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Ronald L. Watts Young Researcher Award 2025 - Entries Now Open

In 2014, the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS) established the Young Scholar Award, an annual prize for the best article or paper on an aspect of federalism by a young researcher. In 2015, this award was renamed in honor of Ronald L. Watts.

Ronald L. Watts Young Researcher Award 2024

In 2014, the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS) inaugurated the Young Scholar Award, an annual award for the best unpublished article or paper on an aspect of federalism. In 2015, this award was renamed in honor of Ronald L. Watts.

In 2014, the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS) inaugurated the Young Scholar Award, an annual award for the best unpublished article or paper on an aspect of federalism. In 2015, this award was renamed in honour of Ronald L. Watts.

In 2014, the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies (IACFS) inaugurated the Young Scholar Award, an annual award for the best unpublished article or paper on an aspect of federalism. In 2015, this award was renamed in honor of Ronald L. Watts.

Prof Jaap de Visser, Director of the Dullah Omar Institute has been elected as Vice-President of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS).

Obituary / In Memoriam Professor Beniamino Caravita di Toritto

Beniamino Caravita, who died at 67 on November 25th, 2021, was a Professor of Public Law at the University of Rome – La Sapienza, Director of the peer review Journal federalismi.it, Vice-President of the Italian Association of Constitutional Lawyers (AIC).

IACFS concerned about situation in Ethiopia and arrest of Addis Ababa University's Prof Assefa Fiseha

Declaration on the political and constitutional crisis in Ethiopia

New Publication: ‘Beyond Autonomy: Practical and Theoretical Challenges to 21st Century Federalism’

Beyond Autonomy forces us to rethink the meaning of autonomy as a central organising pillar of federalism.