Professor Albrecht Weber, Ph.D.
Retired university professor of public law, refugee and immigration law, comparative constitutional law, and European law
About the person
- Born in 1945 in the Augsburg-Ost district
- Studied at the universities of Munich, Frankfurt, Geneva, and Würzburg. First and second state examinations in Würzburg/Munich
- 1972: Doctorate thesis “UN Officials in the USA.”
- 1974–1980: Research assistant at the Institute for International Law, European Law, and
International Economic Law at the University of Würzburg (Chair: Prof. Dr. Hahn) - 1980: Habilitation thesis “Protective Standards and Economic Integration”; venia legendi in European law, international law, and German and foreign public law
- 1980–1982: Research assistant to the President of
the Federal Constitutional Court, Prof. Dr. Benda - Since 1982: Full Professor of Public Law at Osnabrück University
. Erasmus Coordinator and ECTS Coordinator for the School of Law - Numerous visiting professorships, including in Montreal (McGill University, 1987), Aix-en-Provence (1990, 1995, 2003), Paris (Sorbonne, 1999, 2003), and Pisa (2000)
- Multi-year research programs with Seville (Acciones Integradas) and Aix-en-Provence (Procope)
- Consultant for TACIS projects in Russia (1998–2000) and Poland (2000)
- Since 1996: Director of the DFG project “Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America,” currently being published by Kluwer Law International
- 1999–2002: Conducted a research project funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, “Handbook on the Practice of International Law in the Federal Republic of Germany,” together with Prof. Dr. Schweitzer (publication
planned for 2003) - Member of numerous legal associations as well as a member of
the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) in Osnabrück, the Council for Migration (Berlin), and the Research Society for the World Refugee Problem (AWR)
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