People involved in REMEP

Prof. Dr. Günther Schlee, Director at the MPI for Social Anthropology, is Speaker of the IMPRS REMEP. He represents the Research School and chairs its Executive Committee. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Director at the MPI for Foreign and International Criminal Law, is Deputy Speaker. The main tasks of the Executive Committee of the IMPRS REMEP are to direct and supervise all academic and administrative activities and to take all important financial decisions. Hence, it is responsible for all major policy decisions, the formal admission of doctoral students to the program, the overall organization of training activities, and the evaluation of the students and their research projects. The Executive Committee meets at least once a year, usually during the Summer or Winter Universities.

Executive Committee

Apart from the speaker and his deputy, the Executive Committee is made up of members of each of the five institutions participating in the IMPRS REMEP:

• Prof. em. Dr. Keebet v. Benda-Beckmann, former head of the ‘Project Group Legal Pluralism’ (2000-2012), associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology;
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve, Director at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt, succeeded Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Stolleis;
• Prof. Dr. Marie-Claire Foblets, Director at the MPI for Social Anthropology;
• Prof. Dr. Karl Härter, Senior Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History;
• Prof. Dr. Roland Hefendehl, Director of the Institute for Criminology and Business Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Freiburg;
• Prof. Dr. Walter Perron, Chair for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Comparative Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Freiburg;
• Prof. Dr. Richard Rottenburg, Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg;
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Sieber, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg;
• Dr. Bertram Turner, Senior Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale).

Former members of the Executive Committee

• Prof. em. Dr. Franz von Benda-Beckmann, (2008-†2013), former head of the ‘Project Group Legal Pluralism’ at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology;
• Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Frisch (2008-2013), Former Director of the Institute for Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the Faculty of Law, University of Freiburg;
• Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Michael Stolleis (2008-2010), former Director at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History;
• Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Wolfrum (2008-2012), former Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg.

Scientific Coordinators

• Timm Sureau, IMPRS REMEP Coordinator at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle;
• Prof. Dr. Karl Härter, local IMPRS REMEP Coordinator and Senior Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt;
• Dr. Carolin Hillemanns, local IMPRS REMEP Coordinator at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg.