Stefan Heiss
Research Associate
Prof. Dr. Patrick C. Leyens, LL.M. (London)
Civil Law, Commercial and Corporate Law
Fields of Academic Interest
- Liability Issues of New Technologies
- National and International Commercial and Corporate Law
- Comparative Law and Economic Analysis of Law
Publications
Transatlantic Technology Law Forum, Stanford/Vienna
Academic career
- Magister iuris (J.D. equivalent), Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, AUT (2019)
- International Student Exchange Program, California State University San Marcos, USA (2017)
Honors
- Doctoral scholarship awarded by the Heinrich Graf Hardegg’sche Foundation (2023)
- Young Researcher Award by the German national committee of comparative law
- Theodor Körner Award (Dissertation project) (2021)
- Linda Rauter Award for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of European private law and comparative law (diploma thesis) (2021)
- Award for scholarly work by the AK Steiermark Foundation (diploma thesis) (2020)
- Law faculty Award, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, AUT (graduated within the top 5% of about 300 law students) (2019)
- GRAWE High Potential Award for outstanding academic achievements (2019)
- Several merit-based scholarships, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, AUT (2014-2019)
- Achievement letter from the Dean, California State University San Marcos, USA (GPA of 3.925 for 16 units completed)
Experience
- Research Associate at the Institute for Commercial Law, University of Bremen, GER and at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, AUT supervised by Professor Patrick C. Leyens (since 2019)
- Fellow, Transatlantic Technology Law Forum, Stanford Law School/Vienna School of Law (since 2022)
- Visiting Doctoral Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2022)
- Student Research Assistant at the Institute for Civil Law, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, AUT supervised by Professor Peter Bydlinski (2018-2019)
- Internship at the Austrian Trade Commission, Toronto, CA (2019)
- Internships at Baker & McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Wolf Theiss and Eisenberger & Herzog Attorneys at Law, Vienna, AUT (2017-2019)
Universität Bremen
Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft
Universitätsallee, GW1
Room: B1195
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 (0) 421 218-66053
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