Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Füssel

Projects

• New Edition of the Handbook "Schulrechtskunde"

Curriculum Vitae

1986	Acquired a doctorate (Dr. jur.) at the University of Hamburg
1976	Second state law examination
1973	First state law examination
1968 - 1973	Studied law, economics and political science at Freie Universität Berlin and University of Göttingen

Professional activities

Since 2014	Advisor to the German Institute for International Educational Research
2007 - 2014	Deputy Director to the Department for Educational Governance, German Institute for International Educational Research, also Professor for governance issues in modern educational systems at the Institute for Educational Science, Humboldt University Berlin
2002 - 2007	Professor for public law, University of Bremen, School of International Business
2003 - 2004	also held a research professorship at the German Institute for International Educational Research
1993 - 2002	Professor for public and social law at the University of Public Administration in Bremen
1988 - 2002	Professor for public law at the University of Applied Sciences – Administration, in Hamburg
1985 - 1988	Higher civil service officer (Oberregierungsrat) to the Senator for Education and Science in Bremen, responsible for supra-regional co-ordination and research planning of engineering in the state of Bremen
1983 - 1985	academic staff member at the Max-Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin
1976 - 1983	Officer to the Senate for Education in Bremen, responsible for legal matters and supra-regional as well as international co-ordination
1973 - 1976	Trainee at the court of justice in Bremen

Current work and research priorities

• Educational legislation and educational governance

• Educational reporting
• German and international educational legislation
• Scientific monitoring of the school project "Testing new governance methods for the optimisation of pedagogical processes in challenging social areas"

Functions on boards and for journals

• Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council, Institute for Educational Law and Educational Politics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Chair of the board of trustees, Foundation for Eastern and Western encounters (Stiftung West-Östliche Begegnungen), Berlin
• Member of the management board to the European Association for Education Law and Policy, Antwerp
• Co-editor of the journal for youth and educational law, “Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens“
• Member of the advisory council to the journal for school legislation, ”SchulRecht”
• Member of the advisory council to the journal for higher education legislation, higher education management and higher education politics
• Member of the council to the German school (Deutsche Schule)

Publications

Publications (DIPF database of publications)