Full Professor of Philosophy and Theory of Law, Legal Sociology and International Public Law
Studied law and philosophy in Freiburg/Br., Berlin and London (London School of Economics)
1994 1st state examination; 1999 doctorate, 2nd state examination; 2005 habilitation
2005 - 2022 Visiting Professor at the Central European University, Budapest
2007 Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Foundation
Since Spring semester 2008 Professor at the University of Zurich
Visiting professorships at Hebrew University, Jerusalem (2007, 2016), Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. (2012) and at the Turkish-German University, Istanbul (since 2018)
2021 Research Visitor, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Fellow, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
2024 Visiting Professor, National Law School of India, Bangalore
Since 2002 Member of the European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination (formerly: European Network of Independent Experts in the Field of Non-Discrimination), EU Commission
2011, 2015 and 2019 Appointed by the Swiss Federal Council to the Federal Ethics Committee for Biotechnology in the Non-Human Field ECNH (opens link in new tab)
Since 2015 Member of the Executive Committee, 2019 - 2024 President of the World Association of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy IVR (opens link in new tab)
Since 2024 Member of the Commission for Research Integrity at ETH Zurich
