Dirk Hanschel

Prof. Dr. Dirk Hanschel is a Global Law Professor (Visiting Professorship) at the University of Connecticut Law School and holds the Chair of German, European and International Public Law at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since 2015. He is also a Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology since 2019.

Research Interests

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

Academic Appointments

• Chair of German, European and International Public Law (2015–present)
• Visiting Professor at multiple German universities (2010–2012)
• Reader at University of Aberdeen (2013–2015)
• Research and teaching positions at European University Institute, University of Melbourne, and others (2004–2008)

Education

• Doctorate in Law (University of Mannheim, 2003)
• Habilitation (University of Mannheim, 2010)
• Master of Comparative Law (Mannheim/Adelaide, 1998–1999)
• Law studies (Universities of Marburg, Heidelberg, London School of Economics, 1991–1996)

Professional Memberships

• German Institute for Human Rights
• German Section of the International Commission of Jurists
• Board of Directors, Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies
• German Society of International Law
• German Society for Comparative Law