Research Focus

• Public International Law, especially international economic law, investment law and human rights, Theories of International Law;
• (Behavioral) Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Deliberative Theories
• Regulation of Financial Markets, Theories of Regulation, Administrative Law
• Corruption
• Regulatory Impact Assessment

Academic Career

• 1987-1992: studied economics and communication science at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• 1992: M.A. in Economics, Diploma in Communication Science
• 1992-1997: studied law in Munich, Ludwig-Maximilian-University
• 1997: First Law Degree
• 1997-1998: Visiting Scholar at the Law Schools of UC Berkeley and Yale University, financed by the a doctoral scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
• 1998-2000: Graduate Research Assistant to the Chair of Economic Policy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Prof. Dr. Henner Kleinewefers
• 2001: Doctoral Thesis “Rational-Choice in der Rechtswissenschaft. Zum Stellenwert der ökonomischen Theorie im Recht”, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Supervision: Prof. Gerard Rowe
• 2000-2002: Trainee Clerk at the Appeals Court in Berlin (Kammergericht)
• 2002: 2. Juristisches Staatsexamen („Bar Exam“)
• 2000-2003: Graduate Research Assistant to the Chair of German, European and International Civil- and Business Law and New Institutional Economics, Humboldt-University Berlin, Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Kirchner
• 2003-2005: Senior Research Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
• Since July 2005: Senior Research Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Research on Collective Goods
• Since October 2006: Max Schmidheiny Foundation Tenure-Track-Professor for Law and Economics, Public, International and European Law

Publications

van Aaken A., Chambers R., Accountability and Independence of International Election Observers, International Organizations Law Review, In Press.

van Aaken A., Balancing of Human Rights - Constitutional Interpretation in International Law, Universal Declaration – 60 Years After, Jovanovic M., (Ed.), Geneva, Eleven International Publishing, In Press.

van Aaken A., The Changing Fortunes of MFN: Rising in Investment, Declining in Trade, Valuing Trade Rules, Essays in Honor of Heinz Hauser, Evenett S., Hoekman B., (Eds.), Washington, World Bank Publications, In Press.

van Aaken A., Feld L., Voigt S., Do Independent Prosecutors Deter Political Corruption? An Empirical Evaluation across 78 Countries, American Law and Economics Review, In Press.

van Aaken A., Kurtz J., Emergency Measures and International Investment Law: How far can States go?, Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy, Sauvant K., (Ed.), In Press.

van Aaken A., The European Union and Bilateral Investment Treaties, Final Report of the Committee on International Law of Foreign Investment (International Law Association), pp. 6-7, In Press.

van Aaken A., A Functional Approach to International Constitutionalism: The Value Added of a Social Science Contribution, ARSP Beiheft, In Press.

van Aaken A., Kurtz J., The Global Financial Crisis and International Economic Law, Trade Implications of Policy Responses to the Crisis, Evenett S., Hoekman B., (Eds.), Washington, World Bank Publications, In Press.

van Aaken A., Independent Electoral Management Bodies - Any Impact on the Observed Level of Democracy? A Conceptual Framework, Constitutional Political Economy, vol. 20, no. 3/4, pp. 296-232, In Press.

van Aaken A., The International Investment Protection Regime Through the Lens of Economic Theory, The Backlash Against Investment Arbitration, Waibel M., Kaushal A., Chung K.-H., Balchin C., (Eds.), London, Kluwer Law International, In Press.

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