Liechtenstein Institute

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Liechtenstein Institute
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founding 1986
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place Benders
management Guido Meier (President), Christian Frommelt (Director)
Employee approx. 15
Website www.liechtenstein-institut.li

The Liechtenstein Institute is a scientific research center and academic training center in Bendern , in the Principality of Liechtenstein . The institute conducts research in the following four departments:

  • History
  • Political and Social Science
  • Jurisprudence
  • Economics

In these areas, topics relevant to Liechtenstein such as small states , European integration , direct democracy and the Alpine Rhine - Lake Constance region are dealt with and international networking is maintained.

The church hill of Bendern , with the Liechtenstein Institute in the center

Institute

The Liechtenstein Institute was founded on August 15, 1986, the state holiday of the Principality of Liechtenstein, on the initiative of Gerard Batliner as a research institute for application-oriented basic research related to Liechtenstein. Since the institute does not award any academic degrees and does not offer any teaching activities typical for universities, the institution is a university-like institution according to the Liechtenstein University Act . The institute is run by a non-profit association under Liechtenstein personal and company law.

The current building of the Liechtenstein Institute, the old rectory on the church hill in Bendern, was moved into in 1998. The church building and the governorship with stepped gables, which, like the old rectory, was built in the 16th century, together form one of the most distinctive groups of buildings in the principality.

In the first few years the institute was financed exclusively through private donations. Nowadays the state and the municipalities provide two thirds of the funds. For the years 2016 to 2019, as in previous years, the Liechtenstein Institute receives an annual state contribution of CHF 1 million based on a performance agreement.In addition, researchers at the institute have obtained third-party funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and for the Erasmus + - Project "Challenges to Democracy and Social Life in European States".

research

Conference room in the Liechtenstein Institute

Historical research at the Liechtenstein Institute focuses on the period between the two world wars and on the transition period to the rule of the House of Liechtenstein over the territory of the current state. The Liechtenstein Institute has been the holder of the Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein online (eHLFL) since 2016 . This has been freely available online for everyone since November 2018.

The Political Science Department is primarily dedicated to the Liechtenstein political system and Liechtenstein's membership in the EEA . This is reflected, for example, in the EFTA-Studies.org website set up by the institute, which offers an independent forum for discussion on the EFTA states and their relations with the EU. In addition, the Liechtenstein Institute is a member of the trans-European research network for European affairs TEPSA.

The legal department focuses on Liechtenstein's public law, especially administrative and constitutional law, including fundamental and human rights. The Liechtenstein Institute has been publishing the freely accessible online commentary on the Liechtenstein constitution since spring 2016 .

The focus of the Faculty of Economics is on economic research. The Liechtenstein Institute thus complements the business-oriented research at the University of Liechtenstein . The most important research areas at the institute are small-state economics, public finances and growth / business cycle. The KonSens economic index went online in August 2019. This concurrent, collective economic indicator is updated quarterly. It shows the economic situation of the Liechtenstein economy.

Much of the historical building fabric has been preserved in the Liechtenstein Institute.

The facility is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach to the topics worked on by its researchers.

The research results are published in book form or in the form of articles in scientific journals as well as at public events in Liechtenstein and at scientific conferences abroad. In addition, the Liechtenstein Institute prepares reports and studies for the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein , authorities, municipalities and other clients. Since 2010, the Liechtenstein Institute has been preparing the annual monitoring report "Extremism in Liechtenstein" on behalf of the Government's Violence Protection Commission. The human rights report "Human rights in Liechtenstein. Facts and figures" is published annually by the staff of the Liechtenstein Institute.

Many of the publications produced by the researchers at the Liechtenstein Institute are available in full text on the Institute's website. The institute's website also contains the series of publications "Working Papers Liechtenstein Institute", "LI Focus", "LI Aktuell" and "LI Facts" published by the Liechtenstein Institute open access .

The Liechtenstein Institute also supports dissertations relating to Liechtenstein.

Teaching

The institute offers series of lectures, symposia and individual events on topics relating to Liechtenstein. The institute's lecture series stand out - such as For example, the lecture evenings in autumn 2017 on "25 years of equality" or the three evenings on the anniversary "100 years of political parties in Liechtenstein" in November 2018 - are characterized by their interdisciplinary approach to the topic. In many cases, speakers from abroad are also called in for presentations. A large number of the researchers working at the Liechtenstein Institute also hold teaching positions at the University of Liechtenstein and / or at foreign universities.

Library

Library in the attic of the institute

The Liechtenstein Institute has a special library for the fields of history, law, politics and economics with a focus on Liechtenstein. The library is also available to external visitors. However, the books and magazines are not loanable. The profile of the library is that of a research-oriented utility library.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Liechtenstein Institute: Statute 2011 . (PDF file; 94 kB), accessed on April 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Broggi, Mario F. / Gantner, Manfried / Marxer, Wilfried / Wille, Herbert (2011): 25 Years of the Liechtenstein Institute , in: Liechtenstein Institute (ed.), 25 Years of the Liechtenstein Institute (1986–2011). Liechtenstein Politische Schriften LPS Volume 50, Verlag der Liechtensteinischen Akademischen Gesellschaft, Schaan, pp. 23–43
  3. ↑ Law of 25 November 2004 on higher education ( University Act ; HSG, LGBl. 2005 No. 2 LR 414.0).
  4. ↑ Maja Widmer: Bendern (church hill). In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein online. 2011, accessed September 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Liechtenstein Institute: Annual Report 2018. Retrieved on September 8, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Report and application of the government of 30 June 2015 to the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein regarding the granting of a state contribution to the Liechtenstein Institute for the years 2016 to 2019 ( BuA No. 2015/65 ) and Landtag Protocols 2015, p. 1365 ff. ( meeting on September 3, 2015 ).
  7. ↑ P3 SNSF research database: State tasks in small states. A comparative law analysis for Liechtenstein. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Susanne Quaderer: Historical Lexicon is online. In: Fatherland. November 13, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018 .
  9. ↑ For information on working on the platform http://www.wahlhilfe.li/ see the media report in the fatherland of January 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ Via EFTA-Studies.org. Retrieved September 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ See: http://www.tepsa.eu/members/liechtenstein/ .
  12. ↑ Simon Gemperli (2016): Prince, People and Constitution: The Commentary on Liechtenstein , NZZ, March 23, 2016
  13. ↑ New research project at the Liechtenstein Institute. : In: Fatherland . (Website), accessed April 28, 2013.
  14. ↑ Holger Franke: Economy: At the beginning almost exactly a zero. In: Volksblatt. September 3, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  15. ↑ See e.g. B. the anthology: Marxer, Wilfried (Ed.): Migration. Facts and analyzes on Liechtenstein , Bendern: Liechtenstein Institute.
  16. ↑ See e.g. B. the study: Brunhart, Andreas / Büchel, Berno (2016): The disposable income in Liechtenstein compared with Switzerland. Study commissioned by the Liechtenstein government, as well as the media coverage of this study: https://www.liechtenstein.li/news-detail/article/in-liechtenstein-bleibt-mehr-netto-vom-brutto/ and http: // www .lie-zeit.li / 2016/02 / what-of-wages-remains / .
  17. ^ Wilfried Marxer: Extremism in Liechtenstein. Monitoring report 2016 . Ed .: Liechtenstein Institute. Bendern 2017.
  18. ↑ Wilfried Marxer: Human Rights in Liechtenstein - Facts and Figures 2016 . Ed .: Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Bendern 2017.
  19. ↑ http://www.liechtenstein-institut.li/de-ch/publikationen.aspx .
  20. ↑ See e.g. B. the lecture evenings on the communities of Liechtenstein in autumn 2016: http://www.liechtenstein-institut.li/de-ch/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung.aspx?shmid=462&shact=2059103370&shmiid=s__sls__dkwhU0Gv4__eql__ .
  21. ↑ "Role models must be broken up". In: Liechtenstein Fatherland. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Hannes Matt: Party diversity as a risk for the stability of Liechtenstein? In: Volksblatt. November 28, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Liechtenstein Institute: Annual Report 2018. Retrieved on September 8, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Liechtenstein Institute: Annual Report 2011 . (PDF file; 1.8 MB), accessed April 20, 2013.

Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '  N , 9 ° 30'  E ; CH1903:  756 708  /  two hundred and thirty thousand nine hundred eighty-four