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Yesterday, Thursday, Thomas Milic presented an evaluation of «sympathy votes» behavior in the 2025 state elections. The Liechtenstein electorate makes extensive use of the option to add individuals from other electoral lists. The interactive presentation of his talk is now available online.

From March 27-28, 2025, the third workshop on "Empirical Macroeconmics: The Transmission of Macroeconomic Shocks and Policy Challenges" took place at the Johannes Kepler University Linz in cooperation with the Liechtenstein Institute and the University of Innsbruck.

The management of the Liechtenstein Institute's specialist departments changes at regular intervals. At the beginning of March 2025, two departments were given new heads. Stephan Scheuzger took over as head of the History Department, replacing Fabian Frommelt, who had been in charge for two years. There was also a change in the Department of Economics. Andreas Brunhart is taking over as Head of the Department for the second time, having previously held the position for two years with Martin Geiger.

Liechtenstein’s economic output measured by real gross domestic product (GDP) stagnated in 2024, interrupting the brief economic upward trend of the previous year. According to the Liechtenstein-Institute’s estimation model, nominal GDP will amount to around CHF 7’484 million in 2024. In relation to the nominal GDP 2023 of the preliminary estimate published by the Office for Statistics, the estimation model for 2024 shows nominal GDP growth of just over 0%; adjusted for inflation, the real GDP growth rate in 2024 is therefore around −1%.

On March 26, 2025, the local council of the municipality of Gamprin visited the Liechtenstein Institute to view the results of the 2024 building renovation work. Director Thomas Meier welcomed the guests and thanked the municipality of Gamprin for its support in this successful renovation of the former vicarage. Following a brief tour of the building, the local council held its council meeting in the seminar room of the Liechtenstein Institute.

The last two issues of "Wirtschaft regional" featured a two-part interview with Andreas Brunhart and Martin Geiger on the current challenges facing Liechtenstein's economic growth.

From March 14 to 16, a Liechtenstein team took part in the EEA Moot Court in Oslo for the first time. This is a competition in which EFTA Court proceedings are simulated

On February 18, 2025, His Excellency Luca Beccari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Digital Transformation, visited the Liechtenstein Institute with his delegation.

The Liechtenstein Institute's Growth Monitor, which has now been published for the fourth time, depicts the long-term growth development and sustainability of Liechtenstein's economy from various perspectives. The Growth Monitor 2024 also includes a focus chapter on the topic of labor shortages.

Political scientist Karin Frick joined the Department of Politics at the Liechtenstein Institute at the beginning of February 2025.

In December 2024, a jury selected the word of the year, the sentence of the year and the number of the year 2024 from over 500 suggestions - namely: 29. According to a study by the Liechtenstein Institute, 29 percent of the population are "news-abstinent", meaning they do not read or listen to conventional news. LPC President Carmen Dahl has now presented the Liechtenstein Institute with a corresponding certificate.

The ongoing uncertainty in the global economy is putting pressure on global foreign trade. As a consequence, Liechtenstein’s business cycle weakness continues. The value of the KonSens business cycle index increased slightly in the 4th quarter of 2024, from -1.1 to -0.8.

Die erste Kurzanalyse der Wahlumfrage des Liechtenstein-Instituts zeigt unter anderem, dass die FBP im Vergleich zu 2021 Wählende sowohl an die VU wie auch an die DpL verloren hat. Auch die VU hat einen Teil ihrer Wählerschaft an die DpL verloren, konnte dies aber dank starken Zugewinnen von FBP und FL mehr als kompensieren.

The online legal journal "Jusletter" from February 3, 2025 contains an article by Patricia Schiess. She examines the legal aspects of the vote on the repeal of the Liechtenstein Broadcasting Act (LRFG). She is particularly interested in what was not discussed before the vote.

The Liechtenstein Institute has been following votes and elections in Liechtenstein for many years. Thomas Milic, Head of the Politics Department at the Liechtenstein Institute, provided the Liechtenstein media with information on the upcoming parliamentary elections.

From 23 to 25 October 2025, the History Department of the Liechtenstein Institute is organizing the international conference “Historical Small States Studies: State of Research and Perspectives”. The aim of the conference is to bring together current historical research on small states and to discuss their future. The call for papers has been published.

Zur Erstellung des Bildungsberichts Liechtenstein und für den Fachbereich Volkswirtschaft suchen wir per 1. April 2025 oder nach Vereinbarung eine wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / einen wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter 60–80%.

On 22 January, the Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium invited the candidates for parliament and the government candidates to Vaduz so that they could introduce themselves and their party to the students as part of the 2025 parliamentary elections. Thomas Milic from the Liechtenstein Institute was also present as an expert on electoral law and electoral system issues and was on hand to answer a wide range of questions about the upcoming parliamentary elections.

On February 9, 2025, the national elections will take place in Liechtenstein. With this online survey, the Liechtenstein Institute, in cooperation with the Liechtensteiner Vaterland, would like to find out more about your opinion on the current elections.

Im Nachgang zu den Diskussionen rund um die liechtensteinische Justizreform von 2024 untersucht Lukas Ospelt in einem Arbeitspapier die Geschichte der gerichtlichen Instanzenzüge im Heiligen Römischen Reich deutscher Nation, im Deutschen Bund sowie im Fürstentum Liechtenstein.

On January 16, 2025, the handbook "Das politische System Liechtensteins", recently published by Nomos-Verlag, was presented to the public at a media conference.

In the 2025 election year, the Liechtenstein Youth Council has set itself the goal of preparing young voters for the upcoming state elections. A podcast series has been produced for this purpose. Thomas Milic from the Liechtenstein Institute was also interviewed.

On February 9, 2025, Liechtenstein will once again hold parliamentary elections. To mark this occasion, the association wahlhilfe.li launched an online platform for the third time after 2017 and 2021, which provides information on the political positions of the candidates. The Liechtenstein Institute created a questionnaire for this purpose and is also supporting the project with its scientific expertise.

The Liechtenstein Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the handbook "The Liechtenstein Political System". This new handbook offers interested readers an up-to-date overview of the central facets, aspects and organs of Liechtenstein's political system in compact articles.

In a new article in the journal “European Political Science Review”, Daniel Kübler and Philippe Rochat examine participation in municipal direct-democratic assemblies. The analysis not only reveals existing inequalities in participation, but also shows which features of an assembly are particularly conducive to the willingness of different population groups to participate.

In the journal Macroeconomic Dynamics, Martin Geiger and Joscha Beckmann publish an article on the effects of global uncertainty on country-specific economic forecasts by experts.

Hugo Grotius’ work “De jure belli ac pacis” (On the Law of War and Peace) is the focus of a five-year research project at the Max Planck Institute. The book is considered the foundation of modern international law. The Liechtenstein Institute’s copy comes from Gerard Batliner’s private library and was donated to the Institute.

Lukas Ospelt widmet sich in einem Arbeitspapier der Frage des Gewaltverbotes unter Eheleuten im Lichte des ABGB von 1812, des Ehegesetzes von 1973 und des Gewaltschutzrechtes von 2000/2001. Die Publikation basiert auf einem Vortrag am II. Liechtensteinischen Historikerinnen- und Historikertag vom 18. Oktober 2024 in Gamprin.

Jörg Paetzold, economist at the Liechtenstein Institute and the University of Salzburg, and Hannes Winner have won the University of Salzburg’s “Kurt Zopf Award for Scientific Publications 2024”, endowed with 4,000 euros.

The three institutions of higher education in Liechtenstein – the Liechtenstein Institute, the Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein (UFL) and the University of Liechtenstein – are presenting their diverse activities and research areas in their joint magazine for the fifth time. The current issue of the research magazine 160 im Quadrat is dedicated to artificial intelligence.