Prof. Dr Daniel Thym
Daniel Thym is Professor of Public, European and International Law at the University of Konstanz and Director of the University’s Research Centre for Immigration & Asylum Law (FZAA). His work focuses on German, European and international immigration and refugee law, nationality and citizenship, integration and social cohesion, and the protection of basic rights in Germany and Europe. Daniel Thym is a member of the “The Politics of Inequality” Cluster of Excellence at the University of Konstanz, he represents the University of Konstanz in the national Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ) and is regularly invited to participate as an expert in the hearings of the German Bundestag Committee on Internal Affairs and Community.
Professional background:
- Studied law in Regensburg, Paris X and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 1994–1999
- Master of Laws at King’s College London, 2000–2001
- PhD at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, doctoral thesis on “Supranational Differentiation and European Constitutional Law” (awarded the Humboldt Prize), 2003
- Judicial service traineeship (Referendariat) at the Berlin Court of Appeal, the Federal Ministry of Justice (European Law Division) and the Federal Foreign Office (German Permanent Representation to the EU), 2002–2004
- Research Assistant at the Walter Hallstein-Institute for European Constitutional Law at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2000 and 2001–2005
- Visiting Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2005–2006
- Academic Co-ordinator of the “Constitutionalism Beyond the State: European Experiences and Global Perspectives” graduate programme and Research Assistant at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2005–2009
- Postdoctoral qualification for teaching at university level (Habilitation) at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, thesis on “Migration Governance through Administrative Law”, 2009
- Professor of Public, European and International Law at the University of Konstanz, since 2010
- Director of the Research Centre for Immigration & Asylum Law (FZAA) at the University of Konstanz, since 2010
- Key Researcher in the “Cultural Principles of Integration” Cluster of Excellence at the University of Konstanz, 2012–2019
- Chair of the Advisory Council on Research Migration, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), since 2019
- Representative of the University of Konstanz in the Research Institute for Social Cohesion (FGZ), from 2020