Internationally renowned experts from academia and practice will give lectures about current issues in the field of European and International tax law as part of a colloquium series.
Before each colloquium lecture a bridging course will be held to introduce the students to the topics of the lectures. Students will be assigned to topics from the three bridging course sessions to give a presentation on a topic related to the topic of one of the colloquium lectures (taking place later that same day).
Here is a 2 minute introductory video to the course: https://short.wu.ac.at/colloquium
After successful completion of the course students should be able to:
At most, 2 out of the 6 contact sessions may be missed.
Attendance of the bridging course at which the student is presenting and the corresponding colloquium lecture is mandatory.
This course uses a variety of teaching/learning methods.
The course consists of 6 contact sessions on 3 dates (i.e. 2 contact sessions per date).
The two contact sessions on each date consist of the following:
In each colloquium lecture, two renowned experts from academia and practice will lecture about two current issues in the field of European and International Tax Law.
Students are strongly encouraged to actively participate in both the bridging course and the colloquium lectures.
The student’s final grade for the course will comprise as follows:
Due date for the research papers: 29 June 2026, 23:59 (students are, however, welcome to submit their papers prior to this date)
Word limit: 7500 words (including footnotes, excluding the abstract)
Prior knowledge: basic knowledge of Austrian tax law or the tax law of another jurisdiction as well as basic knowledge of European and International Tax Law.
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To be able to derive the maximum value from this course, it is recommended that students have had exposure to a course dealing with a domestic tax system. A basic knowledge of a European and international tax law would also be beneficial.
Student presentations:
Each student will be assigned to one of the topics being presented at the colloquia to present in the bridging course of the respective day. Your presentation must relate to the topic, i.e., you should think about an interesting topic in the general area of the evening colloquium lecture.
Time limit for presentations: 30 minutes
Each presentation will be followed by feedback and discussion.
Students are required to email their presentation to the course instructors on Friday before the day of their presentation. Students are not expected to present the fully researched seminar paper but rather just their preliminary ideas. Of course, the closer the presentation to the final paper, the better.
As for the papers, we expect you to write about 15 pages (if you write more or less, this will not be an issue as long as your contribution is well researched and on point). The deadline to submit it is 29 June 2026, but, of course, you can send it earlier.
When writing a seminar paper, the introduction must contain a declaration of the use of AI. If no form of AI was used, a note to this effect is sufficient. If AI was used, the introduction must explain accordingly where and in what form.