Biography
Prof. Ernst Ulrich Petersmann taught constitutional law at the Universities of Hamburg and Heidelberg and was a Professor of international law and European law at the Universities of St. Gallen, Fribourg, Geneva, the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Relations, the European University Institute (EUI) at Florence and the EUI’s Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.
As a visiting professor, Dr. Petersmann taught international economic law at the Hague Academy of International Law, the EUI Academy of European Law, the Xiamen Academy of International Law, and at numerous Universities in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the USA, Latin and North America, South-Africa, China, India and Singapore. He published more than 35 books and 370 contributions to books and journals in German, English, French (translated also in other languages like Chinese and Spanish) focusing on international law, European law and comparative constitutional law. His most recent monograph is: Transforming World Trade and Investment Law for Sustainable Development (Oxford: OUP 2022, 360 pages).
In parallel to his academic career, Prof. Petersmann worked as legal counsel for the German government representing Germany in European and UN institutions (1978-1980), as well as legal counsel in GATT and legal consultant for the WTO (1981-2023). He was a secretary, member or chairman of GATT and WTO dispute settlement panels. He served as Head of the Law Department of the EUI (2006-2009) and participated actively in numerous academic associations, for instance as rapporteur (1993-1999) and chairman of the International Trade Law Committee of the International Law Association (1999-2014).