Canon Law
Education
While studying theology I became interested in canon law topics. After taking my degree in theology I therefore studied canon law and received the Licentiate in Canon Law an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, afterwards the doctorate.
Profession
Since October 2010 I am "Juniorprofessor" (a German particularity) for Canon Law at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Before that I worked as a scientific assistant at the Canon Law Institute at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität. Before doing that I filled a likewise position at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. To gain more insight into Canon Law practice I work as a part time defensor vinculi at the Archdiocesan Tribunal of Cologne.
Main Interests
- Canon Law Ethics
- Canon Law Praxeology
- Canon Law and its Reception in the Media
- Law and Justice, Law and Morality
- Foundations of Law
- Theology of Canon Law
- Constitutional Law of the Church
- Law and Gender: Women in Canon Law Legal Practice
- Canon Law and Church Polity, Politics and Policy
- Church Labour Law
- Participation in professional contexts
Courses
| since 2010 | Courses at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum on a regular basis |
| 2009-2010 |
Seminar courses at the Catholic Department of Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität on a regular basis |
| 2006-2009 |
Seminar courses at the Catholic Department of Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on a regular basis |
Conferences
| 2011 Oct 11th |
„Gender Diversity in the Church?“, Symposium of AGENDA Regional Group Münster, Münster |