re:constitution
2019/ 2020

Felix-Anselm van Lier

Mobility Phase: Alan Turing Institute, London

Digital Participation in Constitutional Reform - Prospects and Challenges

Photo: Joanna Scheffel

Felix-Anselm van Lier is a public law Scholar focusing on constitution-making processes. He currently works as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, where he researches the role of technology in constitution-making. He holds degrees in law and anthropology from the universities of Bremen, Turin and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford in 2018. Amongst others, he has worked as a Consultant for the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, Democracy Reporting International, the Berghof Foundation, and Lawyers for Justice in Libya.

Digital Participation in Constitutional Reform - Prospects and Challenges

Felix’s research focuses on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in constitutional reform and constitution-making processes. His work examines the impact of such technology on public participation in constitution making and on the institutional and procedural frameworks through which constitutions are created.