Anne Röthel joins the board of trustees of the Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung
The Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung has appointed Institute Director Anne Röthel to its board of trustees. In addition to her many years of research and teaching experience, the legal scholar also brings leadership skills and academic vision to her new post.
Since 1907, the Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung has been dedicated to supporting and disseminating academic research and its results in Hamburg. As an independent, nonprofit entity, the foundation relies on the commitment of Hamburg’s citizens. The focal point of the foundation’s efforts is funding research projects at the University of Hamburg, this including the awarding of the Werner von Melle Prize and the Kurt Hartwig Siemers Prize. In addition, the foundation publishes three book series: Patrons of Science, Scientists in Hamburg, and Artists in Hamburg. The foundation is administered by its board of trustees, which is made up of prominent figures from the academic community and other areas of public life.
Prof. Dr. Anne Röthel studied law and political science at the Universities of Cologne and Clermont-Ferrand. In 2003 she was awarded her Habilitation from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. From 2004 to 2023 she held the chair for Civil Law, European and Private International Law at Bucerius Law School. Since 2010 she has regularly served as guest professor at the Université Paris Panthéon-Assas. Additional research stays have led her to Oxford and Kyoto. In 2024 she was appointed as Institute director and served as managing director for the last two years. Her professional activities include her co-editorship of the Zeitschrift für das gesamte Familienrecht (FamRZ) and her membership on the Association of German Jurists, the German Section of the International Commission of Jurists, and the Working Group for Legal Studies and Contemporary History at the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz. In 2025 she was inducted into the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony.
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