With the start of the winter term 2020/21, our long-time head of department and its co-founder, Prof. Günther Pallaver, retired. Numerous colleagues and friends have now honored Prof. Pallaver's academic work in the Festschrift "Crossing Borders - Passaggi di confine - Grenzgänge" with contributions from political science, history and communication studies.

At the international media summit in Lech am Arlberg from 21st to 23rd of April 2022, renowned experts from journalism, politics and economics will discuss the consequences of the standstill and the reality after the Covid-19 pandemic.