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Law Professors and Supervisors in Germany

Professors in law in germany

352 professors found

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Leipzig University

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Germany

Research Interests

Civil Law

Law

Comparative Law

Legal Philosophy

European Union Law

Universitätsprofessor

Philipps-Universität Marburg

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Germany

Research Interests

Civil Law

Law

Jurisprudence

European Union Law

Roman Law

Professor of Law

Goethe University Frankfurt

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Germany

Research Interests

Law

Comparative Politics

Transitional Justice

Comparative Law

Legal Theory

Freie Universität Berlin

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Germany

Research Interests

Civil Law

Law

Jurisprudence

Civil Procedure

Commercial Law

Professor; Director Institute of Law & Economics

Universität Hamburg

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Philosophy

Comparative Politics

Constitutional Law

Constitutional Studies

Federalism

Universität Hamburg

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Germany

Research Interests

Human Rights

Law

Child Rights

Transitional Justice

Comparative Law

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law

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Germany

Research Interests

Civil Law

Law

European Union Law

Jurisprudence

Forced Migration

Full Professor

University of Konstanz

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Germany

Research Interests

Law

Human Rights

European Union Law

Immigration Law

Constitutional Law

Professor of Political Science with a Focus on Constitution and Politics of Gender Relations

University of Münster

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Germany

Research Interests

Comparative Politics

Human Rights

Transitional Justice

Refugee Studies

Colonial Studies

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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

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Germany

The Department of Public Law at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany is recruiting several Postdocs in public security law , public law , legal philosophy , and legal theory . The position is linked to the department’s comparative, international, and interdisciplinary research agenda on security-related matters, fundamental rights protection, the rule of law, democratic principles, digitization, internationalization, and fragmentation...

Sociology
Political Science
Comparative Law
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1 month ago

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University of Hamburg

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Germany

The European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) is a joint doctoral programme in an interdisciplinary research field connecting legal analysis and economic reasoning. Based at the University of Hamburg and run in cooperation with the Universities of Bologna, Rennes, and Rotterdam, the programme brings together a strong European research network for doctoral training. Doctoral researchers work on topics within the broad theme of “Tensions between efficiency and other goals of general interest”...

Regulation
Comparative Law
Law
+5 more

1 week ago

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German Academic Exchange Service

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Germany

DAAD EPOS 2027/28 offers fully funded postgraduate study opportunities in Germany through the German Academic Exchange Service. The programme supports eligible Development-Related Postgraduate Courses at participating German institutions. The scholarship is designed for experienced professionals from developing nations in the Global South. Successful Master's and PhD scholars join postgraduate programmes connected to international development and related academic fields, with the precise researc...

International Relations
Public Policy
Social Science
+3 more

1 week ago

Living costs in Germany

Estimated costs in Germany.

MonthlyYearly
Germany

Housing

Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year

€5.0k

$5,400/yr

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Utilities & Connectivity

Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year

€662

$720/yr

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Personal Care

Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year

€552

$600/yr

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Clothing

Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year

€828

$900/yr

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Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo

Popular professors

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Leipzig University

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Germany

Research Interests

Environmental Economics

Energy Engineering

Energy Economics

Clean Energy

Distributed Energy

Professor

Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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Germany

Research Interests

Global Governance

Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Governance

Participatory Governance

Water Resource Management

Prof.

Leipzig University

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Germany

Research Interests

Environmental Economics

Environmental Sustainability

Ecosystem Dynamics

Sustainable Resource Management

Trophic Ecology

Opportunities these professors hire for

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Germany

Top university

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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is seeking a Research Assistant (PhD Candidate) in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine to join the Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Management within the Munich School of Management. The research focuses on advancing medical decision-making through new artificial intelligence and machine-learning methods. Potential directions include causal machine learning for treatment recommendation, predictive biomarker discovery, patient trajectory modelling, sy...

Computer Science
Biomarker Research
Mathematics
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RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

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Germany

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The ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the ifo Center for International Economics in Munich, Germany. The position is part of the institute’s junior faculty environment and is closely linked to the Department of Economics at LMU Munich. The successful researcher will join a team studying how globalization and international trade policy shape firms, workers, and economies. The advertised research agenda i...

Technology Innovation
International Trade
Trade Policy
+6 more

Posted Yesterday

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Philipp-Alexander Hirsch

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

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Germany

Just Landed

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a project on the theory of normativity and the criminal law, focusing on the dialogue between German Normentheorie and UK/Anglophone approaches to legal normativity. The position sits in the independent Research Group Criminal Law Theory , headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. Philipp-Alexander Hirsch , within the Department of Criminal Law led by Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hörnle . The...

Philosophy
Law
Normative Theory
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