Dieter Gosewinkel

Professor Dieter Gosewinkel is a leading scholar in 20th-century European legal and constitutional history, currently serving as Director of the Center for Global Constitutionalism at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) since 2011. He has held prestigious fellowships at institutions including Sciences Po Paris, Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt, and University of Oxford. His career bridges academic rigor with public engagement, including roles as Curator of the "Citizenships" exhibition at the German Historical Museum.

• Academic Affiliation: Professor, Freie Universität Berlin (since 2009)
• Research Centers: Senior Research Fellow at Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung (since 2024), Thomas Mann Fellow (2024)
• International Collaborations: Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Legal Unity and Pluralism" (2022), European University Institute Florence (2021)

His research focuses on citizenship law, civil society evolution, and constitutional transnationalism. Recent work analyzes the German Basic Law's global influence and anti-liberal ideologies in European integration. A prolific author, he has published extensively on historical citizenship frameworks in France, Germany, and Poland, with a particular emphasis on exclusion/inclusion dynamics during the 19th-21st centuries.

Key scientific achievements include:

• 2019: Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
• 2018: President of the German association of constitutional historians
• 2019: Suhrkamp Wissenschaft Taschenbuch on 20th-century European citizenship
• 2022: Co-edited "Staatsbürgerschaften" comparative study
• 2024: Thomas Mann House Fellowship for constitutional research

As an advisor and organizer, he has led international research projects like "Transnationalization of Struggles for Recognition" and "Citizenship in Europe in the 20th century", working with institutions across Germany, France, and Poland.