Bernd H. Oppermann
Professor
Coordinating scholar for Hanover of German National Fellowship Foundation
Leibniz University of Hanover
Germany
Biography
More than 25 years experience in teaching, research and practice in law; 15 years experience in European and international network management. Currently Chair for German, European and International Private Law and Commercial Law at Law of Faculty, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany. Japan (Keio U and Yokohama City U 1994), United Kingdom (Strathclyde U Glasgow 1996, Durham 2011), Poland (Marie-Curie Sklodowskiej U Lublin 1994, 2001 – 2003, 2010; Center for New Europe, U Krakow 1996, 1998), Greece (Aristoteles U Thessaloniki 1998), Turkey (Bilgi Univ. Istanbul 1998; political delegation, Minister for Economy, Lower Saxony at Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara 2010); Russia (State U Perm 2001, Law Academy Ekaterinenburg 2004); Portugal (Catholic U of Portugal, Lisbon 2001 – 2009; U of Lissabon 2010 – 2014); Brasil (UNIPLAC Brasilia 2006), Thailand (Chulalongkorn U Bangkok 2002, 2007, 2008 – 2014); China (Northwest U Xi’an 2005, Jiao Tong U Shanghai 2007); India (SYMBIOSIS U Poona 2008 - 2011); Indonesia (Bandung Univ. 2012, Gadjah Mada U, Yogyakarta 2013). Rapporteur for the European Council, meeting in Waszawa 2000; adv. commission on the reform of legal education of Lower Saxony 2001/2; chairman Hanoverian Learned Society for Legal Studies 2004 – 2012; board of Centre for East-West Contacts, Lueneburg 2007 - 2013; scientific board of trustees of TAVAK Foundation (Turkey) 2010. Presently: coordinating scholar for Hanover of German National Fellowship Foundation; adv. board CDF (GIZ) Hanover; ext. member of the registry of the Aristotle U of Thessaloniki, Greece; g. ed. Law Journal of Mykolas Romeris U Vilnius, Lithuania; g. ed. Law Journal of SYMBIOSIS U, Punay, India; adv. board Law Review of UITM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Award on activity in the European program Erasmus Mundus by DAAD (German International Academic Service) at Berlin Academy of Science, 2009. Professor h.c. Marii Curie Sklodowskiej University (UMCS), Lublin, Poland, October 23rd, 2010. Docteur honoris causa, University of Rouen, France, June 28th, 2013. Since August 2014 member of the Advisory Council University of Lisbon School of Law.
Research Interest
law, physics and philosophy
