Prof. Dr Alexander Tischbirek – Chairholder

Career

Studied law at Humboldt University in Berlin and Columbia University, New York. Recipient of a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. 2009: Passed the first state law examination in Berlin (Faculty Prize from the Faculty of Law at Humboldt University).

Legal traineeship with placements at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (representing the Federal Republic of Germany before the European courts) and at the Federal Constitutional Court (Department headed by Prof. Dr Johannes Masing). 2011: Passed the second state law examination in Berlin.

From 2009 – initially whilst undertaking his legal traineeship, then as a PhD student, and later as a post-doctoral researcher – research assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin (Prof. Dr Christoph Möllers). 2014 DAAD visiting researcher at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and visiting student at Princeton University. 2016 PhD (Konrad Redeker Prize from Humboldt University; Carl Gottlieb Svarez Prize from the Berlin Judiciary). Parental leave in 2017 and 2020/21.

From May 2021 to July 2026, held a junior professorship (tenure track) in Public Law, in particular Administrative Law, with a focus on the law of digitalisation, media law and e-government law at the University of Regensburg. 2024 Interim evaluation and award of the venia legendi for the subjects of public law, the law of digitalisation, empirical legal research and contemporary legal history. Since August 2026, University Professor (W3) of Public Law, in particular Administrative Law, at the University of Regensburg.

Since March 2023, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency.