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Juristische Fakultät, LMU Munich
Jens Kersten studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Leeds, and Bonn. He worked as a postgraduate at Humboldt University Berlin, and was professor of planning and environmental law at Technical University of Dortmund and of public and economic law at the University of Bayreuth. Since 2008 he has held a chair of public law and governance at the LMU Munich. His research focuses on planning and environmental law, bioethics and law, and the legal challenges of demographic change.
Current Research Project: The Change of Energy Policy in Germany: "Energiewende" (pdf, 8 KB)
Selected Publications:
- With U. Battis and S. Mitschang. Rechtsfragen der ökologischen Stadterneuerung. Frankfurt u.a.: Peter Lang, 2010.
- With A. Ingold. "Die Beschleunigung des Atomausstiegs. Verfassungsrechtliche Anforderungen." In Zeitschrift für Gesetzgebung 26, no. 4 (2011): 350-376.
- "A Farewell to Residual Risk? A Legal Perspective on the Risks of Nuclear Power After Fukushima." In "Europe after Fukushima. German Perspectives on the Future of Nuclear Power." RCC Perspectives, no. 1 (2012): 51-64.
- "'Im Dickicht der Städte' – Biodiversität und Stadtentwicklung." In Umwelt- und Planungsrecht 32, no. 1 (2012): 15-22.
- With C. Neu and B. Vogel. "Demographische De-Infrastrukturalisierung." In Zeitschrift für Agrargeschichte und Agrarsoziologie 60 (2012): 39-55.