About Prof. Dr. Martin Führ
Prof Dr Martin Führ, born in 1958, has been Professor of Public Law, Legal Theory and Comparative Law at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da) since 1995. He heads the master's programme "Risk Assessment and Sustainability Management" (RASUM) and the special research group Institutional Analysis (sofia) and is involved in the project "System Innovation for Sustainable Development (s:ne)".
He completed his PhD and habilitation at the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main ("Eigen-Verantwortung im Rechtsstaat", Berlin 2002). At Öko-Institut e.V., Freiburg/Darmstadt/Berlin, he headed the legal department for many years; from 1993-1997 he was a member of the board. From 2008 to 2015, he was a member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA, Helsinki), appointed by the European Commission. The German Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry into the "diesel scandal" formally appointed him as an expert.
He is specialised in substance and product law, industrial plant law and environmental impact assessment. He is the editor of the Community Commentary on the Federal Immission Control Act and the REACH Practical Handbook. His publications cover the entire spectrum of economic administration and environmental law, as well as the legal framework for sustainable development and economic analyses of the law.
Photo: © Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences/Christian Heyse
He completed his PhD and habilitation at the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main ("Eigen-Verantwortung im Rechtsstaat", Berlin 2002). At Öko-Institut e.V., Freiburg/Darmstadt/Berlin, he headed the legal department for many years; from 1993-1997 he was a member of the board. From 2008 to 2015, he was a member of the Management Board of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA, Helsinki), appointed by the European Commission. The German Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry into the "diesel scandal" formally appointed him as an expert.
He is specialised in substance and product law, industrial plant law and environmental impact assessment. He is the editor of the Community Commentary on the Federal Immission Control Act and the REACH Practical Handbook. His publications cover the entire spectrum of economic administration and environmental law, as well as the legal framework for sustainable development and economic analyses of the law.
Photo: © Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences/Christian Heyse
