Burkhard Hess#
| Membership Number: | 4101 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | LUXEMBOURG |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mpi.lu |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012, 09: Executive Director, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law
- 2003 – 2012: Director, Institute for Private International and Economic Law, Heidelberg University, Faculty of Law
- 1996 – 2003: Chair, Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Private International Law and International Procedural Law, University of Tübingen, Faculty of Law
- 1995 – 1996: Professor, Civil and Procedural Law, Faculty of Law, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Fields of Scholarship
- European and comparative civil procedural law
- Civil and commercial law
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
Honours and Awards
- March 2015 - Doctor honoris causa, University of Ghent
- May 2013 - Chairman of the ILA-Committee on the Protection of Privacy in Private International and Procedural Law
- Since 2012 - External Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of the Sciences and the Art’s class on Social Sciences and Humanities
