Justus Eberl

Prof. Dr. Justus Eberl serves as a Professor at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences within the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Forestry, specifically in the Department of Forestry. His office is located at Leipziger Strasse 77, room 1.1.16, and he can be contacted at +49 361 6700-2540 or justus.eberl@fh-erfurt.de.

Dr. Eberl's educational background includes:

• Studies in Law and History, specializing in Legal History and Comparative Law at Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg im Breisgau and Buenos Aires
• Certificate Program in "European, International, and Foreign Law"
• Postgraduate studies in Forestry Science through the Certificate Programme "Studium Oecologicum" at Georg-August-University Göttingen
• Doctoral studies at the Technical University of Dresden in Tharandt, with dissertation on forest policy in Thuringia under Norbert Weber
• Legal Preparatory Service in Lower Saxony

His research expertise spans forestry aid law, forestry law across governmental levels (EU, Federal Government, new federal states), hunting law, coherence analysis of forestry and environmental policies, and climate protection policy and law. Dr. Eberl teaches courses including Legal Basis for Forestry, Hunting as a Cultural Asset, Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, Forestry and Environmental Policy, Law in Forestry Operations, Forest and Environmental Economics Fundamentals, Business Start-up in Forestry, and Agricultural Law.

Outside his academic role, Dr. Eberl manages a private forestry business (since 2014), serves as manager of Waldakademie Pfaffroda-Sachsen eV (voluntary, since 2021), and oversees family-run agriculture and forestry businesses in Saxony and Thuringia. In 2021-2022, he developed funding instruments for forest climate and public welfare performance for the Federal Environment Agency. He was admitted to the bar in 2022, though his admission is suspended due to his civil service status.