University of Salzburg

And that's something that I deeply cherish.

Okay, so you take sort of master's level law studies at the University of Gdansk, right? And your scholarship study in law also at Paris, London, University of Salzburg.

And what were the things that drove you into the legal area and to do this Paris, London, and University of Salzburg, and then also Poland in terms of your studies as well?

Yeah, so the legal studies were for me definitely coming from that element of my curiosity around politics, economics, and justice.

And I... was also looking for something that would allow me to have a great background for entrepreneurship.

He brings a historical and Latin American perspective examining how race, gender, sexuality, family have been incorporated into different waves of populism and importantly showing us what demographic populism looks like in contexts where mass migration may probably not be the central political issue.

And finally, Reinhard Heinisch, Professor of Comparative Austrian Politics at the University of Salzburg.

Together with Diana Lucia Hoffmann, they examine Austria and the transformation of the Austrian Freedom Party from a historically anti-clerical party towards one that increasingly evokes cultural Christianity, particularly in constructing Muslims and immigration as questions of national and demographic belonging.

So thank you all so much for being here.

Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich, Ihnen heute einen der ganz, ganz Großen der österreichischen Rechtsinformatik und Rechtsinformation, Herrn Professor Dr. Dietmar Jahnel, vorstellen zu dürfen.

Herr Janel ist seit vielen, vielen Jahren an der Universität Salzburg tätig gewesen und dort vor allem in zwei Bereichen.

Auf der einen Seite ist er der wahrscheinlich bekannteste österreichische Datenschutzrechtler und auf der anderen Seite hat er über viele Jahre und Jahrzehnte auch, äh, das Thema der Rechtsinformatik im engeren Sinn, also IT-Anwendungen für juristische Zwecke betrieben.

Und in dieser Rolle vor allem ist er heute hier, denn er war eben nicht nur viele Jahre lang an der Universität Salzburg tätig, sondern hat daneben auch ein Unternehmen und eine Datenbank und ein Rechtsinformationssystem namens RIDA aufgebaut, bei dem es die eine oder andere Neuigkeit gibt, über die wir heute sprechen werden.

Das ist auch der Anlass.

Dietmar, vielen Dank fürs Kommen.

Prior to that, he was... with the Tax Foundation for 14 years, where he wrote eight books or co-authored eight books on tax policy.

He has his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, his JD from George Washington University School of Law, and a certificate in international legal studies from UOP's McGeorge School and the University of Salzburg.

He serves on the State Advisory Board for Bloomberg Tax, the Board of Directors of the Rainey Center, and he is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

And one of the things I want to talk – in fact, this is what we're going to talk about first, Joe.

Luckily, we have a friend of the pod, Astrid Reisinger-Korosini, to help us.

She is an international criminal law expert and senior scientist at the University of Salzburg.

Hi, Astrid.

Hi, Stephanie.