Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions

since Jan 2024
Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2), Department ‘Law & Anthropology’, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)

Sep 2023–Dec 2023
Principal investigator in the project ‘Change In and Through Law – Digital Transformation and Climate Change’, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law; position funded by the Volkswagen Foundation

Mar 2016–Dec 2023
Assistant Professor for Private Law and Legal Education, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law

Dec 2012–Feb 2015
Research and Teaching Assistant (Post Doc), University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Center for Legal Education

Oct 2008–Sep 2012
Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Basel, Faculty of Law, Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer, LL.M.

Education and Professional Qualifications

2016
Second State Examination in Law, Hamburg

2012
Dr. iur. (summa cum laude), University of Basel
Title of the thesis: Produktrückruf und Regress [Product Recall and Recourse]

2008
LL.M. in Chinese Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing

2007
First State Examination in Law, Berlin
Studies in Law at University of Würzburg (2001–2003) and Humboldt University of Berlin (2003–2007)

Competitive Funding (Selection)

2023–2025
Project: Change In and Through Law – Digital Transformation and Climate Change (VolkswagenFoundation, application together with Roland Broemel, University of Frankfurt a.M., and Angela Schwerdtfeger, University of Göttingen; own share: €203,900)

2020–2024
Graduiertenkolleg [Research Training Group]: ‘Das Recht und seine Lehre in der digitalen Transformation’ [Legal Research and Teaching in Digitalisation] (State Research Funding Hamburg, application together with nine colleagues from different research institutions in Hamburg; total funding: €1.183 m.)

2020
Project: ‘Kulturelle Diversität im Privatrecht’ [Cultural Diversity in Private Law] (Equal Opportunity Fund, University of Hamburg; €2,500)

2019
Conference: ‘Vielfalt im Recht’ [Diversity in Law] (Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung [Hamburg Science Foundation] and Equal Opportunity Unit of the Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, application together with Milan Kuhli; total funding: €2,600)

2006
Study Trip: ‘Studying and Experiencing US Law in Chicago’ (DAAD [German Academic Exchange Service], Alumni Universität Hamburg e.V., and Seed Money of the International Department of the University of Hamburg; €5,430)

Awards and Scholarships (Selection)

Oct 2021–Mar 2022
Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities ‘Law as Culture’, Bonn

2018
Hamburger Lehrpreis 2018 für herausragende Leistungen in der Hochschullehre [Hamburg Teaching Prize 2018 for Outstanding Achievements in University Teaching]

2017
Hamburger Lehrpreis 2017 für herausragende Leistungen in der Hochschullehre [Hamburg Teaching Prize 2017 for Outstanding Achievements in University Teaching]

2014
Professor Walther Hug Award in recognition of the doctoral thesis Produktrückruf und Regress as one of the best among the doctoral theses in law awarded with the highest grade at a Swiss University in the academic year 2012/2013

2011
Crédit Suisse Award for Best Teaching

2008
Best Thesis Award, awarded for the master thesis Compensation Standard for Urban Demolition and Resettlement, Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing

2007
Full Scholarship for an LL.M. Program, DAAD [German Academic Exchange Service]

2005
First Place, Werner Melis Award for the Best Defendant’s Memorandum, and Honorable Mention, Pieter Sanders Award for the Best Plaintiff’s Memorandum; 12th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

Teaching (Selection)

Lectures

  • Vertragsrecht II: Allgemeines Schuldrecht, Gewährleistungsrecht bei Kauf und Miete [Contract Law II: General Law of Obligations, Warranty Law in Sales and Rental Contracts], summer term 2016, winter terms 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, University of Hamburg
  • Mehrpersonenverhältnisse [General Law of Obligations Involving Multiple Persons], winter term 2022/2023, University of Hamburg
  • Gesetzliche Schuldverhältnisse [Extracontractual Obligations], summer term 2017, University of Hamburg
  • International Sales and Contract Law, summer term 2018, winter term 2019/2020, University of Hamburg
  • Einführung in die Rechtsvergleichung [Introduction to Comparative Law], winter term 2018/2019, University of Hamburg

State Exam Preparation

  • Hamburger Examenskurs (HEX): Sachenrecht [Property Law], summer term s 2019 to 2022, University of Hamburg

Seminars

Conference Presentations and Discussions (Selection)

12 Oct 2023
Harmonization Projects as ‘Third Space’; CUREDI Annual Conference: ‘Translation and the quest for justice in plural societies: A complex and challenging exercise’; Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology; Halle (Saale)

5 Sep 2023
Of Wall Colors, Swinger Clubs and Gold Jewelry: On Culture in Core Private Law; Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology; Halle (Saale) (online)

29 Nov 2022
Content Analysis of Legal Decisions – reporting from “within”;  workshop on Legal Research Methods, Zentrum für Recht in der digitalen Transformation [Centre for Law in the Digital Transformation]; Hamburg

9 Sep 2022
Eine Methode für mein Erkenntnisinteresse [A Method for my Research Question]; workshop: Methode und Erkenntnisinteresse in der Privatrechtswissenschaft [Methods and Research Questions in Private Law Scholarship]; Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; Munich

12 Jul 2022
Using Religious Norms in the Interpretation of the Contract; CUREDI Annual Workshop 2022; Berlin

30 May 2022
Die Bedeutung technischer Normen für den kaufrechtlichen Mangelbegriff [The Significance of Technical Standards for the Concept of Defect in Sales Law]; Leuphana University; Lüneburg

22 Feb 2022
Cultural Diversity in Private Law: In Search of a Pluralistic Model; Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities ‘Law as Culture’; Bonn (online)

16 Jul 2021
Kultur im Kontext der Rechtsvereinheitlichung: Überlegungen am Beispiel des UN-Kaufrechts [Culture in the Context of Legal Unification: Reflections on the Example of the CISG]; University of Regensburg

28 May 2021
Digital Teaching in Pandemic Times: Lessons Learnt; conference: The Development of Legal Education for the Future, China-EU School of Law (online)

13 Feb 2020
Culture in the Courts. An Analysis of German Contract and Tort Law; Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology; Halle (Saale)

20 Jan 2020
Kulturelle Diversität im Privatrecht [Cultural Diversity in Private Law]; Forum Junge Rechtswissenschaft [Young Legal Scholars Forum], Law Faculty, University of Tübingen

21 Nov 2019
Integratives Bürgerliches Recht? Zur Relevanz kultureller Hintergründe im Vermögensrecht [Integrative Private Law? The Relevance of Culture in Contract, Tort, and Property Law]; conference: Integratives Recht [Integrative Law]; Bucerius Law School; Hamburg

23 Aug 2019
Rechtsvergleichender Kommentar zum Recht der Forderungsabtretung [Comparative Commentary on the Assignment of Claims]; symposium: Schuldrechtsmodernisierung in Japan aus rechtsvergleichender Perspektive [Modernization of the Law of Obligations in Japan from a Comparative Law Perspective]; Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; Hamburg

10 Oct 2018
Cultural Diversity and Private Law; The 2nd Kyoto University – University of Hamburg Symposium 2018; Kyoto

8 Oct 2018
Die aktuelle Reform des deutschen Rechts der Kaufmängelgewährleistung [The Current Reform of the German Law on Warranties for Defects of Purchase]; Ryukoku University; Kyoto

25 Jul 2018
Religious Norms in the Application of Contract and Tort Law Rules; workshop ‘Comparative Public and Private Law Responses to Religious Diversity’ at the Younger Scholars Forum in Comparative Law of the 20th General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law; Fukuoka

4 Jul 2018
Aktuelle Stunde: Rechtsvergleichung als didaktische Herausforderung [Current Affairs Hour: Comparative Law as a Pedagogical Challenge]; Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; Hamburg (with Judith Brockmann)

23 May 2018
Juristenausbildung für globale Herausforderungen [Legal Education for Global Challenges]; National Chung Cheng University; Chiayi

22 May 2018
Außervertragliche Haftung des Herstellers unsicherer Software [Non­-Contractual Liability of the Producer of Insecure Software]; National Chung Cheng University; Chiayi

26 Apr 2018
Are We Grasping Private Law’s Relevance for Multi-Religious Societies to Its Full Extent? – A Plea for Broadening the Scope of Analysis; The Impact of Religion: Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy – The Second International Interdisciplinary Conference; Uppsala University

23 Mar 2018
Ambiguous Expectations in Intercultural Commerce; IX Annual Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference: Contractual performance: CISG at the center stage; Vienna

2 Dec 2016
Global Challenges for Legal Education; farewell symposium in honour of Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer; Basel

2 Oct 2013
Rechtswissenschaftliches Schreiben lernen und lehren [Learning and Teaching Legal Writing]; University of Basel, Law Faculty; Basel

9 Sep 2011
Produktsicherheit: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Zivilrechts – Zur präventiven Wirkung der Rückrufpflicht des Warenherstellers [Product Safety: Possibilities and Limits of Private Law – On the Preventive Effect of the Manufacturer’s Duty to Recall Defective Products]; 22nd Annual Conference, Gesellschaft Junger Zivilrechtswissenschaftler [Association of Young Civil Law Scholars]; Augsburg

20 Jun 2009
Compensation Standard for Urban Demolition and Relocation in China; 4th Annual Conference, European China Law Studies Association; Vienna

Organization of Academic Events (Selection)

8 Nov 2023
Coding für Einsteiger:innen [Coding for Beginners], joint workshop of the Center for Legal Education and the Centre for Law in the Digital Transformation in cooperation with Anisja Porschke of Fides Technology; Hamburg

13 Feb 2023
Ungleichheit durch Recht [Inequality through Law], workshop; Hamburg

29 Nov 2022
Systematic Case Law Analysis, workshop on legal research methods, Centre for Law in the Digital Transformation; Hamburg

20 Jun 2022
Private Klimaklagen – ein Mehrwert für den Klimaschutz? [Private Climate Lawsuits – an Added Value for Climate Protection?], panel discussion; Hamburg

7/8 Apr 2022
Die Lehre der Digitalisierung in der Rechtswissenschaft [Teaching Digitalisation in Law], joint conference of the Center for Legal Education and the Centre for Law in the Digital Transformation; Hamburg (online)

7 Sep 2021
Digitalisierung der juristischen Ausbildung: Computergestütztes Schreibtraining für Jurastudierende [Digitalisation of Legal Education: Computer-Based Writing Training for Law Students], joint workshop of the Center for Legal Education and the Centre for Law in the Digital Transformation; Hamburg

26/27 Aug 2019
Vielfalt im Recht [Diversity in Law], conference, jointly organized with Milan Kuhli; Hamburg

12/13 Apr 2018
Rechtsvergleichung als didaktische Herausforderung – Zur Bedeutung der Rechtsvergleichung im juristischen Studium [Comparative Law as Pedagogical Challenge – On the Importance of Comparative Law in Legal Education], 7th Annual Conference of the Center for Legal Education in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; Hamburg

Service (Selection)

Since 2023
Vertrauensdozentin [Faculty Mentor] for the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes [German Academic Scholarship Foundation]

Since 2023
Co-Editor of the blog Rechts|Empirie [Law’s Empirics] – Legal Empirics in Europe

Since 2022
Co-Editor of the Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Rechtswissenschaft (ZDRW) [Journal on Legal Education]

Since 2020
Member of the Editorial Board for the Project ‘CUREDI – Cultural and Religious Diversity under State Law across Europe’, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

2019–2023
Mentor for a Refugee Student of Law, Welcome Scholarship Program of the Deutsche Universitätsstiftung [German University Foundation]

2019–2021
Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg

2019
External Reviewer for the University-Internal Accreditation Procedure of the Study Program in Law with the Final Goal of the First State Examination in Law, Freie Universität Berlin

2017
Review of Bachelor Programs in Administrative and Constitutional Law in the Republic of Georgia on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (together with Hans-Heinrich Trute)

2016–2020
Member of the Think Tank Lehre [Teaching Think Tank], Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg

2010–2011
President of the Assistants of the Faculty of Law of University of Basel

2009–2011
Member of the University Council of University of Basel

Language Skills

German: native
English: excellent
French: intermediate
Spanish: intermediate
Mandarin: lower intermediate

Memberships in Academic Associations

Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V. [German Women Lawyers Association]
Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung e.V. [Society for Comparative Law]
Gesellschaft Junge Zivilrechtswissenschaft e.V. (Association of Young Private Law Scholars]

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