On December 20, 2017, Prof. Martina Möllering, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University, that includes Macquarie Law School, was a guest at the Faculty of Law at the Universität Hamburg.
The occasion was the signing of two joint PhD contracts. The students, Christina Simmig and Manuela Niehaus, are the first participants in the field of law, joint PhD program between the Universität Hamburg and Macquarie University. The two doctoral students each receive from Macquarie University a two-year tuition scholarship to cover the joint period of enrolment, a one-year stipend scholarship to assist their living costs in Sydney during 2018 and 2019 and a return airfare between the partner institutions. Prof Markus Kotzur from the Universität Hamburg and Dr Kirsten Davies of Macquarie Law School will supervise the student’s candidature.
The joint supervision of doctoral students is just one of several areas of partnership between Macquarie University and the Universität Hamburg. A joint research program involving twenty undergraduate law students (International Law Plus, IL +) has commenced. Ten students have been selected from each university to participate in this program. The German students visited Macquarie University from 26 February to 2 March 2018 to commence research, focused on International Environmental Law with their Australian research pair. This research will continue online, during Session One. Macquarie Law School students will then travel to Hamburg in July 2018 to present their research findings, with their research pair. At Macquarie, this program has been supported by PACE International, Macquarie International, law academics and the Faculty of Arts.
On April 2018, the Faculty of Law at the Universität Hamburg hosted a trilateral conference of law faculties, involving Macquarie University, Fudan University (Shanghai), and the Universität Hamburg.
For further information please contact Dr Kirsten Davies