holds the Chair for Public Law, International Law and European Union Law at Münster University. Prof. Petersen studied in Münster and Geneva, researched at Columbia University and the New York University School of Law, US, and worked as a Legal Advisor at the GIZ Advisory Service to the Legal Reform in China, Beijing. His research interests are International human rights and domestic fundamental rights, International and EU economic law, Comparative constitutional law and constitutional theory, Law & Politics in the decision-making of courts and tribunals, Economic Analysis of Law.

held the Chair for Public Law and Social Law at Frankfurt/Main University. Prof. Ebsen studied in Kiel, Geneva, Edinburgh and Mainz and worked as a Judge at the Regional Social Court. Prior, Prof. Ebsen held the Chair for Public Law and Social Law at Münster University. His research interests are the Law of Social Security, especially public healthcare, with respect to health politics, constitutional law, communal law and comparative law, as well as the Law of Labor Promotion and general welfare administration law.

is the Head of the Central Criminal Investigation Services Department at the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office in Munich. Within the Office, Mr. Egger held several leading positions, including the Head of the Alerts and Identification Services Division, the Organized Crime/Special Types of Crime Division and the Crime Analysis and Investigations Support Division. Mr. Egger holds a Diploma in Public Administration from the Bavarian Police University and a Diploma in Public Administration and Police Management from the German Police University.

is a State attorney at the Federal Office of the Attorney General in Karlsruhe. Prior to this, Dr. Fesefeldt worked as a trial lawyer at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, and a judge at the Regional Court Stuttgart. His studies brought him to the UK, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

holds the chair for European Law and Public International Law at Leipzig University and coordinates the foreign affairs of the law department. Prof. Schiedermair is also Director of the International Law Institute of Leipzig University. Prof. Schiedermair’s research focuses on international and European media and data protection law (e.g. Right to be forgotten, GDPR, Artificial Intelligence) and on general questions concerning the interaction of international, European and national law. Research stays led her to Yale and Monash University. Prof. Schiedermair is a regular speaker at international conferences and member of the scientific board of the European Review of Digital Administration & Law.

holds the chair for Public Law, European Law, Environmental Law and Planning Law at University Augsburg. His studies and research brought him to England, the US, Australia, and New Zealand.

is a judge for commercial law at the Regional Court in Frankfurt/Main. As an expert on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Prof. Henning worked with judges in Southeast Asia and China, and advised to set up the Asian Business Law Institute in Singapore.

held the chair for Political Science, Administration and Organization at the University of Potsdam from 1993 to 2015. After his academic education and post-doc work at Universities in Berlin, Edinburgh, Speyer and Berkeley, Prof. Jann worked as a civil servant and Head of the ‘Think-Tank Schleswig-Holstein’ (Denkfabrik Schleswig-Holstein) in the Prime-Ministers Office of the Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel from 1989 – 1993. As a visiting professor, Prof. Jann went to Bangkok, Wellington, Bergen and Tokyo, was President of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) from 2001 to 2004, Vice-President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and has been a member of several national and international reform commissions (2002-2009 member of ‘Committee of Experts on Public Administration’ (CEPA) at UN, New York).