Prof. Dr. Margrit Seckelmann

August 2021 - Appointment to a university professorship for the law of the digital society at Leibniz Universität Hannover.

December 2019 - Appointment as associate professor by the Senate of the Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften.

January 2016 - Inaugural lecture at the Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer.

December 2015 - Habilitation at the Deutschen Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer on „Evaluation und Recht. Strukturen, Prozesse und Legitimationsfragen staatlicher Wissensbeschaffung durch Evaluationen am Beispiel der Wissenschaftspolitik“ ("Evaluation and Law. Structures, processes and questions of legitimacy of state knowledge acquisition through evaluations using the example of science policy"), first referee: Prof. Dr. Jan Ziekow, second referee: Prof. Dr. Joachim Wieland.

Trial lecture: „Die Textstruktur des demokratischen Rechtsstaats. ‚Leichte Sprache‘ als Rechtsproblem“ ("The Text Structure of the Democratic Rule of Law. 'Easy Language' as a Legal Problem").

Awarded the venia legendi for public law, legal and constitutional history, legal theory and administrative science.

January 2004 - Dissertation, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Law, Examiners: Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. Michael Stolleis and Prof. Dr. Joachim Rückert, Topic "Industrialisierung, Internationalisierung und Patentrecht im Deutschen Reich, 1871 – 1914" ("Industrialisation, Internationalisation and Patent Law in the German Empire, 1871 - 1914") (summa cum laude).

January 2004 - Completion of the in-service course for young science managers, Speyer.

November 1999 - 2nd State Examination, Berlin Judicial Examination Office.

July 1998 - Magistra Artium (Modern and Contemporary History), Freie Universität Berlin, supervisors Prof. Dr. Reimer Hansen and Prof. Dr. Hagen Schulze, topic: "Der Streit zwischen Hans Kelsen und Carl Schmitt über die Einrichtung eines Verfassungsgerichtshofes für die Weimarer Republik" ("The dispute between Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt over the establishment of a Constitutional Court for the Weimar Republic").

September 1996 - Diplom in "English for Legal Studies", Institute for Advanced Language Studies, University of Edinburgh.

July 1996 - 1st State Examination, Berlin Judicial Examination Office.

April 1991 - Intermediate examination in German and History, transfer to the Freie Universität Berlin.

October 1990 - commencement of a double degree programme with the subject of law.

October 1989 - Start of studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, subjects: History and German Studies.

May 1989 - Abitur, Humanistisches Gymnasium am Ostring, Bochum.

Since 2021 - Professorship for the Law of the Digital Society at Leibniz Universität Hannover.

2002 - 2021 – Managing Director (until 2004 as Institute Officer), Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung Speyer (German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer) (Regierungsdirektorin, A 15).

October 2018 - April 2019 - Deputy Chair at the Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer (Prof. Dr. Mario Martini), WS 2018/19.

October 2017 - April 2018 - Deputy Chair at Universität Bielefeld, Faculty of Law, Chair of Public Law (Prof. Dr. Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff).

April 2016 - September 2016 - Deputy Chair at the Universität Bochum, Faculty of Law, Chair of Public Law, in particular Financial Constitutional Law, Health Law, Development Cooperation Law (Prof. Dr. Markus Kaltenborn).

December 1999 - November 2002 - Researcher in the project "Industrielle Revolution" ("Industrial Revolution"),  Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt am Main.

November 1997 - October 1999 - Traineeship at the Berlin Court of Appeal. Stations a. o.:

• Sender Freies Berlin, Legal Department.
• Representation of the Protestant Churches to the European Commission, Brussels.
• Law firm Oppenhoff & Rädler, Linklaters & Alliance, Berlin.
• Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture, Department for Policy Issues, Berlin.

October 1995 - October 1997 - Associate at the law firm Coudert Brothers, Berlin.

May 1993 - September 1995 - Employee at the "Berliner Zeitung", personnel and legal department.

October 1992 - February 1993 - Work contract at the chair of Professor Dr Michael Ronellenfitsch, Berlin, project: "Regelung offener Vermögensfragen" ("Settlement of open property issues").

From May 1989 - Freelancer in the culture department of the "Neue Ruhr/Neue Rhein-Zeitung" (NRZ) following an internship; publication of book, exhibition and film reviews.

February/March 2014 - Visiting Researcher, Global & International Studies, Law & Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (Supervisor Prof. Eve Darian-Smith, PhD).

September 2012 – Visiting Researcher at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (Department: Prof. Lisa Blomgren Bingham, PhD).

October 2009 - Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Public Management of the European Academy of Bolzano, Italy (Department: Prof. Dr. Kurt Promberger).

August 2009 - Visiting researcher at the Institute for Strategy and Corporate Development at the University of Zurich, Faculty of Business Administration (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Schenker-Wicki).

August 2008 – Gastforscherin am Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensentwicklung der Universität Zürich, Betriebswirtschaftliche Fakultät (Betreuerin: Prof. Dr. Andrea Schenker-Wicki).

August 2008 - Visiting researcher at the Institute for Strategy and Corporate Development at the University of Zurich, Faculty of Business Administration (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Schenker-Wicki).

May - July 1999 - Representation of the Protestant Churches to the European Commission, Brussels/Belgium.

September 1996 – Diploma in “English for Legal Studies”, Institute for Advanced Language Studies, University of Edinburgh

July - October 1991 - Social semester at the human rights organisation "CIMADE", Massy/France.

October 1986 - February 1987 - Attended US high school in Princeton/N.J.

2019 – Prize for Science Law (for the habilitation thesis).

2016 – Preis für gute Gesetzgebung (Good legislation award) (3rd place) for the habilitation thesis.

2012 – Inclusion in AcademiaNet - Expert Database of Outstanding Female Scientists and Scholars (at the suggestion of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Gemeinschaft e.V.).

2009 – 3rd place of the audience award "Beste Publikation im Wissenschaftsmanagement" ("Best Publication in Science Management") (wissenschaftsmanagement-online).

1990 - 1998 – Scholarship holder of the Evangelischen Studienwerk, Haus Villigst.

• English: Business fluent
• French: Fluent
• Italian, Russian, Dutch: basic knowledge
• Latin proficiency certificate, Graecum

Since 2019 - Associate member of WITI ("Wissens- und Ideentransfer für Innovation in der Verwaltung" ("Knowledge and Idea Transfer for Innovation in Administration")) at the Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer.

Since 2012 - Member of AcademiaNet - the excellence database for outstanding female scientists (at the suggestion of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft).

Since 2008 - Member of the Cluster of Excellence "The Formation of Normative Structures", Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.

Since 2007 - Member of the DFG-funded research group "Governance der Forschung" ("Governance of Research") (Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dorothea Jansen, Speyer).

2007 - 2009 - Deputy Speaker of the Administrative Committee of the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Gemeinschaft e. V.