Our Research Fellows are associated members of and work in close cooperation with the institute. They are actively involved in the academic activities of the institute. Research Fellows are appointed by the directorate for the duration of three years.
Anne van Aaken
Prof. Dr. iur. et. lic. rer. pol.
4_EN_Research Fellows Institute for European Integration
2013: PhD in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
2009: Diploma in Economics and Social Sciences (Diplom-Ökonomin) at the Universität Lüneburg and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Professional Career:
Since 2017: Research associate at University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Socioeconomics (Prof. Dr. Miriam Beblo)
Since 2017: Policy officer at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Directorate-General European Policy, Divison “Financial aspects of the internal market, WTO, EU external economic policy”
2013 – 2017: Senior researcher at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), Divison “Labour, Education, and Demography”
2014: Assistant lecturer at the Kühne Logistics University
2010 – 2013: Research assistant at the Chair of “Business Dynamics, Innovation and Economic Change at the University of Jena” at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Prof. Dr. Michael Fritsch)
2012: Visiting student at the MIT Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA with Prof. David Autor (Ph.D.)
2010 – 2012: Research assistant at the collaborative research center 580 “Discontinuity, Tradition, Structural Formation” (funded by German Research Foundation, DFG), project “New Business Formation and the Labor Market in East and West German Growth Regimes”
Research fields:
Labor market and education: Skills, tasks and employment choices
Inequality and markets: Biased perceptions and country comparisons
Andreas Busen
Dr. phil.
4_EN_Research Fellows Institute for European Integration
2016: PhD (Dr. Phil) in Political Science (University of Hamburg)
2002-2008: Political Science studies (minor in Media and Communications) at University of Augsburg and Oxford University
Professional Career:
Since 2009: research and teaching assistant at the University of Hamburg (in Political Science, research area “Europe and Modernity” (Prof. Dr. Olaf Asbach))
2011/12: research stay at Nuffield College, University of Oxford (host: Prof. Dr. David Miller)
2008/09: research stay at Goethe-University Frankfurt (host: Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst)
Research fields:
Solidarity
Republican Political Thought
Methods and Approaches in Political Theory and the History of Ideas
Critical Perspectives on Justice and Democracy
Monika Eigmüller
Prof. Dr.
4_EN_Research Fellows Institute for European Integration
September 2015: PhD/DPhil in Political Science (summa cum laude)
Mai 2009: Master of Arts in “Contemporary European Studies” University of Bath (United Kingdom) and Humboldt-University Berlin
September 2007: Bachelor of Arts in “European Studies” Universiteit Maastricht (Netherlands)
Professional Career:
Since September 2015: post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Political Science, especially Global Governance, at the University of Hamburg
From April 2009 till March 2015: Lecturer and researcher (doctoral candidate) at the Chair of Political Science, especially Global Governance, at the University of Hamburg
2015: habilitation procedure, University of Hamburg
2006: Dr. iur., University of Hamburg (Otto-Han-Medal, Kurt-Hartwig-Siemers-Award, DAI-Award)
2006: second state law examination, Hans. OLG Hamburg
2000: LL.M. International Business Law, Queen Mary University of London
1999: first state law examination, OLG Köln
Professional Career:
since 2016: professor at the Humboldt University Berlin
since 2014: professor at the chair of Empirical Legal Studies, School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2013-2014: DFG-Fellow, habilitation project
2010-2018: co-applicant and participating professor, DFG graduate college on the economics of the internationalization of law, University of Hamburg
2009-2012: director, Erasmus Mundus European Doctorate in Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
2007-2013: Jun.-Prof. for civil law and economic analysis of law, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
2001-2007: Assistant with focus on English Law (until 2006) and consultant for U.S.-American Law (2007), Max Planck Institute for comparative and international Private Law, Hamburg
Field of Research:
German and European commercial and business law, corporate and capital market law, particularly corporate governance
economic analysis of law
comparative law
Carolyn Moser
Dr.
4_EN_Research Fellows Institute for European Integration
PhD at the University of Utrecht (Otto Hahn Medal)
Studies of law and political science in Paris (Sciences Po) and Boston (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy)
Professional Career:
Current positions: Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Minerva Fast Track scheme), Heidelberg (since 2019); in parallel Visiting Professor for international law at Université Catholique de Lille (since 2018)
2017–2019: : Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL), Heidelberg
2013–2017: Research Fellow at the MPIL
2011–2013: Research Fellow at the Basel Institute on Governance (Switzerland); in parallel, Assistant to Professor Anne Peters at the University of Basel (2011)
Research fields:
Law and practice of security and defence in Europe
Peace operations, with a focus on EU peacebuilding
Public governance, in particular accountability
Olaf Muthorst
Prof. Dr. iur.
4_EN_Research Fellows Institute for European Integration
Law studies in Bayreuth, Geneva and Munich, State Examination in Law in Bavaria
Master at Oxford University (Magister Juris in European and Comparative Law – MJur)
Doctorate at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Di Fabio, RiBVerfG a. D. and Prof. Dr. Peter M. Huber, RiBVerfG and former Minister
Professional Career:
Senior Research Fellow at Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Armin von Bogdandy)
Ministerial Administration of the Federal Government: Head of Division at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Construction and Home Affairs
JOACHIM ZWEYNERT
Prof. Dr. rer. pol.
4_EN_Research Fellows Institute for European Integration
