Birke Häcker

Birke Häcker (born 1977) is a German legal scholar. Since January 2023 she has been Professor for Civil Law, Common Law and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn and Director of the Institute for International and Comparative Private Law at the University of Bonn. From 2016 to 2022, she was the Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Early life and education Häcker was born in 1977. She studied law at Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2001. She then studied at the University of Bonn, where she completed a Diplom-Jurist (Dipl-Jur) degree in 2004. That year, she also sat and passed the 1st German State Examination in Law. Having returned to Oxford, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 2007. She sat and passed the 2nd German State Examination in Law in 2011.

In December 2015, it was announced that Häcker would be the next Linklaters Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford in succession to Stefan Vogenauer. She took up the appointment on 1 September 2016.

She is an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn and an elected member of the Academia Europaea.

In 2023, she moved to the University of Bonn, where she holds a Schlegel "Excellence" Chair.

Personal life Häcker is married to Tobias Reker. Together they have one daughter.

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