Main Research Areas
- Human Rights Law (esp. European Convention on Human Rights)
- Law of International Organisations
- State Responsibility
- Institutional Aspects of European Union Law
- Constitutional Law
- State Liability
Short Bio
- Since 2012 Chair for Public Law with Focus on International Law
- 2010-2012 Temporary Professorships at the univerisities of Tübingen, Hamburg, and Konstanz
- 2009-2012 Claussen-Simon-lecturer for European and International Law at the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg
- 2010 Habilitation (thesis: "Staatshaftung für judikatives Unrecht. Eine Untersuchung zum deutschen Recht, zum Europa- und Völkerrecht")
Venia legendi: Public Law, European Law, Public International Law - 2002 Second State Examination, including Internship at the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg)
- 2000 Doctor iuris (doctoral thesis: "Verfassungsrechtliche Anforderungen an das Wahlrecht der Auslandsdeutschen")
- 1997 First State Examination, University of Würzburg