Luna Rösinger

Junior Professor Dr. Luna Rösinger is a faculty member at the Faculty of Law, University of Bonn, holding the Junior Professorship for Criminal Law and Legal Philosophy. She teaches advanced courses in substantive criminal law, sanctions, and specialized seminars connecting legal theory with philosophical inquiry.

Her educational background, though not explicitly detailed in the provided texts, indicates completion of doctoral studies in law with a focus on legal philosophy and criminal law, culminating in a 2019 monograph. Her academic position as Junior Professor represents an early-career faculty role with significant research and teaching responsibilities.

Professor Rösinger's research spans two interconnected domains: criminal law fundamentals and broader legal philosophical questions. Within criminal law, she investigates conceptual foundations of criminal justice, examining injustice concepts, punishment justification, and sanctions law theory. Her distinctive work on 'shame and punishment,' particularly 'shame sanctions,' demonstrates her innovative approach to non-traditional punitive measures. She critically analyzes criminal proceedings legitimacy with special attention to the accused's freedom from coercion to incriminate themselves. Her research extends to justifying necessity and deception in state-citizen relationships, exploring boundaries of lawful state action.

Her scholarly output reveals consistent focus on legal theory's intersection with criminal justice and philosophical inquiry. Recent publications demonstrate increasing engagement with classical philosophical frameworks, particularly Kantian ethics, applied to contemporary legal challenges including AI regulation and pandemic response. Her VolkswagenStiftung-funded research project 'Remeasuring the Allowed? – The Concept of Permissible Risk in the Pandemic Crisis' exemplifies her commitment to addressing timely legal questions.

• VolkswagenStiftung-funded research project: 'Remeasuring the Allowed? – The Concept of Permissible Risk in the Pandemic Crisis'
• Recent conference organization: 'Liberal Penal Theory and Sanctions Law' in Bonn and 'Freedom in the Pandemic Crisis' at University of Tübingen

Professor Rösinger actively contributes to academic discourse through numerous international lectures and maintains collaborative research relationships with scholars including Dr. Thomas Grosse-Wilde, Katrin Gierhake, and Gunnar Helmers. Her interdisciplinary approach connects legal scholarship with philosophy, political theory, and emerging technological challenges, positioning her as a significant contributor to evolving legal discourse in Germany and internationally.