Prof. Dr. iur. et lic.rer.pol Anne van Aaken
Photo: UHH/Jura
Chair for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law and European Law (Alexander von Humboldt Professor 2018-2023)
Director of the Institute of Law and Economics
Address
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Law
Institute of Law and Economics
Alsterterrasse 1
20354 Hamburg
Office
Room: 252
Office hours
- by appointment
Contact
Tel: +49 40 42838-6827
Secretary's office
Secretary of Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken, Prof. Dr. Eva van der Zee and Prof. Dr. Jerg Gutmann
Alsterterrasse 1
20354 Hamburg
Room: 240
Tel: +49 40 42838-3165
Academic Career
- 2023: Professor, Chair for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law and European Law within the Faculty of Law at the Universität Hamburg, Director of the Institute of Law and Economics
- 2018: Alexander von Humboldt Professor, Chair for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law and European Law within the Faculty of Law at the Universität Hamburg, Director of the Institute of Law and Economics
- 2012: Full professor for law and economics, legal theory, international and European law at the University of St. Gallen
- 2012: Habilitation, Osnabrück University
- 2010/11 (academic year): fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (WIKO), Berlin
- October 2006–2012: Max Schmidheiny Foundation: Tenure-track professor for law and economics, legal theory, international and European law at the University of St. Gallen
- July 2005–September 2006: senior researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
- April 2003–June 2005: senior researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Public Law, Heidelberg
- 2000–2003: assistant at the chair for German, European, and international civil and corporate law, institutional economics at Humboldt-Universität Berlin (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Kirchner)
- 2002: second Staatsexamen (state examination), Berlin, Germany (2003: admitted to the bar)
- November 2000–November 2002: legal traineeship at the Court of Appeals (Kammergericht), Berlin
- 2001: doctorate at the European University Viadrina, supervised by Prof. Gerard Rowe (Rational Choice Theory in Law: On the Significance of Economic Theory in Law)
- 1998–2000: assistant within the professorship for economic policy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. Henner Kleinewefers)
- 1997–1998: visiting scholar at UC Berkeley Law School and Yale Law School, financed by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
- 1997: first Staatsexamen (state examination), Bavaria, Germany
- 1992–1997: first law degree at Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität (LMU), Munich
- 1987–1992: Master degrees in economics and communication sciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Research areas
- Public International Law, focusing on International Economic Law, Theories of International Law, Regime Interactions, (Shared) Responsibilities in International Law
- (Behavioral) Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Deliberative Theories
- Corruption, Development, Corporate Social Responsibility
- State Liability and Responsibility in Cooperative States
Visiting professorships
- World Trade Institute, Bern, Switzerland (September 2022)
- Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (Fall 2022)
- New York University School of Law, Global Law Professor (Fall Semester 2016)
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law (April 2015)
- Columbia Law School (October–November 2014)
- Academy of International Trade Law, Macao (July 2009, July 2012)
- Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (November 2009)
- Universität Hamburg (Summer Semester 2008; EMLE)
- INSPER, São Paulo (September 2007, August 2008)
- Osnabrück University (Summer Semesters 2007/08/09)
- University of Haifa, Israel (Winter Semester 2005/06)
- Heidelberg Center for Latin America, Santiago de Chile (2004/05)
- Ministry of Justice, Ethiopia, LLM course organized by the University of Amsterdam (2005)
Memberships and functions in academic associations
- European University Institute, Chair of the Research Council (2020-2023), Member of the Board (2018-2023)
- Co-Editor Journal of International Dispute Settlement
- European Society of International Law (ESIL), Vice President from 2014-2017, Member of the Board (2012-2020)
- European Association of Law and Economics (EALE), Vice President from 2008- 2013
- International Law Association (ILA), Swiss Section, Member of the Committee on Foreign Investment Law (2007-2008), Member of the Non-State Actors Committee (2009-2016), Member of the ILA Study Group on Sanctions (2015-2020)
- International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), Member of the Founding Board (2014-2016), elected member of the Board (2017-2022), Member of the Advisory Board since 2019
- Programmatic Steering Board of the Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HiiL), Chair of the Programmatic Steering Board (2012-2015)
- American Journal of International Law, Member of the editorial board
- European Journal of International Law (EJIL), Member in the Scientific Advisory Board (2014-2021)
- International Theory (IT), Member of the Editorial Board
- Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL), Member of the Editorial Board
- European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review (EPPPL), Member of the Editorial Board (2010-2020)
- Series Editor of the ESIL Book Series (OUP)
- Heidelberg Society of International Law, Member
- International Association of Legal and Social Philosophy (IVR), German & Swiss Section
- Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Member
- German Association of International Law, elected Member
- Walter Eucken Institute, elected Member
Fellowships and scholarships
- Doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
- Young Researchers Grant from the European Union (2003)
- Fellow of the International Center for Economic Research, Turin (2006/07)
- Affiliated with the Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
- Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin (2010/11)