1. Eric Hilgendorf holds the Chair in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Theory, and Information and Computer Science Law at the University of Wurzburg.
13 Facts About Eric Hilgendorf
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Eric Hilgendorf served as Dean of the Wurzburg Law Faculty from October 2010 to September 2012.
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Eric Hilgendorf is active in basic legal research including work in the subfields of legal philosophy, legal theory, bioethics, history of legal thought, the history of criminal law, and human dignity.
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Eric Hilgendorf is regarded as a pioneer in the field of e-learning in law and from 2005 to 2009 was a member of the Commission on Virtual Higher Education in Bavaria.
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Eric Hilgendorf has been called upon several times to advise the German Parliament and federal government on matters of criminal law, medical law, and Internet crime.
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Since 2014, Eric Hilgendorf has served as co-editor of the renowned JuristenZeitung.
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Professor Eric Hilgendorf has been a spokesperson for Wurzburg's Center for Foundational Legal Research.
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Eric Hilgendorf was one of the organizers of an international team of researchers at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld, Germany.
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In 2013, Eric Hilgendorf was invited as visiting professor at the Law Faculty of the Peking University.
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In 2010, Eric Hilgendorf founded the Forschungsstelle Robotrecht, a well-known research centre addressing legal issues related to autonomous systems in industrial processes, transport and private life.
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Since 2019, Eric Hilgendorf has been co-director of the newly founded Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation situated in Munich.
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Eric Hilgendorf is the chairperson of the Juristen ALUMNI Wurzburg, the University of Wurzburg Law Faculty's alumni relations program.
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Eric Hilgendorf is the author of numerous books, essays, and annotations.