About

Max Steuer (MA [CEU], LLM [Cantab], PhD [Comenius]) is Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Jindal Global Law School (India) and Assistant Professor at Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Political Science (Slovakia). His research focuses on questions of democracy protection, with emphasis on constitutional adjudication in Central Europe, European constitutionalism, militant democracy and freedom of expression. His works appeared in European Constitutional Law Review, European Journal of Risk Regulation, International Journal of Human Rights, Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law and elsewhere. Among his recent editorial responsibilities is a co-edited special section of the Jindal Global Law Review on ‘Cultural Expertise and Litigation in South Asia and Europe’ (2023). Max is principal investigator for the project ‘Illiberalism and the Constitution of the Slovak Republic: Political Discourse Analysis’ (Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, 2023—25), coordinator of the educational and awareness-raising initiative Talking Courts (U.S. Embassy in Slovakia, 2023—24) and member of the Management Committee and Working Group on Theory of the COST Action ’K-Peritia (Cultural Expertise Junior Network)’.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Constitutions, Democracy, European Politics, European Union, Human Rights, Institutions, Courts, Jurisprudence, Council of Europe

Current/Upcoming Events

Max has not yet registered for any ECPR events.

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Human Rights and Transitional Justice
• Law and Courts
• European Union
• Central and East European Politics
• Extremism and Democracy
• Differentiated Integration in the EU
• Political Concepts