
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Jung
Academic Career and Research Areas
Prof. Jung conducts research on legal issues of particular relevance to family enterprises. Her research areas include European company law, contract negotiations, contract governance, business networks, corporate governance, and legal methodology. In these areas, Prof. Jung also focuses on aspects of digitalization and sustainability. Prof. Jung's research is both legal-comparative and interdisciplinary.
Prof. Jung graduated from the University of Siegen (Germany) and the ESC Dijon (France) in German and European Business Law. Afterward, she obtained a postgraduate Master in European Economic Integration and Business at the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium). In 2010, Prof. Jung joined the chair of Prof. Krebs as a research assistant at the University of Siegen. She received her doctorate in European company law in 2013 from the University of Siegen. The same year, Prof. Jung completed a research stay at the European Commission devoted to European company law. In 2016, she was appointed Junior Professor of Civil Law, in particular Corporate Law, at the University of Siegen. From 2014 to the present day, Prof. Jung has also held a Visiting Fellowship at the Classical Liberal Institute (New York University, USA) upon invitation by Prof. Epstein. From 2015 to 2021, Prof. Jung was a visiting lecturer at Vienna University of Economics and Business each winter semester, lecturing on contract negotiations. From February 2020 onwards, she has been a Professor of Corporate Law at the Technical University of Munich at the Heilbronn campus, conducting research at the Global Center for Family Enterprise.
Awards
- Junior Researcher Award 2019 of the Association for the Promotion of Faculty III of the University of Siegen e.V.
- Award for innovative teaching of the Faculty III of the University of Siegen for the seminar "Tactics of Contract Negotiation" (2017)
- Rolf H. Brunswig Doctoral Award of the Faculty III of the University of Siegen awarded for one of the two best doctoral theses of the Faculty in 2012/2013
Key Publications (all publications)
Jung S.: §§ 313, 314 BGB in: Nomos Kommentar zum BGB, 4. ed. 2021 (edition 2016 still in cooperation with Prof. Peter Krebs)
Jung S: “Bluffing in Business-to-Business Contract Negotiations - The Relationship Between Moral Intuition, Rechtsgefühl and the Law in the United States and Germany”. Southern California Law Review. 2019; 92: 973-1001.
AbstractJung S, Krebs P, Stiegler S (eds.): “Gesellschaftsrecht in Europa”. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2019, 2370 pages.
AbstractJung S, Krebs P: “Die Vertragsverhandlung – taktische, strategische und rechtliche Elemente”. Wiesbaden: Springer. 2016; 525 pages.
AbstractJung S, Krebs P, Teubner G (eds.): “Business Networks Reloaded”. Baden-Baden: Ashgate/Nomos. 2015; 424 pages.
AbstractIf you wish your profile to be changed or updated please contact Franz Langer.