Member

Stefan Kadelbach

Projects and positions at the research center
Principal Investigator

Funding period 2019-2021
Project management: The State as Arbitrator – From Fundamental Rights as Defense Rights to a Strengthening of the Objective Dimension of Fundamental Rights | Research focus 4 – Overstretched Orders: Global Governance between De- and Renationalization
Project management: The State as Arbitrator of Disputes – From Fundamental Rights as Defensive Rights to a Strengthening of the Objective Dimension of Fundamental Rights | Research focus 1 – Contested Orders: The Future of Democracy

Funding period 2012-2017
Project management: Legitimation through International Law and Legitimization of International Law | Research Field 3
Coordination Research Field 3

Funding period 2007-2012
Project management: The Normativity of Law in Transition | Research Field 1

Fields of study
Law

Main areas of research
Public law, European law, international law

  • Biografische Angaben

    Prof. Dr. Stefan Kadelbach, LL.M., has been a university professor at the Faculty of Law of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Chair of Public Law, European Law and International Law; Co-Director of the Wilhelm Merton Centre for European Integration and International Economic Order since winter semester 2004/05.

    Curriculum vitae:
    Born 1959.
    1979-84 Studied literature, then law in Tübingen and Frankfurt am Main.
    1986 Hague Academy of International Law; Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften in Speyer.
    1987/88 University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
    1984-87 Legal clerkship.
    1991 Dr. jur., 1996 Habilitation in Frankfurt.
    1997-2004 o. Professor of Public Law, International and European Law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
    Since 2004 at Goethe University.
    Visiting professorships and lectureships at the University of Virginia (1999), the European University Institute in Florence (2000), the Institute for State and Law in Moscow (2002/03) and Chuo University in Tokyo (2004), among others. Since October 1, 2004 Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law and Managing Director of the Wilhelm Merton Center for European Integration and World Economic Order at the University of Frankfurt am Main.

    Other activities:
    Dean of Studies (2005-2007).
    Member of the Board of Directors and Coordinator of Research Field 4 of the Cluster of Excellence 243 (Formation of Normative Orders).
    Liaison Lecturer of the German National Academic Foundation.
    Managing Director of the Institute for Public Law.

News from the research center

Event
24.09.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Die neuen Warlords. Gewaltdynamiken einhegen / Friedensgutachten 2026

Book Presentation

Die imperialistische Großmachtpolitik ändert die Vorzeichen von Krieg, Frieden und Sicherheit. Staaten agieren zunehmend wie Warlords und setzen Krieg als Mittel der Politik ein. Übergänge von Gewaltkonflikten zu Frieden werden als „Deals“ behandelt, Mittelmächte wie die Golfstaaten treten mit neuem Selbstbewusstsein, aber ambivalentem Kurs auf, und technologische Innovation verändert Kriege und erschwert die Regulierung. Zugleich befindet sich die internationale Kooperation in der Friedenssicherung – etwa in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit oder in den Vereinten Nationen – in ihrer schwersten Krise. Innenpolitisch nehmen auch in Deutschland rassistische Einstellungen zu. Das Friedensgutachten 2026 analysiert Optionen, dennoch Frieden zu fördern.

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Publication
15.07.2026 | Monograph

Das Recht der Gewalt. Warum Waffen allein keinen Frieden schaffen

Simon, Hendrik (2026): Das Recht der Gewalt. Warum Waffen allein keinen Frieden schaffen. Ditzingen: Reclam.

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Publication
10.07.2026 | Anthology

Schnittstellen im Gesundheitsrecht

Kießling, Andrea (Hrsg.) (2026): „Schnittstellen im Gesundheitsrecht“. Nomos.

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News
19.06.2026

International symposium honours the lifework of Jürgen Habermas

On Friday 19 June 2026, the Research Centre Normative Orders, in collaboration with Suhrkamp Verlag, paid tribute to the late Jürgen Habermas with an international symposium at Goethe University Frankfurt.

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Publication
13.06.2026 | Monograph

Identitätsbasierte Führung: Vom ICH zum WIR. Als Führungskraft gesunde und leistungsstarke Gruppen, Teams und Organisationen fördern

van Dick, Rolf; Kratzer, Benedik E., Steffens, Niklas K., Kerschreiter, Rudolf (2026): „Identitätsbasierte Führung: Vom ICH zum WIR. Als Führungskraft gesunde und leistungsstarke Gruppen, Teams und Organisationen fördern“. Springer Berlin.

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Publication
28.05.2026 | Monograph

Rethinking World Order: Political Ordering as Global Ecology

Hellmann, Gunther; Jacobi, Daniel (Hrsg.) (2026): „Rethinking World Order: Political Ordering as Global Ecology”. Bristol University Press

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Publication
21.05.2026 | Working Paper

EU Law’s Future in a Fraying International Legal Order

Armin von Bogdandy (2026)

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Publication
19.05.2026 | Journal article

Inclusive messaging from leadership reduces discriminatory attitudes and norms: A mixed-methods social identity analysis of a fitness facility

Cruwys, Tegan; Rathbone, Joanne. A.; Quayle, Anika; Butalia, Radhika; Hardacre, Stephanie. L.; van Dick, Rolf (2026): „Inclusive messaging from leadership reduces discriminatory attitudes and norms: A mixed-methods social identity analysis of a fitness facility”. In: British Journal of Social Psychology, 65.

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News
18.05.2026

New Video Podcast Series "Our Planet, Our Health"

With "Our Planet, Our Health", a new video podcast series about questions of global health justice has launched. The series is hosted by Dr Romina Rekers as part of the Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme (GHJ), founded by the Höpp Foundation.

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