Elisa Marie Hoven

Prof. Dr. Elisa Marie Hoven is a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Leipzig, specializing in German and foreign criminal law, criminal procedural law, and commercial/media criminal law. She works at Burgstraße 21, Room 1.10, Leipzig.

• Education: Law at Free University Berlin, Radboud University Nijmegen, and University of Cambridge
• Professional Background: Legal clerkship in Berlin and at the International Criminal Court; visiting roles at Berkeley, Harvard, Sydney, and others

Her research focuses on:

• Corporate criminal law (particularly corporate sanctions)
• Media criminal law and digitalization (hate speech)
• Sentencing law reform
• Anti-doping legislation
• Animal welfare criminal law

Current third-party funded projects:

• "Gerechte Strafzumessung" (DFG-funded, analyzing sentencing practices and proposing reforms)
• "Hate Speech im Internet" (funded by German Federal Ministry of Justice, interdisciplinary collaboration with media studies and sociology)

Scientific awards:

• Habilitation award from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Dissertation prize from the Free University of Berlin

She leads the "Legal Lab Hate Speech" and founded the national Moot Court Strafrecht. Her work spans legal education, empirical research, and public science communication.