Projects and research
Current publications
The new EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence - Hilgendorf / Roth-Isigkeit
Criminal Law Special Part I - Hilgendorf / Valerius
Criminal Code text and practice commentary - Kindhäuser / Hilgendorf
Chinese-German Criminal Law Teachers' Association (CDSV)
The Chinese-German Criminal Law Teachers' Association (CDSV) aims to deepen relations between German and Chinese criminal law scholars. Both sides work together as equal partners. Reciprocal lectures, joint conferences and the exchange of academics serve to build a powerful, harmonious co-operation between the criminal law disciplines of both countries.
Research Centre "AI and Robot Law"
The "AI and Robot Law" research centre was founded in mid-2010 at the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Theory, Information Law and Legal Informatics at the University of Würzburg's Faculty of Law. Under the direction of Prof Dr Dr Eric Hilgendorf, it is dedicated to legal issues relating to autonomous systems - such as driverless vehicles, collaborative robots and artificially intelligent software.
Handbook of criminal law
Prof Dr Dr Eric Hilgendorf is working together with Prof Dr Brian Valerius and Prof Dr Hans Kudlich on a nine-part handbook of criminal law, which will be published by C.F. Müller from 2018. The work is based on the Handbook of Constitutional Law and aims to provide a fundamental, dogmatically sound presentation of German criminal law, including criminal procedure law. It is intended to accompany the academic debate on criminal law in the long term and provide a stable foundation.
vhb courses on criminal law and interdisciplinary areas of law
In cooperation with the Virtual University of Bavaria (vhb), the Hilgendorf Chair offers eight free online courses for students at Bavarian universities as well as two freely accessible OPEN-vhb courses for all interested parties. The courses cover various criminal law and interdisciplinary topics and are continuously supervised, updated and supplemented with interactive elements. They enable learning independent of time and place with a practical focus and a variety of self-study formats.
New criminal law in Mongolia
The project "New Criminal Law in Mongolia" accompanies the country's criminal law reform, which is strongly orientated towards German criminal law. The aim is to promote and deepen academic exchange between Mongolia and Germany in the long term. The basis for this is a partnership between the Faculties of Law in Ulaanbaatar and Würzburg, which has existed since 2014 and was officially sealed in 2017.
Contacts with Latin America
The project promotes the exchange between German and Latin American criminal law scholars through joint publications and regular conferences. The aim is to establish equal, long-term co-operation between the two sides. The academic dialogue is intended to enrich and further develop criminal law research in both regions.
