Prof. Dr Winfried Kluth
Member of the Expert Council
Faculty of Law, Economics and Business at the University of Halle-Wittenberg
Winfried Kluth ist Professor für Öffentliches Recht an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). Seine Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Migrationsrecht, Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht, Kommunalrecht, Umweltrecht, Parlamentsrecht und Gesetzgebungslehre. Er leitet an der MLU Halle die Forschungsstelle Migrationsrecht – FoMig und ist Geschäftsführender Direktor der Interdisziplinären Wissenschaftlichen Einrichtung Genossenschafts- und Kooperationsforschung – IWE GK.
Professional background:
- Degree in law and history at the University of Bonn and the University of Münster, 1979–1984
- Doctorate in law at the University of Münster, dissertation on “The Limits of Municipal Competition” (awarded University prize), 1987
- Postdoctoral qualification (Habilitation) at the University of Cologne, dissertation on “Functional Self-Government. Constitutional Status – Constitutional Protection”, 1996
- Professor of Public Law at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, since 1999
- Judge at the Land Constitutional Court of Saxony-Anhalt, 2000–2014
- Chair of the Institute for the Law of Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IFK e.V.), since 2002
- Chair of the Institute for Market Organisation and Professional Law (IMBR e.V.) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, since 2005
- Head of the Migration Law Research Group (FoMig) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, since 2017
- Deputy Chair of the German Society for Legislation (DGG), since 2015
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Active Citizenship Foundation, since 2016
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Forum Law Foundation, since 2018
