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Prof. Dr. Nils Hoppe
Prof. Dr. Nils Hoppe
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Otto-Brenner-Str. 1-3
30159 Hannover
30159 Hannover
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Prof. Dr. Nils Hoppe
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Dean of Research
Dean of Research Office, Faculty of Humanities
Dean of Research
Faculty Council, Faculty of Humanities
Professors
Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences
Main Focus
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of:
- Human biomaterials
- Genetics and genomics
- Animal experimentation
Nils Hoppe is a full professor of ‘Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences‘, director of the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS) and Dean of Research at the Faculty of Philosophy since 2023 at Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH). His research focuses on cross-border legal issues between health and research ethics, bioethics and health law.
Curriculum Vitae
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Scientific Education
- 2016
Bar Training BPP Law School, BPP University, London, UK
- 2008
PhD (Dr. iur.); Faculty of Law, LUH
- 2000
LL.B in English and German Law; Nottingham Law School, Dept. of Academic Legal Studies, Nottingham Trent University, UK
- 1999
Diploma in European Technology and Commercial Law (Erasmus); Faculty of Law, University of Erlangen Nuremberg, DE
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Scientific Positions
- Since 2023
Dean of Research at the Faculty of Philosophy, LUH, DE
- Since 2017
Professor of Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences; Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUH, DE
- 2017 – 2021
Dean of Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUH, DE
- 2013 – 2017
Professor for Regulation in the Life Sciences (W2, tenure track); Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUH, DE
- 2014 – 2015
Visiting Professor for English Medical Law, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, AT
- 2012 – 2015
Visiting Professor for International Biotechnology Law; European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Milan, IT
- 2011 – 2013
Professor for Regulation in the Life Sciences (W1 Junior Professorship), LUH, DE
- 2010 – 2012
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies and Magdalen College, University of Oxford, UK
- 2008 – 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science, LUH, DE
- 2008 – 2009
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Legal Informatics, Faculty of Law, LUH, DE
- 2004 – 2008
Lecturer in English for Law, Center for Applied Linguistics, LUH, DE
- 2003 – 2004
Researcher, Dept. for Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, DE
2001 – 2003
Staff scientist, legal advisor, University Medical Centre Göttingen, DE
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Memberships
- Since 2001
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
- Since 2017
Associate Member; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK
- Since 2008
European Association of Health Law, Edinburgh, UK
- Since 2010
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK
- 2005 – 2016
Member of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine, Göttingen, DE
