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Prof. Dr Thorsten Kingreen – Chair

Personal details

Date of birth13 May 1965
Place of birthBremen
Marital status

Married to Dr Stephanie Dimas

since 22 April 1994; three adult children

Education / Career

1971–1984School years in Hagen (Westphalia)
1984–1985Basic military service in Rheine and Seeth
January 1986 to March 1986Language studies in Madrid, leading to the Degree of the Cervantina Society
April 1986 to June 1992

Studied law at Philipps University of Marburg and the University of Geneva

First State Examination in Law on 5 June 1992 (‘good’, 12.03 marks)

August 1992 to May 1993Member of the teaching staff at bfe-Bildungspark e.V., Nuremberg, on civil law, labor law, constitutional law, administrative law and environmental law
November 1992 to March 1993Assistant professor at the Institute for Public Law at Philipps University of Marburg (Prof. Dr Bodo Pieroth)
April 1993 to April 1994Assistant professor at the Chair of Public Law at the University of Münster (Prof. Dr Bodo Pieroth)
February 1995Awarded a Doctor of Laws (J.D.) by the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster (summa cum laude)
May 1994 to June 1996

Legal traineeship in the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court district, with elective placements at the German Embassy in Tel Aviv and at the German Representative Office for the Palestinian Territories in Jericho

Second State Examination in Law on 10 June 1996
(“highly satisfactory”, 9.52 marks)

July 1996 to July 2002Research assistant at the Institute for Public Law and Politics at the University of Münster (Prof. Dr Bodo Pieroth)
October 2000 to December 2001Leave of absence to undertake a postdoctoral research fellowship awarded by the German Research Foundation
11 December 2001Habilitation by the Faculty of Law at the University of Münster, conferral of the venia legendi in public law, european law and social law
11 April 2002Appointment to a Chair of Public Law, with a particular focus on Education Law, at the University of Bielefeld (successor to Prof. Dr Stock; top candidate on the shortlist)
Summer term 2002Acting Chair of Public Law with a particular focus on Education Law at Bielefeld University
23 July 2002Appointment as University Professor of Public Law at Bielefeld University
9 April 2003Appointment to a Chair of Public Law and Social Law at the University of Regensburg (successor to Prof. Dr Becker; top candidate on the shortlist) – accepted on 18 June 2003
1 October 2003Appointed as a university professor at the University of Regensburg
26 January 2011Appointment to a Chair of Public Law, Social Law and Economic Administrative Law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (successor to Prof. Dr Papier; top candidate on the shortlist) – declined on 18 July 2011
August 2014 to
July 2015		Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley
May 2025Elected to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Memberships (selection)

  • Borussia Dortmund
  • Societas Iuris Publici Europaei
  • Association of German Professors of Constitutional Law
  • German Association of Universities
  • Regensburg Law Students’ Society
  • Juratisbona (Alumni Association of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg)
  • German Association for Social Law

Roles in academic self-governance (selection)

  • Member of the Curriculum Reform Commission, Bielefeld University, 2002/2003
  • Member of the Departmental Council/faculty board, University of Regensburg,
    1 October 2004 – 30 September 2013
  • Member of appointment committees for the Faculties of Law, Philosophy, Economics and Medicine
  • Member of the Election Committee at the University of Regensburg, 2004 – 2010
  • Founding Chair of the Examination Board for the University Specialisation Examination, Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg, 1 April 2005 – 30 September 2007
  • Alumni Representative for the Faculty of Law (since 17 October 2007) and, from 5 December 2008 to 23 October 2010, Founding Chair of the Faculty of Law Alumni Association
  • Vice dean of the Faculty of Law, 28 October 2009 – 30 September 2011 and 1 October 2024 – 25 September 2025
  • Dean of the Faculty of Law
    1 October 2011 – 30 September 2013 and 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024
  • Senator at the University of Regensburg, 2015–2023; 2017–2021 Deputy senate chairperson
  • University Council of the University of Regensburg, 2015–2017 and 2019–2021

Other functions (selection)

  • Student representative for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, since 2010
  • Mentor in the TANDEM scholarship programme run by the German University Foundation (2012–2016)
  • Deputy member of the Ethics Committee at the University of Regensburg, 2005–2010
  • Academic member of the DGB Reform Commission ‘For a Healthcare System Based on Solidarity’, 2010
  • Member of the ‘Migration and Health’ working group of the Ethics Committee at the German Medical Association, 2011–2012
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of “Gerechte Gesundheit”, since 2017
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for International and Transnational Area Studies (CITAS) at the University of Regensburg, 2018–2020
  • Member of the Scientific Commission for a Modern Remuneration System (KomV) at the Federal Ministry of Health, 2018–2019
  • Impartial member of the Federal Arbitration Board for Contract-Based Medical Care under Section 89 of Book V of the Social Code (SGB V) (2013–2020)
  • Impartial member of the Federal Conciliation Committee for Hospital Billing under Section 17c of the Hospital Act (KHG) (2014–2017)
  • Deputy Chair of the Arbitration Board for the Determination of Reimbursement Amounts for Medicines, since 1 July 2019
  • Member of the Commission for the Evaluation of the Infection Protection Act (2021–2022)
  • Member of the Government Commission for Modern and Needs-Based Hospital Care, since May 2022 – March 2025
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for the Culture of Remembrance at the University of Regensburg, since 2021
  • Impartial member of the Cross-Sector Arbitration Board pursuant to Section 89a of Book V of the Social Code (SGB V) (2023–2027)

Awards and grants

Awards

  • Nomination for the 2003 Karl Peter Grotemeyer Prize by students of the Faculty of Law at Bielefeld University for outstanding achievements and personal commitment to teaching
  • The ‘Social and Health Law’ lecture was named ‘Best Course of the 2011/2012 Academic Year’ by the student council of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg (July 2012)
  • Nominated for the “Prize for Good Teaching”, awarded by the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and Art, by the faculty board of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg (April 2013)
  • Award for the lecture course ‘Social and Health Law’ as ‘Best Course of the 2012/13 Academic Year’ by the student council of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg (July 2013)
  • The lecture on Social and Health Law I was named “Best Course in the Specialisation Area for the 2016/17 winter semester” by the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg (February 2017)
  • The lecture “REX – Public Law (Constitutional Law and European Law)” was named “Best Course” for 2017 (July 2017)
  • The constitutional law seminar was awarded the title of “Best Course 2017/18” (February 2018)
  • The lecture ‘REX – Public Law (Constitutional Law and European Law)’ was named ‘Best Course of 2018’ (July 2018)
  • The lecture on Social and Health Law II was named “Best Course in the 2019 Summer Semester” by the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg (July 2019)
  • The course “Social and Health Law I” was named “Best Course 2019/2020”
  • The REX – Public Law (Constitutional Law and European Law) lecture was named “Best Course of 2020” (July 2020)
  • The course “Social and Health Law I” was named “Best Course of the 2023/2024 winter semester”

Funding

  • Habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2000–2001
  • Collaboration on the research project “European Constitutional Law” (funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation), 1999–2009
  • Interdisciplinary lecture series “Health and Medicine in Interdisciplinary Discourse” at the University of Regensburg, funded by the Hartl Foundation (principal investigator), 2008
  • Individual project funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project “Health Data Protection Law” (applicant jointly with Prof. Dr Jürgen Kühling), 2011–2014
  • Funding for the project “The Berlin Agreement in Health Insurance Physician Law” from the German Society for Health Insurance Physician Law, 2011–2013
  • Collaboration on the research project “Medical Standards” (funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation), 2016–2018

CV

Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Dr Thorsten Kingreen [German only] (PDF | 74.22 KB) (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)

Contact

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kingreen

Portrait of a man in his sixties, wearing a suit, standing in front of a library shelf filled with books. Photo taken by Sebastian Fricke
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