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Zara Calisan

Room 4.115

zcalisa1(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: The limits of criminal liability for rape – legal framework and application of Section 177(6), Sent. 2 No. 1 of the German Criminal Code.
Research interests: sexual offences Law, doctrine of statutory examples, comparative law


Marie Coenen

Room 4.113

Tel.: +49 (0) 221-470-3838

marie.coenen(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: The problem of § 216 StGB – a proposal for reform of active euthanasia in Germany.
Research interests: end-of-life law, comparative research on assisted dying legislation, criminal law and politics.


Lukas Grave

Raum 4.113

Tel.: 0221-470-3838

lukas.grave(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD Project: The revival of private prosecution in the digital sphere: A legal study of the privatisation of criminal prosecution for hate speech offences and its effectiveness in protecting against online hate crimes, with an analysis of Israeli and Austrian law.
Research interests: criminal procedure law, hate crimes, hate speech, european and international criminal law, cybercrime, european law enforcement, digital platform regulation, German-Israeli legal dialogue, rule of law, and politics.


Jonathan Jones

Room 4.116

Tel.: +49 (0)221-470-76511

j.jones(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: Is asset confiscation a punishment? (working title)

Research interests: confiscation orders, organised crime, white collar crime, (european) criminal procedure law (esp. defendants' rights), legal policy


Philine Kuntz

Room 4.115

pkuntz1(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD Project: Word against word Scenarios in Criminal Proceeding
Research interests: sexual violence and gender in criminal law, legal psychology, feminist legal theory, law and policy.


Paul Matthies

Room 4.105

Tel.: +49 (0) 221-470-76508

paul.matthies(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: Examination of the challenges and legal implications of commingled assets in the context of criminal money laundering law.

Research interests: Criminal law on money laundering and fundamental principles of criminal law.


Laura Midey

Room 4.113

Tel.: +49 (0)221-470-3838

lmidey1(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: Crimes against Humanity as a Peace Time Crime

Research interests: international criminal law, criminal law and politics, critical legal theory


Alexander Oliveri

Raum 4.101

Tel: +49 (0)221- 470-3840

aoliver1uni-koeln.de

PhD project: Right to criminal prosecution.


Jan Osten

Room 4.111

Tel.: +49 (0)221-470-3839

j.osten(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: The admissibility of encrypted communication in criminal proceedings based on the example of EncroChat.

Research interests: encrypted communication & data protection, criminal procedure law, european criminal law (esp. legal assistance), legal policy.


Dr. Christine Untch 

Room 4.110

Tel.: +49 (0)221-470-3841

christine.untch(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: Prosecution in smart homes.

Research interests: criminal procedure law (esp. technical investigations, admissibility of (digital) evidence), transnational issues), cybercrime and IT security, digital transformation, german criminal law (esp. fundamentals of criminal justice), european and international criminal (procedure) law, criminal law and politics.


Lena Wasser

Room 4.113

Tel.: +49 (0)221-470-3838

lwasser1(at)uni-koeln(dot)de

PhD project: Protecting Democracy through Criminal Law? Risks and Opportunities of Using Criminal Law as a Tool of 'Militant Democracy' in the Digital Age.

Research interests: State Security Criminal Law, protection of democracy, disinformation, conspiracy law and the intersection between Criminal Law and politics.