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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Davy is Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, German and International Social Law, and Comparative Law at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Law, a position she has held since 1998. She also maintains affiliations with the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology through the Department of History's World Studies program.
Her research spans multiple interdisciplinary domains with particular expertise in human rights, anti-discrimination law, migration, and comparative legal frameworks. As co-director of Bielefeld University's Institute of World Society Studies since 2008, she bridges legal scholarship with broader societal analysis.
Prof. Davy leads significant research initiatives including Subproject E03 'Beyond Racial Discrimination: "Backwardness" and "Indigenous Peoples"' within the Collaborative Research Center 1288 'Practices of Comparison. Ordering and Changing the World' (2021-2024). Her work demonstrates consistent engagement with how legal frameworks address issues of inequality, colonial legacies, and global social policy.
Her scholarly contributions focus on the intersection of legal theory and practical application in areas including international human rights protection, equality frameworks, combating racism, and migration policy. She examines both European/German social policy contexts and social policy in the global South, providing comparative perspectives on welfare systems and human rights implementation.
- Member of the Board, Institute for World Society
- Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research Center 1288 (2017-2024)
- Principal Investigator, Research Training Group World Politics (2017-2021)
- Member of University Council (2008-2023)
- Managing Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, ZiF (2010-2015)
- Vice President for Organizational Development (2006-2007)
Prof. Davy's work connects legal scholarship with broader societal analysis through her leadership roles and interdisciplinary research projects. Her approach examines how legal frameworks interact with historical processes of European expansion, globalization, and identity formation, particularly regarding marginalized populations and comparative approaches to social justice.