Jochen von Bernstorff

Jochen von Bernstorff holds the Professorship for Constitutional Law, International Law, and Human Rights at the University of Tübingen's Faculty of Law since 2011. He has received multiple international law chairs (including Humboldt University Berlin 2022) and served as visiting professor at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, Université Aix-Marseille, and National University Taiwan. Since 2020, he leads the Attaché International Law Course at Germany's Foreign Service Academy.

• Education: LL.M. (EUI Florence 2001), Habilitation (Goethe Frankfurt 2010), PhD (University of Mannheim 2000)
• Academic Roles: Former Senior Research Fellow/Press Officer at Max Planck Institute Heidelberg, Visiting Fellow Cambridge, Consultant to UN agencies and German parliament

His research focuses on the theory/history of public international law, humanitarian law, and institutional legitimacy. Notable works include The Public International Law Theory of Hans Kelsen (CUP 2010) and L'essor et la Chute du Droit International Humanitaire (Pedone 2023). Recent articles examine Nuremberg's legacy, 19th-century German legal thought, and legitimacy crises in international institutions.

Scientific awards and memberships include:

• Fernand Braudel Fellow (EUI Florence)
• Scientific Advisory Board of European Journal of International Law

As director of the Refugee Law Clinic Tübingen, he supervises law students in immigration/asylum counseling. His DFG-funded research explores intersections of colonialism, Cold War, and land grabbing in international law. He co-edited volumes on decolonization-era international law and affectedness in institutional participation.