2 July 2021, People in the news
Willem Frankenhuis is the 2021 recipient of the Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution from the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES). The Early Career Award recognizes excellent young scientists who have made distinguished theoretical and/or empirical contributions to the study of evolution and human behavior. Frankenhuis’ achievements were honored during the closing …
23 June 2021, People in the news
Daniel Burke, a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal for his research on antitrust leniency policies in German criminal law. The prize is awarded for his doctoral dissertation “Der Schutz kartellrechtlicher Kronzeugen vor strafrechtlicher Sanktion – Eine Untersuchung zu Notwendigkeit und Gestaltung…
2 March 2021, People in the news
Gunda Wössner, senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, has been elected as German member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2021-2025). Dr. Wössner, who holds a doctorate in psychology, has been conducting research on sexual and violent crime for decades and is a recognized exper…
4 December 2020, People in the news
Maja Werner, Carolin Hillemanns, and Jelena Schulz are the new Gender Equality Officers at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. Their tasks are to promote and foster balanced employment and ensure equal opportunities for both genders. They are committed to helping employees balance career and family life. At the Institute, the Gender Equality Officers are involved in…
3 November 2020, People in the news
Lorena Bachmaier Winter, professor of Justice Systems at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and long-standing guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, has been appointed by the European Law Institute (ELI) as director of an international research project on the admissibility of electronic evidence in criminal proceedings in the European Union. This…
18 June 2020, People in the news
Filip Vojta was distinguished with the Max Planck Society’s Otto Hahn Medal on June 17, 2020. The jurist and criminologist received the award for his dissertation “Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia.” The dissertation focused on a comprehensive qualitative exploration of the system for enforcement of the …
16 March 2020, People in the news
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15 January 2020, People in the news
Prof. Tatjana Hörnle, director at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, has been appointed as an honorary professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Tatjana Hörnle was a full professor at the University’s Faculty of Law until 2019 before taking up her current position in Freiburg. She will continue to teach at the Humboldt University. In particular…
15 November 2019, People in the news
MPI-Researcher received an honorary doctorate from the East European University (EEU) in Tbilisi, Georgia.
15 November 2019, People in the news
University of Freiburg honours Director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.
11 November 2019, People in the news
Max Planck Law is a network of 11 Max Planck Institutes that engage in advanced legal research. The Inaugural Conference of Max Planck Law took place October, 21–23, 2019 in Berlin.
23 August 2019, People in the news
On Thursday, 22 Aug. 2019, he was an expert witness at a joint hearing of the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on Social and Integration Policy.
9 July 2019, People in the news
Professor Dr. Tatjana Hörnle takes up her new position on 1 June.
27 June 2019, People in the news
8 May 2019, People in the news
Legal scholar Ralf Poscher will take up his new position in a part-time capacity on 1 May and in a full-time capacity on 1 August. He will establish and head the new Public Security Law department. Following his appointment, the Institute will have three departments.
16 April 2019, People in the news
6 February 2019, People in the news