Religious Diversity, State, and Law National, Transnational and International Challenges

Joseph Marko, Dr. juris, Mag.phil. (1977), University of Graz, is Professor emeritus of Public Law and Political Sciences at that university. He has published monographs, edited volumes and more than 120 articles on comparative constitutional law and politics, nationalism, power-sharing and minority protection, recently Human and Minority Rights Protection by Multiple Diversity Governance. History, Law, Ideology and Politics in European Perspective (Routledge, 2019, co-edited with S. Constantin).

Maximilian Lakitsch, Ph.D. (1982), University of Graz, is Lecturer at the Institute of the Foundations of Law (Department of Global Governance). He has published monographs and articles on the issues of authority, legitimacy, religion, and violence in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies.

Wolfgang Weirer, Dr. theol. (1993), University of Graz, Associate Professor for Religious Education at the University of Graz. His most important publications deal with the topic of "Interreligious Education" and the further development of RE in Austria.

Franz Winter, DDr. (1999 and 2005), is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Graz. He has published monographs, edited volumes, and articles on the entangled religious history of Asia and Europe from antiquity to modernity, including the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements (edited together with Lukas Pokorny; Brill, 2018).

Kerstin Wonisch, Ph.D. (2022), University of Graz, is researcher at Eurac Research Bolzano and holds a background in law (Mag.jur. 2015) and religious studies (MA 2017). Her research focuses on the governance of religious diversity, as well as on religion and gender. She has published several edited volumes and scholarly articles on these topics in international journals.