Dr. Vanessa Grifo, MJur (Oxford)
Academic Interests
Conflict of laws, Comparative Law (Common Law, Italian Law), Family Law, Law and Society.
Academic CV
| 2025-present |
Junior Researcher in the Department of Civil, Common and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn, Chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Birke Häcker, M.A. (Oxford) |
| 2024-2025: | MJur at the University of Oxford (Brasenose College), MJur Scholarships by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Oxford Law Faculty, and Latham & Watkins |
| 2020-2024: | Ph.D. project at the University of Heidelberg, Jurisprudence of Identities in Private International Law. A Sociology of Migration Analysis of Conflicts of Interest in International Personal Status and Family Law, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller |
| 2020-2024 |
Junior Researcher in the Department of Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws and International Business Law, Chair of Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller |
| 2020 | First State Examination in Law |
| 2017 | Participant in The Hague Academy of International Law, Summer Course on Private International Law |
| 2016-2017 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Erasmus exchange Law student |
| 2016-2019 |
Student Research Assistant in the Department of Comparative Law, Conflict of Laws and International Business Law, Chair of Prof. Dr. Marc-Philippe Weller |
| 2014-2020 | Law student at the University of Heidelberg, Scholarships by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung |
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Publications
- Identity Jurisprudence: Understanding Cultural and Interest Conflicts in International Family Law through Migration Studies, Mohr Siebeck 2026 (forthcoming), publication grant by the DFG
- Post-Migrant Private International Law: Dealing with Cultural Identities in International Family Law, in: Heindler/Melcher (eds.), Defence to the Foreign – Empty Phrase or Guiding Principle of Private International Law, Tübingen 2024, pp. 29-46 (blind peer review)
- Private Law Course for Beginners – Remedies for Breach of Contract: Gyms Between the Corona Pandemic and the Energy Crisis, JURA 2024, pp. 60-65
- Book Review of Cedric Hornung, Private International Law Between Neutrality and Politics, RabelsZ 87 (2023), pp. 148-153
- The Pancharevo Judgment of the ECJ: National Identity (Art. 4(2) TEU) as Protection of National Competence in Family Law, ZEuP 3/2022, pp. 703-709
- The ECJ on the Principle of Effectiveness Under Trade Union Law: Overriding the Procedural Autonomy of the Member States in Mandatory Consumer Protection, WuB 2022, pp. 409-412
- Intersectional and Intertemporal Justice Regarding the Naturalisation of Victims of Persecution by the Nazis (Art. 116(2) Basic Law), JZ 2021, pp. 872-880 (with Bettina Rentsch)
- Conditional Hospitality in International Divorce Law, NZFam 2021, pp. 202–206 (reviewed by Löhnig, “The Sahyouni Saga – A Postscript on Grifo”, NZFam 2021, pp. 446-447)
- Remedies Following Cyberattacks – Claims, Jurisdiction and Applicable Law, WM 2020, pp. 1513-1521 (co-authored with Marc-Philippe Weller)
- The “Civil Law” Limited Company in Sardinia – Preparing the State Exam in an Italian Way, JURA 2020, pp. 502-511 (with Marc-Philippe Weller)
- So Much Change in Such Little Time – Reflections on The Hague Academy 2017, IPRax 2018, pp. 329-331 (with Lisa Fritz and Anton Zimmermann)
- Private International Law, International Business Law and Comparative Law: Challenges in 1916 and 2016 – and in the Future?, ZEuP 2017, p. 227 (with Roman Wolf)
Affiliations and Functions
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German-Italian Legal Association