Prof. Dr. Hubertus Gersdorf

Prof. Dr. Hubertus Gersdorf

Professor

Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht
Institutsgebäude
Burgstraße 21, Room 4.24
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-35191
Fax: +49 341 97-35199

Prof. Dr. Hubertus Gersdorf

Prof. Dr. Hubertus Gersdorf

Vorstandssprecher

Institut für Medien- und Datenrecht sowie Digitalisierung
Institutsgebäude
Burgstraße 21, Room 4.24
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-35190
Fax: +49 341 97-35199

Abstract

Prof. Dr. Hubertus Gersdorf was born on the 29th of October in 1962 in Hamburg. Since 2016 he holds the chair in constitutional law and  media law at the faculty of law of the University of Leipzig. From 1998 to 2016 he was the holder of the Gerd-Bucerius-endowed professorship for public law and communication law at the University of Rostock. Among other things his research focus includes fundamentally protected liberties, data protection law, gambling law, as well as regulation law.

Professional career

  • since 10/2016
    Executive director of the institute for media law and data law as well as digitalisation at the faculty of law of the University of Leipzig
  • since 10/2016
    Holder of the chair for constitutional law and administrative law as well as media law and information law at the faculty of law of the University of Leipzig (succession Prof. Dr. Degenhart)
  • 10/2014 - 09/2016
    Faculty director of the faculty of law of the University of Rostock
  • 02/2013 - 09/2016
    Data protection officer of the University of Rostock
  • since 01/2011
    Member of the legal council of the Deutsche Bahn AG
  • 04/2010 - 04/2013
    Expert member of the Enquête-Commission „Internet and digital society“ of the German Bundestag
  • since 01/2010
    Co-chairman of the council for the registered society “study of structural policy issues” (Parliamentary structure company Berlin)
  • since 01/2009
    Lecturer at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
  • 01/2009 - 06/2009
    Research Stay in the U.S.A.
  • 01/2008 - 12/2010
    Lecturer at the University of Bonn (Master of European Regulation of Network Industries [MERNI])
  • 01/2005 - 12/2014
    Lecturer at the Hamburg Media School (HMS)
  • 04/2002 - 08/2008
    (Expert) member of the commission of the corporate body digital access of the directors conference of the state media authority
  • 01/2000 - 12/2008
    Lecturer of the European Institute of the University of the Saarland (Master of European Law)
  • 06/1999 - 09/2016
    Holder of the Gerd-Bucerius-endowed professorship for communication law connected with public law at the University of Rostock
  • since 04/1999
    (Co-)Editor of the RTkom/TMR
  • 02/1999 - 04/1999
    Receiving and accepting the call to the Gerd-Bucerius-endowed professorship for communication law connected with public law at the law faculty of the University of Rostock
  • 11/1998 - 06/1999
    Substitution of the Gerd-Bucerius-endowed professorship for communication law connected with public law at the law faculty of the University of Rostock
  • 04/1993 - 11/1999
    Assistant professor at the seminar for public law and political science (Prof. Dr. Peter Selmer)
  • 03/1992 - 03/1993
    Assistant professor at the seminar for public administration (Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle)
  • 01/1991 - 12/1992
    Lecturer at the University of Rostock
  • 04/1988 - 02/1992
    Scientific assistant at the seminar for public adminstration (Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle) and at the seminar for public law and political science (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schwabe)

Education

  • 07/1998
    Completion of the habilitation procedure (Habilitation treatise: „Public companies in the field of tension between the principle of democracy and economy. A study on the constitutional legitimation of the economic activity of the public sector“) and grant of the license to teach for the subjects constitutional law, administrative law and European community law by the department of law, University of Hamburg
  • 02/1992
    Second state law examination in Hamburg
  • 06/1991
    Conferment of a doctorate at the department of law I of the University of Hamburg with the dissertation „Freedom of broadcasting in the dual broadcasting system of the German Federal Republic“
  • 03/1988
    First state law examination in Hamburg
  • 01/1985
    Admission to the sponsorship organisation Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
  • 09/1984
    Language stay at the Université Catholique de l´ Ouest / Angers (France) with the acquisition of a language certificate
  • 10/1983 - 03/1988
    Study of law at the University of Hamburg

Among other, Prof. Dr. Gersdorfs main areas of research include fundamental rights protected freedoms, media law, data protection law, gambling law as well as regulatory law.

  • BeckOK Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Broadcasting and Media Law
    Gersdorf, Hubertus
    Duration: 10/2013 – ongoing
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht; Bürgerliches Recht und Informationsrecht, Daten- und Medienrecht
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more projects

  • Gersdorf, H.
    Beauftragung des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks durch neuen Drei-Stufen-Test
    In: Cole, M. D.; Schiedermair, S.; Wagner, E. E. (Eds.)
    Die Entfaltung von Freiheit im Rahmen des Rechts: Verfassungsrecht, Internationales Recht, Medienrecht – Festschrift für Dieter Dörr zum 70. Geburtstag. Heidelberg: C.F. Müller. 2022. pp. 837–853.
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  • Gersdorf, H.; Paal, B. (Eds.)
    Informations- und Medienrecht - EU-GRCharta, EMRK, GG, MStV, BGB, IFG, VIG, GWB, TKG, TMG u.a. (Kommentar)
    München: C.H. Beck. 2021.
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  • Gersdorf, H.
    Ausländischer Staatsfunk auf deutschem Boden – bedingt abwehrbereit?
    K&R. 2022. Beilage 1 (7/8). pp. 41–49.
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  • Gersdorf, H.; Brosius-Gersdorf, Prof. Dr. F.
    Kopftuchverbot für Rechtsreferendarin: Unanwendbarkeit des Neutralitätsgebots. Zur Differenzierung zwischen dem Neutralitätsgebot für den Staat und dem Mäßigungsgebot für Amtsträger
    Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht (NVwZ). 2020. 2020 (7). pp. 428–432.
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  • Gersdorf, H.
    Freedom of speech
    Journal of Constitutional Justice. 2020. 7 (1). pp. 61–86.
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more publications

  • Tagung und Workshop
    5. Leipziger Gespräche zum Verkehrsmarktrecht
    Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht
    Event Organiser: Gersdorf, Hubertus; Knauff, Matthias
    02/12/2022
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  • Tagung und Workshop
    4. Leipziger Gespräche zum Verkehrsmarktrecht
    Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht
    Event Organiser: Gersdorf, Hubertus; Knauff, Matthias
    19/11/2021
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  • Tagung und Workshop
    3. Leipziger Gespräche zum Verkehrsmarktrecht
    Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht
    Event Organiser: Gersdorf, Hubertus; Knauff, Matthias
    22/11/2019
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  • Tagung und Workshop
    2. Leipziger Gespräche zum Verkehrsmarktrecht
    Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht
    Event Organiser: Gersdorf, Hubertus; Knauff, Matthias
    07/12/2018
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  • Tagung und Workshop
    1. Leipziger Gespräche zum Verkehrsmarktrecht
    Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Medienrecht
    Event Organiser: Gersdorf, Hubertus; Knauff, Matthias
    27/10/2017
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Teaching in public law, especially

  •  on state organisation law
  •  on fundamental rights
  •  on public law (tutorial)
  •  on public media law
  • Constitutional law I – State organization law (lecture)

  • Constitutional law II – Fundamental rights (lecture)

  • Media law II (public law) (lecture)

  • Bar review for public law – Constitutional law I & II (lecture)

  • Tutorial for advanced students for public law (lecture)

  • Media law (seminar)

  • Current problems of constitutional law (seminar)

Research fields

Media law, broadcasting law, Administrative law, Public law

Contact for media inquiries

Phone: +49 341 97-35191
Fax: +49 341 97-25199