Dr. Marie Beyrich
Marie Beyrich is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Public Law and Politics at the University of Regensburg.
Research Focus
- Constitutional, Administrative and European Law
- Law and Politics
- Law and Society
- Comparative Public Law
- Foundations of Law
In her doctoral thesis, she conducted an empirical study of administrative practice in the implementation of the right to family reunification for refugees. The work combines legal-dogmatic analysis with methods of empirical social research and contributes to the study of law in action (see Beyrich, Recht nur auf dem Papier?, Mohr Siebeck 2024 (external link, opens in a new window)).
Her habilitation project examines so-called foreign agent laws and what they mean for democratic will-formation in the open state. The project brings together doctrinal analysis, democratic theory and comparative legal research.
Networks and Collaborations
- Law&Borders Research Network, funded by the Leibniz ScienceCampus (more about the network)
- Member of the research group “EU Enlargement and Successful Integration” of the Central European Professors’ Network, Budapest (more about the network)
- Member of the Netzwerk Migrationsrecht (German Migration Law Network), with contributions to its 2021 autumn conference and to the Hohenheimer Flüchtlingstage 2024
Research Stays
- University of California, Berkeley, Institute of European Studies, as part of the exchange programme between the University of Regensburg and UC Berkeley (2022)
- Academia Sinica, Taipei, research stay, habilitation project (2026)
- Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, India, research stay, habilitation project (2026)
- Tbilisi, Georgia, research stay, habilitation project (2026)
- University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law, research stay, habilitation project (2026)
- Border Labs of the Law&Borders Research Network
- Bavarian-Bohemian border (2026)
- Georgia-Abkhazia (2027)
- Channel Islands (2028)
Teaching
2024–2026
- Constitutional and European Law (Regensburg Examinatorium)
- Introduction to German Law (LL.M. German Law and Comparative Law)
- Comparative Seminar on German Law (LL.M. German Law and Comparative Law)
- Standards of Legal Research in Germany (LL.M. German Law and Comparative Law)
- Introduction to European Law (Master’s in European Studies)
2020–2024
- Conversation Seminar in General Administrative Law
- Seminar on the Law of State Organisation
International Teaching
- Masaryk University, Brno: Autumn School of Legal Writing and Global Legal Skills, “German Legal Techniques” (2024-2026)
- Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan: Center for German Law and Comparative Legal Studies, “Introduction to German Law” (2026)
- Vietnam Spring School: “Human Rights and Fundamental Rights” (2027)
Contact
Dr Manuchehr Kudratov
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
- Since 2022: Head of the research group ‘Legal Transfer and Legal Development in Central Asia’ at the University of Regensburg
- Since 2023: Professor at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminology and Anti-Corruption at Tashkent University of Law; Director of the Centre for German Law and Comparative Legal Studies, a project of the Volkswagen Foundation and the DAAD
Professional Experience
- 2013–2022: Research Fellow at the Chair of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg; Coordinator of the School of German Law at Lomonosov Moscow State University
- 2010–2019: Consultant on the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation’s project for the countries of Central Asia
- 2010–2013: Research Fellow (postdoctoral position) at the Institute for Eastern European Law in Munich, as part of the research project ‘The Development of Criminal Procedure in the States of Central Asia’
- 2004–2006: Coordinator of the legal project run by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the German Technical Cooperation (DED) in the Republic of Tajikistan
Education
- PhD in Law, University of Regensburg (Supervisor: Prof. Dr Friedrich-Christian Schroeder)
- Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) in Research Management, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, 2017–2019
- Studied law in Dushanbe and Mainz: Tajik State National University 1997–2002; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 2002–2004; State Law Examination and LL.M.
Contact
Street address:
University of Regensburg, Department of Interdisciplinary and Multiscale Area Studies
Landshuter Straße 4
93047 Regensburg
Annelen Loibl
Annelen Loibl has been a research assistant and PhD student at the Chair of Public Law and Politics at the University of Regensburg since May 2026.
Her research focuses on business and human rights. In her doctoral thesis, she is examining the role of strategic litigation in enforcing corporate accountability for human rights violations and environmental damage within global value chains.
Teaching
Winter Semester 2026/2027: Conversation Workshop on Fundamental Rights
Contact
Room RW(L) 206
Telephone 0941 943 5765
Email annelen.loibl(at)ur.de
Siri Mertinat
Siri Mertinat has been a research assistant and PhD student at the Chair of Public Law and Politics at the University of Regensburg since April 2026. There, she is the academic director of the Refugee Law Clinic.
Her research focuses on business and human rights. She investigates how different regulatory systems interact along global value chains, with a particular focus on deforestation.
Teaching
Summer Semester 2026: Conversation seminar in the law of state organisation
Winter Semester 2026/2027: Introduction to German Law (LL.M. German Law and Comparative Law)
Contact
Room RW(L) 206
Telephone 0941 943 5765
Email siri.mertinat@ur.de
Matthäus Gahn
