Janika Rieder

Janika Rieder serves as a Research Associate at the Chair of Global Legal History and Private Law within the Faculty of Law at the University of Hamburg, operating under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Matthias Armgardt. Her institutional affiliation places her within one of Germany's leading legal research environments, with office location in Rechtshaus Room A401 where she maintains appointment-based availability.

Her scholarly focus centers on Legal History and Private Law through a global comparative lens, examining the evolution of legal frameworks across jurisdictions and historical periods. This interdisciplinary approach bridges historical analysis with contemporary private law systems, emphasizing transnational legal influences and institutional development.

As a core member of Prof. Armgardt's research team, she contributes to the chair's mission of investigating legal traditions beyond Eurocentric paradigms, with particular attention to non-Western legal histories and their interactions with private law structures. Her work supports the faculty's commitment to contextualizing modern legal systems within broader historical narratives.