with a range of different backgrounds.
Read more about our recent projects.
Events
Bringing together law, technology and society in the interdisciplinary Hub Network, we offer a platform for readings, discussions, book clubs, networking events and plain and simple socialising with diverse thinkers.
Due to current global events, we are not holding physical meetings, and due to the overwhelming amount of screen time everyone is currently facing, we are also refraining from online meetings until further notice.
A flexible platform with diverse members
Professor Iris Eisenberger
Angelika Adensamer
Thomas Buocz
Tamara Favaro
Johannes Frizberg
Annemarie Hofer
Nikolaus Poechhacker
Tamara Rončević
Severin Kacianka
Peter Kahlert
Lukas Daniel Klausner
Katharina König
Magdalena Nemeth
Elisabeth Paar
Sebastian Scholz
Research
![]() Innovative ConstitutionalismRegulating innovation and the political arena. We want to outline the constitutional… |
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![]() Participative Legal InnovationInvolving society in legal innovation research. All parts of society should be… |
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![]() Critical Legal TechCritically assessing legal tech. Legal technology solutions such as chatbots, automated document… |
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![]() Co-Creative Tech RegulationCo-developing new technologies and legal regulation. As innovative products and services become… |
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News
![]() EC2: Online Co-Creation Workshop15-12-2021 On 3rd December 2021 the first Online Co-Creation Workshop took place… |
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![]() ETAPAS Dissemination Workshop01-12-2021 Disruptive Technologies in the Public Administration Sector: Legal Challenges On 25th… |
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Smart Regulation anthologyThe proceedings of the Symposium 2020 have been published in print and… |
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Sensing In/Security27-08-2021 Sensors as Transnational Security Infrastructures Edited by Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Nikolaus Poechhacker… |
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Events
![]() Gesucht: (Future) Energy Citizens! (German Only)Wie soll unser Energiesystem der Zukunft aussehen? Wie können Bürger:innen mehr Einfluss… |
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![]() Online Workshop: Disruptive Technologies in the Public Administration SectorHow can disruptive technologies be adapted in an ethically sound way? The… |
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![]() Open Space Café: Socio-psychedelic ImaginariesOn December 14 we will host our third Open Space Café together… |
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![]() Gangsta Rap: Open Space CaféOn November 10 we will host our second Open Space Café together… |
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Projects
![]() Open Space CaféThe Open Space Café relates the work of the CIHG to a… |
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![]() Technological Neutrality of the Law: Efficacy, Limits, and Anticipatory MechanismsLegislators often try to make laws as technology-neutral as possible, for example… |
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![]() Legal Protection Against Algorithmic Fact-Finding in Administrative ProceduresAlgorithms are increasingly used to establish facts in administrative procedures, e.g. the… |
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![]() State Crisis CommunicationMagdalena Nemeth assesses the question of how the state must communicate in a… |
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