School of Public Affairs

Organisational unit: Research School

Organisation profile

Leuphana School of Public Affairs is the academic and professional home to 1.000 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students and 31 professors. 30 research associates and 17 professional staff members are working for us.

The main themes of the school are reflected in its study programs: The School of Public Affairs is currently responsible for three Majors and four Minors at Leuphana College, five Master’s programmes and five Doctoral research groups at Leuphana Graduate School as well as five continuing education Master's programmes at Leuphana Professional School. As a novelty in Germany, the Master of Law offers students the opportunity to obtain both a Master's degree in law (LL.M.) as well as the state law examination. With its emphasis on "Law in Context", this model degree programme transcends a classic-dogmatic perspective of jurisprudence by presenting the relevant contents from civil law, public law and criminal law against the backdrop of current societal challenges and transformations. 

Main research areas

Leuphana School of Public Affairs brings together the disciplines of Political Science, Law, and Economics under one roof. With 31 professorships, it establishes an innovative profile in Germany on issues of public affairs, gaining both national and international visibility and academic reputation.

The School conducts research on the major transformations of our time and thus continues to develop its existing research agenda on the future of democracy, evidence-based political decision-making and law in the context of societal transformation. In an interdisciplinary collaborative endeavour, the three subjects will, among other things, answer pressing questions about

  • the legitimacy and performance of democracies, whose integrative power is under threat, especially in light of recent upheavals in politics and society,
  • the role of the state with regard to the relationship between private-law and public-law regulation,
  • the justification of governmental intervention into market processes and their ex-post evaluation.
  1. Published

    §14 Funktion und Auswahl von Referenzgebieten des europäischen Verwaltungsrechts

    Terhechte, J., 2022, Verwaltungsrecht der Europäischen Union. Terhechte, J. P. (ed.). 2. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 643-654 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

  2. Published

    Christian J. Tams, Review of Tommaso Soave. The Everyday Makers of International Law: From Great Halls to Back Rooms

    Tams, C. J., 01.11.2023, In: European Journal of International Law. 34, 4, p. 1053-1058 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  3. Published

    Erga omnes-Verpflichtungen vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof: ein Kontrapunkt

    Tams, C. J., 2023, Der Schutz des Individuums durch das Recht: Festschrift für Rainer Hofmann zum 70. Geburtstag. Donath, P. B., Heger, A., Malkmus, M. & Bayrak, O. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 43-56 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Preface and acknowledgments

    Tams, C. J., Schill, S. W. & Hofmann, R., 01.01.2023, International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?. Tams, C., Schill, S. & Hofmann, R. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. x-xi 2 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  5. Published

    International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?

    Tams, C. J. (Editor), Schill, S. W. (Editor) & Hofmann, R. (Editor), 01.01.2023, Edward Elgar Publishing. 404 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  6. Published

    Ways out of the marshland: International investment law and the law of state succession

    Tams, C. J., 01.01.2023, International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?. Tams, C., Schill, S. & Hofmann, R. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 150-179 30 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Radiating effects: The gentle impact of international investment law on general international law

    Tams, C. J., Schill, S. W. & Hofmann, R., 01.01.2023, International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?. Tams, C., Schill, S. & Hofmann, R. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 2-30 29 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Report on the First CELIS NOW Conference ‘The Age of Open Strategic Autonomy’

    Fechter, J. & Wiesenthal, J., 2023, In: European Company Law Journal. 20, 6, p. 133-137 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsTransfer

  9. Published

    Schwerpunktbereichsklausur Öffentliches Recht: Europarecht: „Smart sanctions“ in der Europäischen Außenpolitik

    Holterhus, T. P. & Dannenbring, N., 19.12.2023, In: Juristische Schulung. 64, 1, p. 48-54 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducation

  10. Published

    Functions of Constitutions

    Holterhus, T. P. & Siebrecht, S., 11.2023, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law . Grote, R., Lachenmann, F. & Wolfrum, R. (eds.). Oxford University Press, (Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch