

Get to know the ZfI Team!
Professor Dr. Pierre Thielbörger, M.PP. (Harvard)
Chair for Public Law and International Law, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflicts
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Managing director
Contact person for foreign language courses and contact to partner universities
Phone: +49 234 32-27681
Email: Judit.Beke-Martos@rub.de
Dr. Isabella Risini, LL.M. (Chicago-Kent)
Managing director
Contact person for foreign language courses and contact to partner universities
Phone: +49 234 32-27681
Email: Isabella.Risini@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Research Associate
Responsible for Erasmus and the LL.M.-program for foreign legal graduates
Phone: +49 234 32-22007
Email: zfi-jura@rub.de
Sabine Jannett
Administrative secretary at the ZfI since 2016
Responsible for general questions regarding foreign language courses and stays abroad
Member of the Certificate Program Committee
Phone: +49 234 32-22007
Email: zfi-jura@rub.de
Sophie Sandmeier
Student assistant
Kara Schwarz
Student assistant
Anna Theiß
Student assistant
Manuel Schröder
Student assistant EDV
Professor Dr. Prabhakar Singh
From October 2022 to March 2023 Prof. Dr. Singh is at the Center for International Affairs as part of the DAAD Visiting Chair "Common Law in a Global Perspective".
He is a professor at BML Munjal University School of Law in Gurgaon, India and the founding Dean of DY Patil Law School. He is also a member of the Executive Council of the Asian Society of International Law.
Prof. Dr. Singh received his PhD from the National University of Singapore, LL.M. from the University of Barcelona and B.A.LL.B. (Hons) from the National Law Institute University in Bhopal.
He is a recipient of the 2012 SATA Award and the 2019-2021 Asian Society of International Law Young Scholar Award for his work on semi-colonialism and international law.
During his research stay with our faculty, he offers three courses in English: "History of Indian Law," "Introduction to Indian Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law," and "Common Law and India's Religious Traditions."