Matthias Zußner

Matthias Zußner is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Public Law and Political Science at the University of Graz, where he received his habilitation in Public Law in March 2026. He previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of Klagenfurt and the WU Vienna.

His research and teaching have taken him to institutions including the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, the University of Bayreuth, Academia Sinica in Taipei, and the University of Passau. His research covers constitutional and administrative law, with particular interests in fundamental rights, public economic law, and national and European digital law.

Zußner has published and lectured extensively on public law and has received several awards for his academic work. He is a member of several Austrian and international academic associations, including ICON.S and, since 2026, the Association of German Public Law (Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer).