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Citizen dialogue in the Basic Law: Everyone can help shape it!
Start of the OZUG project at the University of Hanover: First open commentary on the Basic Law. Citizen participation desired until December 2025.
Citizen dialogue in the Basic Law: Everyone can help shape it!
The project starts on September 26, 2025 at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH). OZUG (Open access to the Basic Law). This ambitious project aims to create the first freely accessible and openly licensed commentary on the Basic Law in the Federal Republic of Germany. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space with around 290,000 euros until August 2026.
The project is carried out under the direction of Prof. Dr. Nikolas Eisentraut, a junior professor of public law at the LUH and the German Center for University and Science Research (DZHW). In an innovative approach, not only specialist authors are invited to write comments, but citizens are also encouraged to actively participate in the project.
Citizen participation
Citizens can use the platform www.oa-kommentar.de both inform about the Basic Law and participate in the quality assurance of the comment versions. You will receive manuscripts by email to check for comprehensibility and can provide feedback and comments until the end of December 2025.
All participants have the opportunity to receive personal feedback on their reviews. This involvement of citizens reflects the growing civil society interest in research and policy contexts. How on Fraunhofer IRB carried out, opportunities for citizen participation in decision-making processes are increasing and are important for developing innovative solutions.
Innovative open access approach
The OZUG project attaches great importance to the open access idea. The published comments are accessible free of charge and can be reused. The new commentary on the Basic Law is intended to present the interpretation of the articles by courts and jurisprudence in a clear and understandable manner. The approach also includes an introduction to legal methodology, which is specifically designed for non-specialists.
In addition, an accompanying project will be led by Prof. Dr. Bernd Kleimann carried out to investigate the factors that stand in the way of the implementation of the open access idea in legal scholarship. University of Hanover emphasizes the importance of linking civic knowledge and scientific expertise.
This innovative project aims to make an important contribution to promoting an “open society of constitutional interpreters” in which citizens are actively involved in the thesis and interpretation of the legal text that is central to Germany.