Articles by Max Steuer

August 7, 2025

🦋 Democracy in academia: the not-so-wanted child

Max Steuer

Of all domains of inquiry, the science of democracy is hit particularly heavily in non-democratic regimes. Max Steuer argues that non-democratic practices in academia complicate the issue. Here, he calls for a debate on more intra-academic democracy

March 19, 2024

Slovakia risks heading back to the nineties

Max Steuer

The Slovak Constitutional Court has – temporarily, at least – succeeded in halting policies driving the country towards illiberalism. Max Steuer argues that this decision, and its political context, resemble developments in late-1990s Slovakia. The Court showed resilience, but it might not suffice if Slovakia’s illiberals learn from the experience

May 30, 2023

Controversies over Slovakia’s new political cabinet

Max Steuer

After the break-up of the governing coalition in Slovakia, President Čaputová appointed Slovakia's first cabinet composed of largely non-partisan experts. Max Steuer questions the labelling of this cabinet as ‘non-political’ or ‘technocratic’. While not hailing from general election results, it enjoys other sources of democratic legitimacy

Max Steuer

Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University / Principal Investigator, HARVEST Project, Department of Political Science, Comenius University Bratislava / Schumann Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Münster

Max’s research focuses on the science of democracy beyond disciplines, comparative constitutional adjudication (with emphasis on constitutional courts), and constitutionalism in the European Union.

His work has appeared in journals including the European Constitutional Law Review, European Journal of Futures Research and The International Journal of Human Rights.

The HARVEST project is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia as part of Next Generation EU (2024–2026).

States of Emergency and Human Rights Protection: The Theory and Practice of the Visegrad Countries
Routledge, 2024

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Articles by Max Steuer

🦋 Democracy in academia: the not-so-wanted child

Slovakia risks heading back to the nineties

Controversies over Slovakia’s new political cabinet

The Loop

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