
Maximilian Steinbeis is the founder and chief editor of Verfassungsblog. (Foto: Maurice Weiß/Ostkreuz)

Evin Dalkilic is the head of publishing at Verfassungsblog. (Foto: Hannah Katinka Beck)

Maxim Bönnemann is head of editing at Verfassungsblog. Maxim is qualified for the German bar and holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin.

Anja Bossow is an editor at Verfassungsblog. She is a JSD Candidate at New York University School of Law.

Friedrich Zillessen is a senior editor at Verfassungsblog and the project lead for the Judicial Resilience Project. He studied law and political science at Leipzig University.

Eva Maria Bredler is an editor at Verfassungsblog and a PhD candidate at the University of Münster. She studied law in Hamburg and Paris and did research at the University of Oxford.

Jakob Gašperin Wischhoff is an editor at Verfassungsblog and a researcher at the Project FOCUS – promoting fundamentals of the EU Charter in Society, funded by the EU. He holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin.

Isabella Risini is a senior editor at Verfassungsblog, her focus is on the blog symposia. She holds a doctorate from Ruhr-University, Bochum and an LL.M. from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She is a professor at Technical University Georg Agricola in Bochum.

Charlotte Herbert is an editor at Verfassungsblog. She studied law and history in Munich and Lyon.


Till Stadtbäumer is a publishing editor at Verfassungsblog. He studied European Law in Utrecht and International Administration in Potsdam and Bordeaux.

Klaas Müller is an editor at Verfassungsblog and a PhD candidate at Humboldt University of Berlin

Marie Diekmann is an editor at Verfassungsblog and is responsible for VB Security and Crime. She studied law and political science and holds a PhD from Frankfurt University.
The Judicial Resilience Project

Friedrich Zillessen is a senior editor at Verfassungsblog and the project lead for the Judicial Resilience Project. He studied law and political science at Leipzig University.

Juliana Talg is a researcher for the Judicial Resilience Project at Verfassungsblog. She studied law in Munich and Paris.

Anna-Mira Brandau is a researcher for the Judicial Resilience Project at Verfassungsblog and a PhD candidate at the University of Erfurt.

Emma Bruhn is a communications manager for the Judicial Resilience Project at Verfassungsblog. She studied law at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Etienne Hanelt is a researcher for the Judicial Resilience Project at Verfassungsblog. He graduated in political science from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and is finishing his DPhil thesis on EU decision-making in the rule of law crisis at the University of Oxford. Etienne also works as a researcher on an ERC project at the Judicial Studies Institute of Masaryk University, Brno.

Lennart Laude is an attorney and a researcher for the Judicial Resilience Project at Verfassungsblog.
Student Assistants

Paula Schmieta is an assistant editor at Verfassungsblog. She is a law student at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Jasper Nebel is an assistant editor at Verfassungsblog. After studying European Studies and European Law in Maastricht, he currently studies law at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Jakob Weickert is an assistant editor at Verfassungsblog and studies law at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Ianthe Scheelhaase is an assistant editor at Verfassungsblog and studies law at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Management

Luise Pelzer is chief financial officer at Verfassungsblog. She studied business, economics and programming at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Henry Wilke is HR & Operations Manager at Verfassungsblog. He studied Public Administration, Urban and Regional Planning, and Historical Urban Studies in Berlin.

Johannes Kaufhold is head of communications at Verfassungsblog. He studied Business Communication Management in Berlin.

Verena Vortisch is a project manager at Verfassungsblog. She studied literature and theatre studies in Berlin and holds a PhD from Technical University Berlin. (Foto: Damian Gorczany)

Margarita Iov is a team assistant at Verfassungsblog. She studied literature in Leipzig and Berlin.

Derya Kizilkaya supports the IT team and is responsible for website maintenance. She studied communication sciences in Lisbon.
Advisory Board

Samira Akbarian is a Research Associate at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at the Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main.

Hannah Birkenkötter is an Assistant Professor at the Law Department of the Instituto Technológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). (Foto: Maurice Weiß/Ostkreuz)

Robert Brockhaus is an attorney at KM8 Lawyers Berlin.

Moritz Schramm is a Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University. His research focuses on digital and global governance, EU law, and socio-legal studies.

Stephanie Classmann works at the intersection of criminal justice, public policy and political theory. She studied law in Düsseldorf and Sydney and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Antoine De Spiegeleir is a PhD researcher at the European University Institute (EUI) and a member of the Sabin Center’s Peer Review Network of Climate Litigation. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the use of storytelling in international adjudication.

Doruk Erhan is a doctoral candidate (J.S.D.) at Yale Law School, with a special interest in comparative public law and legal theory.

Paul Friedl is a legal researcher with a focus on data and technology law. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and an Affiliate Scholar at the Information Law Institute at NYU Law.

Mark A. Graber is Regents Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law in Baltimore.

Liz Hicks is a Lecturer at Melbourne Law School, where she researches public law and the environment.

Jannika Jahn is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.
Anmol Jain is a Fox International Fellow at Melbourne Law School and an Associate Editor at Verfassungsblog. He holds law degrees from Yale Law School and National Law University, Jodhpur.

Dr. Romy Klimke is a post-doctoral research associate at the chair of Professor Tietje at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

Itamar Mann is an Associate Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Haifa.

Tobias Mast is a Research Program Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg.

Tristan Rohner is a Junior Professor for Civil Law and Economic Law in the Digital Society at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and associate researcher at SCiDA – Shaping Competition in the Digital Age at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Aqilah Sandhu is a Research Assistant at the Chair of Constitutional, Administrative and EU Law and Legislative Studies (Prof. Dr. Matthias Rossi) at the University of Augsburg.

Omar Yousef Shehabi is a visiting professor of law at McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific and a JSD candidate at Yale Law School.

Luke Dimitrios Spieker is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.

Christian Thönnes is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Public Law of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg.

Erik Tuchtfeld is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.

Joyce De Coninck is an FWO post-doctoral fellow at Ghent University and an adjunct professor at NYU School of Law working on relational human rights responsibility.