ICON.S Austria

The International Society of Public Law (ICON.S) is an international scholarly society associated with the International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) which holds regular annual conferences. You can find more information on ICON.S here.

ICON.S Austria is one of the many regional chapters of ICON.S and was founded in 2022 by Maria Bertel (Graz), Iris Eisenberger (Graz), András Jakab (Salzburg), Matthias C Kettemann (Innsbruck) and Konrad Lachmayer (Vienna).

ICON.S Austria holds biennial chapter conferences. The first conference on Public Law and Cities took place in Vienna in 2024 (SFU/WU). The second conference on Academic Freedom and Democracy will take place at the University of Graz in 2026.

The ICON.S Austria elected its Advisory Council and its co-chairs in November 2025. See the actual governance structure here.