Elisabeth Alber joins us as Peace Fellow in autumn 2026
We are delighted to announce that Elisabeth Alber will join us this autumn as our new Peace Fellow. Elisabeth brings extensive international experience and a strong commitment to research on federalism, democracy and participatory governance. At the Eurac Research Institute for Comparative Federalism, Elisabeth leads the research group Participation and Innovations and the Eurac Research Federal Scholar programme. Her work spans democratic and institutional innovation, minority and autonomy studies, deliberative constitutionalism, and democratic regression. Elisabeth also holds several external academic positions, including at the Universities of Innsbruck and RWTH Aachen, the Centre for Deliberative Democracy at the University of Canberra, and the Centre for Multilevel Federalism in New Delhi. She chairs the Scientific Committee of the Alexander Langer Foundation and serves on multiple scientific committees and networks, such as the Permanent Citizens’ Dialogue (Ostbelgien Model) and the Global Autonomy Network Group. In addition, Elisabeth has over fifteen years of experience as an international consultant, having worked in Pakistan, Myanmar, Ukraine, Moldova and Jordan. We look forward to welcoming Elisabeth to Åland this autumn.
