Otto Hahn Medal for Anna Pingen

Freiburg scholar honored for outstanding comparative law research

Anna Pingen, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal.

The award this year is given for her doctoral thesis entitled Motivationsdelikte. Ein deutsch-fran­zösischer Strafrechts­vergleich (Motivational Offenses. A German-French Comparison of Criminal Law). The medal recognizes Pingen’s “outstanding comparative law research on the criminalization of direct and indirect motivation to commit crimes under German and French law,” according to the jury.
 

Anna Pingen studied law at the University of Toulouse (France) and at the University of Freiburg (Germany). During her studies in Germany (Erasmus program), she worked as a research assistant to Professor Ulrich Sieber at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (then the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law) in Freiburg. In 2015, she completed her bachelor's degree with a major in private law at the University of Toulouse. In July 2016, she obtained the “Maîtrise en droit” in Toulouse after completing the “Master 1 Sciences criminelles et carrières judiciaires”. In 2021, she was awarded her doctorate by the Faculty of Law of the University of Freiburg.

Pingen’s research focuses on criminal theory, comparative criminal law, human rights, incitement, and antisemitism. Since April 2021, Anna Pingen has been serving as co-editor of the journal “eucrim”. She is also actively involved in the Association Anwältinnen ohne Grenzen (Women Lawyers without Borders).

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Each year, the Max Planck Society honors young researchers for out­stand­ing achievements in their doctoral work. The recipient of the Otto Hahn Medal receives 7500 euros in recognition. The award is intended to motivate talented young individuals to pursue a future university or research career. It is named after the German chemist and Nobel laureate Otto Hahn (1879–1968), who was president of the Max Planck Society from 1948 to 1960.