Dirk Hanschel

Prof. Dr. Dirk Hanschel is a prominent academic in the fields of public law, holding the Chair of German, European and International Public Law at the University of Halle-Wittenberg since April 2015. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut Law School (since Autumn 2021) and as a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (since 2019).

Research Focus: Hanschel specializes in

• Human rights protection
• Environmental and energy law
• Law of international organizations
• Comparative constitutional law

His work integrates legal and anthropological perspectives, particularly through the 'Environmental Rights in Cultural Context' (ERCC) research group.

Academic Achievements:

• Habilitation at the University of Mannheim (2010)
• Doctorate in Law from the University of Mannheim (2003)
• Master of Comparative Law (Mannheim/Adelaide, 1998-1999)
• First State Examination in Law (Heidelberg, 1997)
• Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation

Professional Affiliations:

• German Institute for Human Rights
• German Section of the International Commission of Jurists
• Board of Directors of the Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies
• Association of German Teachers of Constitutional Law
• German Society of International Law
• German Society for Comparative Law (Comparative Public Law and European Law sections)