IFG.at is a university-led, Vienna-based academic project and legal initiative dedicated to promoting transparency, accountability, and access to public information through research, education, and impact litigation. Our team and fellows include world-class legal scholars, journalists, and experts. We work independently and in cooperation with universities, civil society organizations, and international institutions.

Meet the Team

Jurij Toplak, Professor of Law, Founder & Director, Alma Mater Vienna

Alvaro Nebreda, MEd, Head of Tech & University Lecturer of Physics, Alma Mater Europaea University, Campus Vienna, Austria

Fellows & Friends

Richard Albert, Alum of Yale, Oxford, Harvard, Professor of Law and Government, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Alberto Alemanno, Alum of Harvard (LL.M.) & Bocconi (PhD). Law Professor at HEC Paris. Currently Visiting Scholar at Harvard.

Mary Anne Franks, JD (Harvard), DPhil (Oxford), Professor of Law, George Washington University, USA

Martin Gelter, Degrees from Harvard Law, Columbia, WU Vienna & University of Vienna, Professor, Fordham Law School, USA & Austria

Laine Higgins, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter, USA

Spencer Macnaughton, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Uncloseted Media, and Adjunct Professor, NYU, USA

Russell Miller, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, German Law Journal, Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University, USA 

Daniela Urosa, Int. H. Rights Practicum Founder & Director, Boston College Law School, USA, Professor, Uni Católica Andres Bello, Spain

Christopher Wlezien, Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Marco Bassini, Asst. Professor of Fundamental Rights and AI, Tilburg University, Netherlands

Uladzislau Belavusau, Sr. Researcher in EU Law, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jaclyn Belczyk, JD, Executive Director, JURIST News, USA

Corrado Caruso, Professor of Constitutional Law,  University of Bologna, Italy

Jon Fraenkel, Professor in Comparative Politics, Victoria University, New Zealand

Alberto de Franceschi, Professor of Law, University of Ferrara, Italy

Sarah Ganty,  J.S.D. candidate amd President of the Yale Law School European Law Association at Yale Law School.

Djordje Gardašević, Professor of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Dimitry Kochenov, Professor of Legal Studies, Central European University, Vienna, Austria

Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg News journalist, Brussels, Belgium

Ludvik Toplak, Rector of Alma Mater Europaea University, Slovenia

Jordi Barrat, Professor of Law, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

David Lublin, PhD, Harvard & Yale Alum, Department Chair & Professor of Government, American University, Washington DC, USA

Dwight Newman, Oxford MPhil & DPhil, Prof of Law, Uni of Saskatchewan, Canada