Curriculum
Past activities can be viewed on our curriculum archive page.
4 March 2021


Keynote Lecture
Professor Kelly Staples (Leicester)
Citizenship and Human Rights

A workshop investigating the relationship between citizenship and human rights and the increasing regulation of citizenship in international human rights law. Professor Kelly Staples (Leicester) will deliver a lecture followed by a discussion.
Zoom Session
4 March 2021
18.00 – 19.30
Enrolment: Max Planck Law PhD and Postdocs
22 March 2021


Professor Wolfgang Schön
Taxation of the Digitalized Economy

An introduction to the historical background of the current international tax system, the impact of technological change, and the policy issues underlying any reallocation of taxing rights which go far beyond the digitalized economy
Zoom Session / Link Provided to Registrants
22 March 2022
15.00 – 17.30
Enrolment: Max Planck Law PhD and Postdocs
31 May 2021


Professor Stefan Vogenauer
Dr Jan-Henrik Meyer
Law and Policy in European Integration

The course considers the study of the history of the European Union Law, drawing on the extensive research and expertise of the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (Frankfurt am Main)
31 May 2021
12.00–13.00: Introduction
14.00–15.30: Session 1
16.00–18.00: Session 2
19.00–21.30: Session 3
Zoom Sessions
9–10 June 2021


Dr Begoña Gonzalez Otero
IP Laws’ Game Changers? The Cases of IoT and AI Technologies

The course will examine in a holistic manner the impact emerging technologies (Internet of Things [IoT] and Artificial Intelligence [AI]) and new hybrid technologies may have on intellectual property systems.
9 June 2021
Context and Challenges
10 June 2021
Two Cases: IoT and AI
In-person if possible or Hybrid format
Enrolment: Maximum 20 Participants
15–16 July 2021


Professor Armin von Bogdandy
Theory, Methods and Identity of European Legal Scholarship: Confronting Carl Schmitt

The course will study Carl Schmitt’s book “The Plight of European Jurisprudence” and will look through it at the current situation of legal scholarship in Europe.
15 July 2021
14.30 – 18:00: Presentation and Analysis
16 July 2021
9.00 – 12.20: Discussion
In-person if possible or Hybrid format
21–22 July 2021


Professor Christoph Engel
Dr Dr Yoan Hermstrüwer
Dr Dr Pascal Langenbach
Dr Laurence O’Hara
Dr Frederike Zufall
Behavioural Public Law

A two-day online workshop exploring the implications of the behavioural sciences for public law and illustrating empirical methods (experiments, observational studies, machine learning) to analyze and evaluate public law in action.
21 July 2021
14.00 – 15.30: Administrative Law
16.00 – 17.30: Constitutional Law
22 July 2021
14.00 – 15.30: Methods I
16.00 – 17.30: Methods II
Zoom or other virtual sessions.
Enrolment: Open to all Max Planck Law researchers
3–4 September 2021


Daria Kim
Intellectual Property Law-Making as Line (Re-)Drawing

A workshop that will stimulate participants to view IP law and policy as a “work in progress,” rather than being “cast in stone,” and to think critically about how IP frameworks might be improved.
3 September 2021
14:00 – 17:30: Foundations and Critical Perspectives
4 September 2021
10:00 – 13.30: Policy Levers and Social Context
In-person Session at the MPI-Heidelberg
Enrolment: Up to 25 Max Planck Law PhD and Postdocs