Professor Dr. Michaela Hailbronner, LL.M. (Yale)
Current affiliations
- Professor of German and International Public and Comparative LawDomplatz 6, Raum: 310, 48143 Münster
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Research Focus
- German Public Law
- Comparative Public Law
- Constitutional Theory
- Human Rights
- European Law
- Legal History
Academic Education | |
| 10/2016 - 01/2024 | Habilitation |
| 08/2010 - 09/2013 | J.S.D. (Yale) (Promotion) |
| 08/2009 - 06/2010 | LL.M. Studium (Yale) |
| 05/2007 - 05/2009 | Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen |
| 10/2001 - 01/2007 | Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen |
Work Experience | |
| since 01/2023 | Universität Münster, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät: Professur für Öffentliches Recht (W3) |
| 03/2023 - 06/2023 | Forschungsaufenthalt am Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Oxford University |
| 04/2019 - 12/2022 | Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen: Professur für Öffentliches Recht und Menschenrechte (Tenure Track W1-W2) |
| 09/2019 - 10/2019 | University of Madison-Wisconsin, USA: Visiting Professor |
| 10/2016 - 03/2019 | Institut für Öffentliches Recht, Völker- und Europarecht sowie empirische Rechtsforschung, Prof. Dr. Niels Petersen, Universität Münster: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin |
| 05/2014 - 06/2016 | Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria, Südafrika: Feodor Lynen-Gastforscherin der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Feb. 2015–Juni 2016), Senior Research Fellow, National Research Foundation Grant (Südafrika) (Mai 2014–Jan. 2015) |
| 01/2016 - 01/2016 | University of Ottawa, Kanada: Visiting Professor |
| 06/2013 - 02/2014 | Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Prof. Dr. von Bogdandy), Heidelberg: Referentin |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2022 | Vorsitzende, wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Minerva Centre for the Rule of Law in Extreme Conditions (Nachfolge Ulrich K. Preuss) |
| since 2016 | Mitherausgeberin, Zeitschrift Verfassung und Recht in Übersee/World Comparative Law |
| since 2016 | Advisory Board, International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) |
| 07/2024 - 07/2027 | Co-President, International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) |
| 2021 - 2024 | Deputy Secretary General, International Society of Public Law (ICONS), Wahl August 2020 |
| 2018 - 2022 | Mitglied, Wahl in das Council der International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) |
| 2018 - 2022 | Mitglied der Zukunftsfakultät, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin |
| 2018 - 2022 | Mitgründerin (gemeinsam mit Christoph Möllers und Tim Wihl) und Co-Chair, ICON-S Deutschland |
| 2021 | Auswahlkommission und Gutachterin Promotionsstipendium, Studienstiftung |
| 2016 - 2021 | Book Review Editor, International Journal of Constitutional Law (ICON) |
| 2016 - 2021 | Associate Editor, Verfassungsblog |
| 2019 | Auswahlkommission und Gutachterin Promotionsstipendium, Studienstiftung |
| 2015 - 2017 | Chair 2016-2017, Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) American Society for Comparative Law, Scholarship Advisory Group |
Publications
Hailbronner, Michaela (2026) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009646659 Book (monograph) | Published | |
Hailbronner, Michaela (2025) Cambridge University Press. Book (monograph) | accepted / in press (not yet published) | |
Hailbronner, Michaela
Kujus, Lisa (2025) In: Global Constitutionalism, 2025. doi:10.1017/S2045381724000170 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Hailbronner, Michaela (2024) In: Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt, 2024(17). Research article (journal) | Published | |
Choudhry, Sujit; Hailbronner, Michaela; Kumm, Mattias (eds.) (2024) Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/9780191956942.001.0001 Book (edited collection) | Published |
Projects
Duration: 11/09/2025 - 12/09/2025 Funded by: Fritz Thyssen Foundation - Support of Conferences Type of project: Scientific Event |
Prizes
| International Journal of Constitutional Law, Inaugural Best Paper Award (Platz 1) for ‘Rethinking the rise of the German Constitutional Court: From Anti-Nazism to Value Formalism’, (2014) 12(3) International Journal of Constitutional Law 626.
Awarded by: Editorial Board International Journal of Constitutional Law Award given to: Hailbronner, Michaela Date of awarding: 15/07/2015 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Promotionsstipendium Awarded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Award given to: Hailbronner, Michaela Announced at: 15/01/2010 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Feodor-Lynen Forschungsstipendium Awarded by: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Award given to: Hailbronner, Michaela Announced at: 15/01/2014 Type of distinction: Scholarship |