Klaus Ferdinand Gärditz

Prof. Dr. Klaus Ferdinand Gärditz is a Professor of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bonn, holding the Chair of Public Law. He teaches Constitutional Law (including Fundamental Rights and State Organization Law), Administrative Law (General, Special, Environmental, Migration, and Construction Law), and related seminars, with recent courses for Winter semester 2024/2025 including Constitutional Law II and European Administrative Law.

His research focuses on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Environmental Law, particularly examining tensions between national security and fundamental rights, intelligence service operations, constitutional protection mechanisms, and public health governance. He investigates how administrative bodies interface with scientific authority and political decision-making in regulatory contexts.

Gärditz maintains an active publication record in leading German law journals (ZG, JZ, GSZ), with significant collaborative work alongside Dr. Karoline Maria Linzbach. His scholarship shows a consistent trajectory analyzing surveillance legality, constitutional limits on security agencies, and environmental/planning regulation, culminating in a forthcoming 2025 monograph on counter-espionage frameworks.