Prof. Dr. Marita Körner
Retired professor
Address
Universität Hamburg
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Socioeconomics
Law
Contact
Tel: +49 40 42838-2760
Publications
Publications before 2010
Academic Career
- Law and political science studies in Frankfurt, Geneva and Munich
- First and Second State Examination in Munich (1983/1986)
- Diploma in Political Sciences, Geneva (1980)
- Juristisches Referendariat (mandatory legal traineeship), e.g. at the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sydney
- Legal Officer for the Data Protection Officer of the State of Hesse, Wiesbaden (1987-1988)
- Research Associate at the Institute for Labour, Business and Civil Law of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/M.
- 1991 Doctorate in Law on ILO Standards
- 1998 Habilitation in Law (formal qualification for professorship) on Comparative Labour Law
- Many years of teaching and training experience within and outside the university in Germany and abroad (in English and French)
- Proxy for several university chairs, i.a. at the University of Hamburg and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Since 1992 visiting professor at the Paris Nanterre University
- Guest lectures in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Vilnius, Lithuania
- Labour law expert for national and international organisations, e.g. in South Africa and Namibia
- October 2005 - July 2007 Professor for Labour and Commercial Law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law
- July 2007 - March 2013 Professor for Commercial and Labour Law at the School of Business Administration, Bundeswehr University Munich
- Since April 2013 Professor for German and European Social and Labour Law and Comparative Law at the School of Economics and Social Sciences, Universität Hamburg
Areas of Expertise
Memberships
- Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung (“Civil Law Teachers’ Association”)
- Deutscher Arbeitsgerichtsverband ("German Labour Law Association")
- Deutscher Juristinnenbund ("German Female Lawyers' Association")
- OCCAR (German representative in the Appeals Board)
- Rotary Club Munich Lehel
Cooperations
- Hans Böckler Foundation
- International Industrial Relations Association
- German Institute for Human Rights
- Hugo Sinzheimer Institute
International Contacts
- Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (visiting professor)
- European University Institute, Florence (research projects)
- Université Aix-Marseille (research projects)
- International Labour Organisation, Geneva (research projects)
Prizes
- Walter Kolb Gedächtnis-Preis 1991 (for doctoral thesis)
- Baker & McKenzie-Preis 1998 (for habilitation thesis)
Areas of Expertise
- German, European and international labour law
- Data protection law
- Anti-discrimination law