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Ever worry your achievements aren’t truly yours? The Impostor Phenomenon is common in high-achieving research. Max Planck Law offers a workshop on 23 January at MPI-Frankfurt with Simone Freitag. Register by 5 January: law.mpg.de/event/turnin... #CareerDevelopmentEvent
Turning Challenges into Growth in Academia - Max Planck Law
The goal of this course is to learn about the Impostor Phenomenon. To this aim, we will look at the characteristics as well as scientific explanations that promote its development.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
There are a few places left. Register until 14 January: law.mpg.de/event/turnin...
Max Planck Law is hiring a Student Assistant (m/f/d) in science communication, part-time (up to 8 hrs/week), based in Hamburg, starting 1 March. For more information in German and to apply by 31 January, please visit: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/61581902... #Vacancy #MaxPlanckLaw
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Max Planck Law is hiring a Student Assistant (m/f/d) in science communication, part-time (up to 8 hrs/week), based in Hamburg, starting 1 March. For more information in German and to apply by 31 January, please visit: mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/61581902... #Vacancy #MaxPlanckLaw
More than twenty women researchers from the Max Planck Law network met in Strasbourg on 10 December for the ‘Minerva LAW Network’ event, combining institutional visits with exchanges on academic careers, gender and legal research. Read more: law.mpg.de/news/women-r... #News
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Women Researchers from Max Planck Law Gather in Strasbourg - Max Planck Law
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December 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
More than twenty women researchers from the Max Planck Law network met in Strasbourg on 10 December for the ‘Minerva LAW Network’ event, combining institutional visits with exchanges on academic careers, gender and legal research. Read more: law.mpg.de/news/women-r... #News
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The MPI-Frankfurt invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Legal History of India, starting April 2026. Independent research in Indian legal history. Apply by 6 January: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/8... #Vacancy #Postdoc
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The MPI-Frankfurt invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Legal History of India, starting April 2026. Independent research in Indian legal history. Apply by 6 January: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/8... #Vacancy #Postdoc
The second Law and the Amazon International Conference took place 2–5 Dec in Belém do Pará, the first held within the Amazon. Bringing together researchers, Indigenous leaders and civil society, it focused on rethinking law and governance from the region’s realities: law.mpg.de/news/rethink... #News
Rethinking Law from within the Amazon - Max Planck Law
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December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The second Law and the Amazon International Conference took place 2–5 Dec in Belém do Pará, the first held within the Amazon. Bringing together researchers, Indigenous leaders and civil society, it focused on rethinking law and governance from the region’s realities: law.mpg.de/news/rethink... #News
The MPI-Frankfurt is recruiting three doctoral students for the Centre for Legal History of India. The positions offer the opportunity to develop and pursue an independent doctoral project connected to the history of English law outside England: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/3... #Vacancy
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The MPI-Frankfurt is recruiting three doctoral students for the Centre for Legal History of India. The positions offer the opportunity to develop and pursue an independent doctoral project connected to the history of English law outside England: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/3... #Vacancy
Reminder: @mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl... #MPINetworkEvent
Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War Vol. VI - Max Planck Law
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December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reminder: @mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl... #MPINetworkEvent
Ever worry your achievements aren’t truly yours? The Impostor Phenomenon is common in high-achieving research. Max Planck Law offers a workshop on 23 January at MPI-Frankfurt with Simone Freitag. Register by 5 January: law.mpg.de/event/turnin... #CareerDevelopmentEvent
Turning Challenges into Growth in Academia - Max Planck Law
The goal of this course is to learn about the Impostor Phenomenon. To this aim, we will look at the characteristics as well as scientific explanations that promote its development.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Ever worry your achievements aren’t truly yours? The Impostor Phenomenon is common in high-achieving research. Max Planck Law offers a workshop on 23 January at MPI-Frankfurt with Simone Freitag. Register by 5 January: law.mpg.de/event/turnin... #CareerDevelopmentEvent
@johannawolf.bsky.social (MPI-Frankfurt) completed a three-month research stay at the @eui-eu.bsky.social through the Max Planck Law exchange programme, highlighting the supportive working conditions and valuable academic exchange. Read all about her experience: law.mpg.de/news/max-pla... #News
Max Planck Law Exchange: Insights from a Research Stay at EUI - Max Planck Law
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December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
@johannawolf.bsky.social (MPI-Frankfurt) completed a three-month research stay at the @eui-eu.bsky.social through the Max Planck Law exchange programme, highlighting the supportive working conditions and valuable academic exchange. Read all about her experience: law.mpg.de/news/max-pla... #News
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Hybrid Conference 4–5 Dec "Environmental Rights in Multiple Contexts" by Dirk Hanschel & Max Planck Fellow Group
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If you are interested, please send
an email to elspeth.burdette@jura.uni-halle.de indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
www.eth.mpg.de/5308752/even...
If you are interested, please send
an email to elspeth.burdette@jura.uni-halle.de indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hybrid Conference 4–5 Dec "Environmental Rights in Multiple Contexts" by Dirk Hanschel & Max Planck Fellow Group
www.eth.mpg.de/5308752/even...
If you are interested, please send
an email to elspeth.burdette@jura.uni-halle.de indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
www.eth.mpg.de/5308752/even...
If you are interested, please send
an email to elspeth.burdette@jura.uni-halle.de indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
On 22 January, the Initiative ‘Corporate Responsibility | ESG’ hosts Nina Benz for a talk on rising tensions between the EU’s CSDDD and the proposed U.S. ‘Protect USA Act’. More information and registration: law.mpg.de/event/intern... #InitiativeEvent
International Conflicts of Legal Duties - Max Planck Law
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December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
On 22 January, the Initiative ‘Corporate Responsibility | ESG’ hosts Nina Benz for a talk on rising tensions between the EU’s CSDDD and the proposed U.S. ‘Protect USA Act’. More information and registration: law.mpg.de/event/intern... #InitiativeEvent
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
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...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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
Reminder: The Initiative ‘Security and Law’ hosts ‘Quantifying State Surveillance from a Constitutional Perspective’ on 1 December. The event discusses a new surveillance barometer for assessing state surveillance in Germany. Register: law.mpg.de/event/quanti... #InitiativeEvent
Quantifying State Surveillance from 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.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reminder: The Initiative ‘Security and Law’ hosts ‘Quantifying State Surveillance from a Constitutional Perspective’ on 1 December. The event discusses a new surveillance barometer for assessing state surveillance in Germany. Register: law.mpg.de/event/quanti... #InitiativeEvent
#Vacancy: A PhD position at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law: ‘Short-Term Mindsets and Crime: From Theory to Intervention’. The role involves experimental and interdisciplinary research on decision-making and crime: recruitingapp-5535.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/50...
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#Vacancy: A PhD position at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law: ‘Short-Term Mindsets and Crime: From Theory to Intervention’. The role involves experimental and interdisciplinary research on decision-making and crime: recruitingapp-5535.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/50...
Reminder: The Max Planck Law Open House takes place online on 2 December at 15:30 CET. Early career researchers can learn about opportunities across the network of nine Institutes. Speakers will discuss PhD and postdoc pathways and the support available: law.mpg.de/event/open-h...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Reminder: The Max Planck Law Open House takes place online on 2 December at 15:30 CET. Early career researchers can learn about opportunities across the network of nine Institutes. Speakers will discuss PhD and postdoc pathways and the support available: law.mpg.de/event/open-h...
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The ‘China, Law, and Society’ Initiative hosts the online lecture on 28 November. Li Chen (@lchen2024.bsky.social) examines the emergence of a late imperial legal community and its role in shaping Qing judicial culture: law.mpg.de/event/the-ri... #InitiativeEvent
The Rise of the Qing Juridical Field and Its Impact on Judicial and Legal Culture - Max Planck Law
Drawing on the insights of prior scholarship, Professor Chen’s speech will inquire an expansive legal community in late imperial China and further challenge the once-dominant view in traditional histo...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The ‘China, Law, and Society’ Initiative hosts the online lecture on 28 November. Li Chen (@lchen2024.bsky.social) examines the emergence of a late imperial legal community and its role in shaping Qing judicial culture: law.mpg.de/event/the-ri... #InitiativeEvent
@mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl...
#MPINetworkEvent
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Max Planck Trialogues on the Law of Peace and War Vol. VI - Max Planck Law
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@mpil.de and the Humboldt University will host the Sixth Authors’ Workshop of the Max Planck Trialogues on 12–13 March 2026 in Berlin. Researchers can apply as ‘engaged listeners’. Register by 15 December: law.mpg.de/event/max-pl...
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Research data management (RDM) is gaining prominence across Max Planck Law. At MPI-Frankfurt, Polina Solonets is helping to situate RDM in the legal humanities. Her ‘Love Your Data’ series shows why ‘there is no one-size-fits-all solution’. Read more: law.mpg.de/news/researc... #News
Research Data Management - Max Planck Law
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November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Research data management (RDM) is gaining prominence across Max Planck Law. At MPI-Frankfurt, Polina Solonets is helping to situate RDM in the legal humanities. Her ‘Love Your Data’ series shows why ‘there is no one-size-fits-all solution’. Read more: law.mpg.de/news/researc... #News
The Centre for Legal History of India (CLHI) at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt invites doctoral and post-doctoral researchers for scholarships and guest residencies. Details on the visitor’s programme: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/3... #Vacancy
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Centre for Legal History of India (CLHI) at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt invites doctoral and post-doctoral researchers for scholarships and guest residencies. Details on the visitor’s programme: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/3... #Vacancy
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
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...
law.mpg.de
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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
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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#LawcastEpisode #Democracy
Lawcast - Max Planck Law
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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=...
#LawcastEpisode #Democracy
#LawcastEpisode #Democracy
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
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.
law.mpg.de
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
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
PhD Workshop Group Holds Ninth Annual Event - Max Planck Law
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
@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
Equality in the Face of Diversity: Challenges for the Rule of Law
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November 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
@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
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
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.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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