Status
- ✅call for application
- ✅confirm the participation
- ✅secure the funding
- 🟢shape the agenda
- ⭕assign each presentation a summarizer (→ social media)
- ⭕assign each presentation a moderator (→ presentation & discussion)
- ⭕DigiPub
- ⭕publish summaries of each presentation on LinkedIn
- ⭕refund travel costs
Program
DigiPub 2026 – the Digital Public Law Convention for International Young Researchers, taking place at the University of Basel, Switzerland, from 8 to 10 July 2026.
DigiPub 2026 is an international in-person academic workshop focusing on the digital transformation of public administration, with this year’s emphasis on legal methodology in public law. You will meet around 15 other early-career researchers from Europe and beyond for a series of presentations, group discussions, and collaborative sessions.
You will have the opportunity to present your ongoing research, receive targeted feedback within the workshops and discussions. The program will be complemented by keynote lectures by leading scholars.
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Morning Run (voluntary) | Check-Out IBIS Hotel | |
Keynote (tba) Workshop 2 | Workshop 4 | |
| 13:00 Check-In @ Faculty of Law | Lunch (La Strada) | Lunch (La Strada) |
Keynote (Prof. Nadja Braun Binder) Algorithms & Automation in Administration and Law 1. ClA presents, EmB leads discussion, EvP creates post. 2. EmB presents, SaG leads discussion, LjM creates post. 3. (…)
| Workshop 3 | Wrap-Up |
| Check-In IBIS Hotel | Guided City Tour | 15:00 End @ Faculty of Law |
| Dinner (tba) & Culture | Dinner (tba) & Culture |
Objectives and Values
The convention’s objectives are: Stimulating in-depth international debate on digitalization and automation in the public sector, with comparative and transnational perspectives.
Placing legal methodology at the core of the discussions, enabling systematic engagement with methodological approaches, their theoretical foundations, and their relevance for public law in algorithmically driven administrative environments.
Fostering international networking and collaboration to support cross-border research initiatives in this evolving field.
Beyond the academic program, DigiPub 2026 offers a friendly and open research environment that encourages idea exchange and lasting academic connections.
Presentation & Discussion
10 Minutes Presentation
10 Minutes Feedback & Discussion (led by an assigned participant)
Funding, Travel Arrangements and Accomodation
We are very happy to announce that the University of Basel, the Basel alumni association PRO IURE, and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) have generously agreed to fund our workshop.
We are able to cover the following costs for all participants not residing in Basel:
- Round-trip travel (2nd class, max. CHF 500, preferably by train),
- 2 nights’ hotel accommodation (Wednesday, July 8 to Friday, July 10),
- 4 meals (lunches on Thursday and Friday, dinners on Wednesday and Thursday),
- morning and afternoon snacks, coffee, and tea.
Accommodation: We have already reserved two nights for you in a single bedroom at IBIS Budget Basel City Hotel, which is just a 2 minutes walk away from the Faculty of Law.
We can only cover the cost of two nights’ accommodation. If you plan to arrive in Basel before Wednesday, July 8, or leave after Friday, July 10, the extra nights will be at your own expense. We encourage you to approach your universities or research centers regarding possible funding for extra nights.
Booking: You are responsible for booking your own travel arrangements (train and/or plane tickets). Please do so as soon as possible. Moreover, in line with our goal to reduce the workshop’s environmental footprint, we strongly encourage travelling by train whenever possible.
Once booked, please fill out the Expense Statement form and send it to digipub@proton.me to complete to request reimbursement.
Meals and Snacks
As previously mentioned, we’ll cover the dinners (8 and 9 July) and the lunches (9 and 10 July) we enjoy together, as well as snacks, coffee, and tea during breaks. Please don’t forget to bring your water bottle. We strongly encourage to drink tap water and therefore will not provide bottled water.
We will book the restaurants for dinners. Please kindly let us know of any dietary restrictions or allergies as soon as possible, so that we can accommodate them.
Please note that lunch on Wednesday, July 8, is not included, as the workshop will begin at 13:00.
Social Media
Mission: We want to make our research and findings accessible to a broader audience. We therefore intend to publish summaries of each presentation as LinkedIn posts. Each presentation is summarized by a different attendee who also takes a photo of the presentation. We will post both - text and photo - on the DigiPub LinkedIn-Profile separately but immediately after DigiPub. This is a lowlevel alternative to publishing a traditional conference volume.
Before DigiPub: Each presenter is assigned a summarizer (another attendee) who will write the LinkedIn post. Get to know your presenter/summarizer soon.
While DigiPub: Attend the presentation and take notes. Take a photo of the presenter. Write a summary. Check both with the presenter for content and consent and send it to digipub@proton.com before DigiPub ends.
Structure: Catchy headline with the presenter's name and topic followed by 3-5 short paragraphs (core findings, methodology, practical implications) finished with 1 quote or main message:
Hallucinations and modern threats to judicial independence: @Julia Ruf examines, through constitutional interpretation, what requirements and limits arise de lege lata from the situational concretization of judicial independence and impartiality – particularly with regard to the use of AI systems by judges. What I take away from this: Independence may require courts to be able to recognise the use of AI in the submissions they receive. 📷: Julia shows her flowchart of functions |
Travel Information
Adress: University of Basel, Law Faculty, Peter Merian-Weg 8, 4002 Basel
Train: from Basel Mainstation about 10 minutes by foot from Basel Main Railway Station (Basel SBB) or 4 minutes by public transportation (Tram 10/11 to «Peter Merian»).
Plane: from Basel EuroAirport about 30 minutes, from Zurich Airport about 90 minutes.
Switzerland is not part of the EU, you may need to purchase a data plan from your mobile provider. Wifi is provided within our faculty building.