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Making private law resilient: The role of private litigation in a democracy – PhD scholarship at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

Axel Halfmeier (Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany) has kindly shared the following advertisement for a 3-year PhD scholarship with us, which will be part of a research project on ‘Making private law resilient: The role of private litigation in a democracy’.

The research project will investigate the role of private litigation in a democracy, in particular collective litigation, public interest actions or strategic litigation. There is an ongoing discussion about these phenomena and whether they support deliberative democracy by empowering citizens or are anti-democratic in the sense that they transfer excessive power to the judiciary in political questions. To answer this question, normative (legal doctrine, legal theory, political theory) but also empirical approaches are possible. The project can also focus on specific areas of private law, such as media and data protection law, climate litigation, capital markets or tort law in general. The exact study design will be discussed with a view to the interests and qualifications of the candidate.

Application deadline is October 1st, 2025.

Further information on the ‘Embracing Transformation’ scholarships can be found here.

Further information on the specific research project on ‘Democratic Resilience’ is available here.

Questions may be directed to Axel Halfmeier.

RIDOC 2024: Call for Abstracts

RIDOC 2024: Rijeka Doctoral Conference has been announced by the RIDOC2024-Call.

Interested doctoral students and candidates in law or law-related areas may apply by sending the abstract accompanied by their CV to ridoc@pravri.uniri.hr.

Important dates:
20 September 2024 – application deadline
15 October 2024 – information on acceptance by the Programme Committee
13 December 2024 – conference presentation

RIDOC conferences have been organised by the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law since 2016, regularly featuring sessions on private international law.