Michael Goldhammer

Professor Michael Goldhammer holds the Chair of Public Law at EBS Law School, focusing on administrative law, comparative law, and legal philosophy. He serves as Vice Dean and leads research on public law’s European and international dimensions. He earned his doctorate (2012) and habilitation (2018) from the University of Bayreuth, with postdoctoral research visits to Michigan, Melbourne, and Cambridge. His work emphasizes legal foundational questions and disciplinary openness, supported by awards such as the DFG and DAAD scholarships. In 2024, he is on research leave for the Volkswagen Foundation-funded project on 'Kommunikativer Realakt und Ethical Turn.'

Educations:

• PhD in Public Law, University of Bayreuth (2012)
• Habilitation, University of Bayreuth (2018)
• LL.M. from the University of Michigan

Research Interests: His scholarship bridges administrative law, legal philosophy, and comparative law. Key areas include prognostic decisions by public authorities, the interplay between German and European legal frameworks, and foundational questions in intellectual property law. He critically examines constitutional principles and their application to modern challenges like pandemic governance and AI’s legal status.

Articles Overview: Recent works analyze legal reform dynamics (e.g., VwGO-Novelle II), state secrecy under IP law, and fundamental rights conflicts. His publications span administrative procedure law, EU constitutionalism, and ethical dimensions of legal decision-making. The 2025 essay on administrative law reform critiques procedural gaps in German public governance.

Awards & Grants:

• Michigan Grotius Fellowship
• DFG and DAAD grants
• Volkswagen Foundation project (2024)

Advising & Grants: Though no formal advisees are listed, he leads research initiatives and collaborates internationally. Grants fund projects like pandemic legal governance (2021) and AI legal subjectivity (2024).

Teams/Labs: His research group focuses on public law’s epistemological foundations and multilevel governance. Collaborations include the Max Planck Institute for Collective Goods (Bonn) and the University of Melbourne’s constitutional studies center.