Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur, LLM (Duke University)

• 29 July 1968: born in Coburg (Bavaria)
• 1988–90: law studies at the University of Freiburg
• 1990–93: law studies at the University of Bayreuth, first Staatsexamen (state examination)
• 1993–94: Master of Law at Duke University, Durham (North Carolina, USA)—“Legum Magister” (LLM)
• 1994–96: legal traineeship in Bayreuth, second Staatsexamen (state examination)
• 1997–02: postdoctoral research associate (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) for the Chair of Public Law, Legal Philosophy and Canon Law at the University of Bayreuth (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mult. Peter Häberle)
• 2000: doctorate at the University of Bayreuth, thesis “Theorieelemente des Internationalen Menschenrechtsschutzes. Das Beispiel der Präambel des Internationalen Paktes über bürgerliche und politische Rechte,” won the doctoral prize of the city of Bayreuth
• 2000–02: work on Habilitation thesis and other publications, classes to accompany lectures
• 2002: Habilitation at the University of Bayreuth: “Grenznachbarschaftliche Zusammenarbeit in Europa” (first report: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Häberle; second report: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Streinz); Habilitation presentation: “Der ‘Vergleich’ im verfassungsgerichtlichen Verfahren. Der brandenburgische Streitfall, Zuerkennung der Lehrbefähigung und Erteilung der Lehrbefugnis für die Fächer Öffentliches Recht, Völker- und Europarecht.”
• 2002–05: various stand-in positions, among others in Cologne, Dresden, Würzburg, Münster, and Leipzig
• 2005–12: professor for European law, international law, public law at the University of Leipzig; executive director of the Institute for International Law, European Law and Foreign Public Law (InVEA); co-editor of the institute’s publication series
• 2005–present: guest lecturer, among others in Granada (Spain), Kolkata (India), and Bayreuth (Germany); regular lectures in Germany and abroad
• 2011–present: head of the European and European Legal Studies degree program at the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg
• 2011–present: journal co-editor, Archiv des Völkerrechts (AVR)
• 2012–present: professor for public law, European and international public law at Universität Hamburg and deputy director of the Institute of International Affairs (InstIA)
• 2012–19: executive director of the Institute for European Integration, Hamburg
• 2019–present: President of Europa-Kolleg, Hamburg
• 2015–19: Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
• 2019–present: Vice Dean for International Affairs Affairs

List of publications (PDF)