Amy Bugnoli

Amy works as a University Assistant (prae-doc) at the Department of Italian Law at the University of Innsbruck, specialising in Italian constitutional law. Her research interests include Italian constitutional law, migration and asylum law, and youth law.

In her doctoral dissertation, Amy examines unaccompanied foreign minors from a constitutional and fundamental-rights perspective. She focuses on the protection of minor refugees within the Italian asylum system, as well as the relevant national, European Union and international legal frameworks.

She completed the Summer School “EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy” at the Université libre de Bruxelles and the training programme in asylum and migration law at Caritas Vienna. Prior to this, she worked as a student research assistant at the Department of Italian Law and at the Department of Legal Theory and Future of Law.

Elias Faller

Elias Faller is a research and teaching assistant (Univ.-Ass.) at the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at University of Graz (Uni-ETC). His research focuses on refugee law, in particular its relationship with international human rights law and public international law, as well as the Common European Asylum System and Temporary Protection. Due to his background in translation studies, translation-related issues, especially in the context of asylum procedures, also play a role in his work. He is currently writing his doctoral thesis on the value and significance of the 1951 Refugee Convention, examined through the State practice of non-signatory States.

Mia Krieghofer

Mia is a PhD candidate at the chair of Prof. Anuscheh Farahat in Public Law in European Context at the University of Vienna. In her research, she focuses on international human rights law, Austrian migration and asylum law, and, more specifically, on the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in Austrian constitutional law. Before, she was working as a legal adviser at the Vienna-based NGO ‘Asyl in Not’, as a research assistant at the human rights institute ‘Wiener Forum für Demokratie und Menschenrechte’ and as an administrative trainee at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Rosa-Maria Mayerl

Rosa has been working as a university assistant (prae doc) at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law since March 2022. Her research primarily focuses on constitutional law, the protection of fundamental and human rights, and migration law.

In her doctoral thesis, Rosa takes an intersectional look at migration and disability, exploring how Austrian migration policies address the needs of people with disabilities. She also examines the historical treatment of disabled migrants and Austria's current legal responsibilities within European and international frameworks.

Beyond her research, Rosa is an Editor at the University of Vienna Law Review and an Ars Iuris fellow. She previously worked as a research assistant at the Department of Legal Philosophy.

Lisa Steurer

Lisa Steurer has been a university assistant (prae doc) at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law since April 2024. Previously, she completed her court practice at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna and worked as a research assistant at the Administrative Court.

During her studies at the University of Salzburg, she worked as a project and study assistant at the Department of Public Law and at the Austrian Institute for Human Rights. Her research interests include in particular Austrian and European migration law as well as administrative procedural law.

Her dissertation deals with the solidarity mechanism of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, which was amended as part of the CEAS reform.