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Environmental Law and Narratology - Max Planck Law This webinar brings together leading experts on the emerging field of narratological approaches to environmental law, in both the domestic and the international spheres. The event will show how narrat...

How do legal narratives shape our understanding of climate and environmental justice? The Initiative ‘Law, Climate Change, and the Environment’ is hosting a webinar on 3 Dec exploring how narratology offers new insights into environmental law: law.mpg.de/event/enviro... #InitiativeEvent

Lawcast - Max Planck Law

New episode of the Lawcast: How can a democracy defend its core values without undermining them? Christopher Murphy talks with Marc Bovermann and Johanna Fink about Germany’s concept of ‘militant democracy’. Listen here: law.mpg.de/lawcast/?id=...
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Quantifying State Surveillance in a Constitutional Perspective - Max Planck Law How much state surveillance is there in Germany? The talk will present the 'surveillance barometer' project and address contemporary challenges for the effective protection of fundamental rights.

The Initiative ‘Security and Law’ hosts the event ‘Quantifying State Surveillance in a Constitutional Perspective’ on 1 December, presenting the new ‘surveillance barometer’—a tool to assess the scope of state surveillance in Germany. More information: law.mpg.de/event/quanti... #InitiativeEvent

PhD Workshop Group Holds Ninth Annual Event - Max Planck Law

The 9th Annual Max Planck Law PhD Workshop took place in Berlin, bringing together doctoral researchers from across the network for collegial discussion, constructive feedback, and a supportive academic exchange. A space to think, test ideas, and grow as scholars: law.mpg.de/news/phd-wor... #News

YouTube video by Max Planck Law Equality in the Face of Diversity: Challenges for the Rule of Law

@towfigh.bsky.social speaks about his keynote lecture entitled 'Equality in the Face of Diversity: Challenges for the Rule of Law' at the Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2025. Watch the video here: youtu.be/LtsLaU9K5ZY?... #Video #maxplancklawconference

Fairness and International Law: Across Space and Time - Max Planck Law An early career workshop that probes fairness as a regulative idea for interpreting and developing public.

Call for Papers: The Max Planck Fellow Group on ‘Fairness and International Law’ invites early-career researchers to a workshop in Kiel (10–12 May 2026) on fairness across space and time in international law. Abstracts due 12 December. More information: law.mpg.de/event/fairne... #FellowGroupEvent

Max Planck Law Annual Conference 2025 - Max Planck Law

The Max Planck Law Annual Conference at Harnack Haus, Berlin, brought together researchers from nine Institutes to explore how law both shapes and is shaped by diversity. Inspiring lectures and lively discussions made for two enriching days. Read more: law.mpg.de/news/max-pla... #News

The Department of Social Law at the @mpisoc.bsky.social, Munich, invites applications for a PhD Position in Law within ‘The Eco-Social State’. Explore the role of law in ecological transformation. More information and to apply by 1 December: www.mpisoc.mpg.de/karriere/ste... #AcademicOpportunities

Open House | Winter 2025 - Max Planck Law An online information session plus Q&A.

Are you an early career researcher in law looking for new academic opportunities? Join the Max Planck Law Open House—an online info session and Q&A—on 2 December, 15:30 CET to learn about PhD and postdoc possibilities across our network: law.mpg.de/event/open-h... #OpenHouseEvent

Constitutional Places - Max Planck Law

What can the spaces of constitutional history tell us about today’s constitutional challenges?
The MPI Network Event ‘Constitutional Places’ at MPI-Frankfurt explored how architecture and law intersect, shaping constitutional values and memory.
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Keynote 2 with @towfigh.bsky.social
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The last panel for today: ‘Making a difference’ with @rossbacs.bsky.social, @erik.d-64.social, and Cristina Valega Chipoco. #maxplancklawconference

Welcome to this year’s Annual Conference! The first keynote is delivered by our new Chair - Anne Röthel.
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Career Talk and Discussions on Gender and the Law - Max Planck Law Connect with leading women in the legal field, learn about being a woman in the legal profession, and discuss gender and the law with experts from the Council of Europe and academics from the Universi...

The ‘Minerva LAW Network’ hosts an in-person event in Strasbourg for women researchers across Max Planck Law. The programme explores gender and the law, features insights on the Istanbul Convention, and fosters connections among women in law: law.mpg.de/event/career...
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The Max Planck Law Initiative ‘European Law Group’ held the conference ‘Fairness as a Principle of European Law’ in Munich, exploring how fairness functions across Europe’s legal systems: law.mpg.de/news/fairnes...
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The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (Freiburg) is hiring a PhD Candidate (f/m/div) for the project ‘Costs of Cybercrime’. Apply by 2 November: recruitingapp-5535.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/50...
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Turning the Page, Endlessly: Interdisciplinarity in Law - Max Planck Law

Law gains depth through dialogue with other disciplines. In the latest #Perspectives article, Alexandra Mercescu explores the promise and challenges of interdisciplinarity in law—its balance, reciprocity, and contextual awareness. Read more: law.mpg.de/perspectives...

Legal Geography - Max Planck Law This session will introduce legal geography as an approach that examines how law produces space and spatiality and, conversely, how law is produced by space and spatiality.

Reminder: On 10 October, the Initiative ‘Legal Research Methods’ hosts an online session with Antonia Layard on legal geography — exploring how law and space shape each other through doctrinal, ethnographic, and visual methods. law.mpg.de/event/legal-... #InitiativeEvent

Call for Applications: @maxplanck.de invites proposals for Max Planck Research Group Leaders (all disciplines). Successful candidates will lead an independent group for six years, with possible extension. Deadline: 14 October: www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #AcademicOpportunities

How do digital technologies reshape rights? Recent Max Planck Law work includes ‘humanet3’ on AI and rights; Anna Sophia Tiedeke’s study of Meta, its Oversight Board and IHRIs; and Elisa Orrù’s analysis of privacy and personal data in the AI era: law.mpg.de/impact/right... @erik.d-64.social #Impacts

Max Planck Law Welcomes New Chair: Anne Röthel - Max Planck Law

Max Planck Law Welcomes New Chair: Anne Röthel

As of today (1 October 2025), Professor Dr Anne Röthel, Managing Director at MPI-Hamburg, assumes the Chair of Max Planck Law.

Read more: https://law.mpg.de/news/max-planck-law-welcomes-new-chair-anne-rothel/

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Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology invites applications for 2026 fellowships on ‘Complexity as a Topic of Law’. For more information in German and to apply by 15 November: web.eth.mpg.de/data_export/... #AcademicOpportunities

Legal Geography - Max Planck Law This session will introduce legal geography as an approach that examines how law produces space and spatiality and, conversely, how law is produced by space and spatiality.

On 10 Oct, the Initiative ‘Legal Research Methods’ hosts Antonia Layard for an online session introducing legal geography, exploring how law produces space and how space produces law, with methods from doctrinal analysis to ethnography and visual studies: law.mpg.de/event/legal-... #InitiativeEvent

National Security Expulsions beyond Non-refoulement - Max Planck Law Dr Jasmine Sommerdal comparatively examines how the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) and the main regional human rights bodies have addressed expulsions on national security grounds, beyond...

On 30 September, the Initiative ‘Security and Law’ hosts Jasmine Sommerdal for a talk on ‘National Security Expulsions Beyond Non-Refoulement’. The lecture compares approaches of global and regional human rights bodies to expulsions on security grounds: law.mpg.de/event/nation... #InitiativeEvent

Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’ - Max Planck Law A lively and informal introduction to the book 'Constitutional Places', and the themes it engages at the interdisciplinary intersection of law, history, and architecture.

On 1 October, Max Planck Law and MPI-Frankfurt host Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’. The event features a panel, lunch, and visits to Frankfurt sites where constitutional principles have been debated for over 500 years: law.mpg.de/event/book-p...
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Feminist Legal Theory - Max Planck Law This event will, among other things, explore how interdisciplinarity can contribute to the evolution of Feminist Legal Theory.

On 30 Sept, the Initiative ‘Minerva LAW Network’ hosts Luana Mathias Souto for ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Feminist Legal Theory’. The talk explores how mixed methods and interdisciplinarity can strengthen responses to structural gender inequalities: law.mpg.de/event/interd...
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Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’ - Max Planck Law A lively and informal introduction to the book 'Constitutional Places', and the themes it engages at the interdisciplinary intersection of law, history, and architecture.

On 1 October, Max Planck Law and MPI-Frankfurt host Book Panel and City Tour: ‘Verfassungsorte / Constitutional Places’. The event features a panel, lunch, and visits to Frankfurt sites where constitutional principles have been debated for over 500 years: law.mpg.de/event/book-p...
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The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg is inviting applications for two Doctoral Researcher positions in corporate and capital markets law as well as comparative law. Apply by 5 October: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/59413193... #Vacancy

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg is inviting applications for two Postdoc/Habilitation positions in corporate, commercial, and capital markets law. Apply by 5 October: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/59446690... #Vacancy