Philipp Dann

Philipp Dann serves as Professor of Public and Comparative Law at Humboldt University Berlin, actively contributing to legal scholarship through research and teaching in public law, constitutional law, international law, and European Union law. His work prominently features engagement with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law through the annual Master Class program.

His research centers on colonial legacies in public law, emphasizing methodological innovation through patient, comparative, contextualized, and reflexive rethinking of legal conceptual frameworks. This approach examines how constitutional, international, and European law scholarship across different regions—from the Global South to Western Europe—varies in addressing historical colonial influences. His work bridges legal theory with practical implications for decolonizing legal vocabularies and methodologies.

Professor Dann led the 2024 Max Planck Master Class on 'Colonial Legacies in Public Law,' convening 70 international participants to analyze multi-layered dimensions of colonialism's impact on legal systems. This event highlighted the developmental disparities between legal disciplines in confronting colonial heritage, while fostering cross-regional dialogue that demonstrated his advocated methodological approach in action.