Dr iur. Jürgen Kühling, born in 1971, married, with two daughters
Education/Professional experience:
- 1990–1995: Studied law at the Universities of Trier and Nancy II
- 1994–1995 Master’s degree (Master in Legal Theory, LL.M.), KUB and FUSL, Brussels
- 1995–1997: Completion of doctoral thesis
- 1997–1999 Legal traineeship in the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court district; including the Federal Ministry of Economics (European Affairs Department); BDI, Cologne/Brussels (European Policy and Law/Competition Policy Departments)
- August 1998 Awarded a Dr. iur. degree from the University of Bonn (first supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Everling; second supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jost Pietzcker)
- June 1999 – September 2003 Research Fellow at the Centre for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
- December 2002: Habilitation thesis accepted (examiners: Prof. Dr Christian Koenig; Prof. Dr Jost Pietzcker)
- February 2003: Granted the venia legendi for Public Law, including comparative law; european law; German and European commercial and business law, in particular telecommunication law
- Winter semester 2003/2004: Acting Chair of Public Law, Media and Telecommunication Law at the University of Hamburg (Prof. Dr Hans-Heinrich Trute) and member of the Judicial Examinations Office at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court
- Summer Semester 2004: Acting lecturer for the Chair of Public Law, in particular media and telecommunication law as well as data privacy law, at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (ZAR) at the University of Karlsruhe
- September 2004 – March 2007: Professor of Public Law, specialising in media and telecommunication law as well as data privacy law, at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (ZAR) at the University of Karlsruhe
- Since April 2007: Holder of the Chair of Public Law, Real estate law, Infrastructure Law and Information Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg, and member of the IREBS Institute of Real Estate Economics
- 2008 – 2010 Dean of Research at the Faculty of Law
- 2015–2017: Vice dean of the Faculty of Law
- 2017–2019: Dean of the Faculty of Law
- Since 2024: Dean of Research at the Faculty of Law
- July 2016 – June 2024: Member of the Monopolies Commission
- September 2020 – June 2024 Chair of the Monopolies Commission
- Since July 2024 Member of the Scientific Working Group on Regulatory Issues (WAR) at the Federal Network Agency
Scholarships
- 1991–1995 Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation
- Winter semester 1992/93: Erasmus scholarship at the Université de Nancy II
- 1995–1997 PhD scholarship at the Research Training Group of the Centre for Commercial and Business Law, Bonn
Academic roles
- Member of the Academic Working Group on Regulatory Issues at the Federal Network Agency (WAR) (2012–2016; since July 2024)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services (WIK)
- Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Reviewer for the German National Academic Foundation
- Member of the gif Rent Index Commission
- Co-editor of the Journal of Digitalisation and Law (ZfDR)
- Co-editor of the Journal of Comprehensive Information Law (ZGI)
- Co-editor of the journal *InfrastrukturRecht* (IR)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the journal ‘ER – Energy Law’
- Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the journal ‘Network Economies and Law’ (NundR)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Real Estate Law (ZfIR)
- Adviser to various public authorities, associations and companies