Walter Obwexer

Walter Obwexer (* 1965 in Brixen , South Tyrol ) is an Italian - Austrian legal scholar . Since 2012 he has been a university professor for European law , international law and international relations at the University of Innsbruck , since March 2015 also dean of studies and deputy dean of the law faculty.

Life

After completing compulsory school, Walter Obwexer attended the secondary school in Brixen from 1971 to 1979 in St. Peter ( Villnöß ) and Klausen , where he passed the high school diploma in 1984. He then began the "Integrated Diploma Course in Law " offered jointly by the Universities of Innsbruck and Padua , which he completed in 1990 with a diploma thesis on "The Accordino as an international law treaty in its current application and future development" as a Master of Laws.

After military service with the Italian mountain troops in the legal office in 1990/91, he worked as an assistant at the Institute for International Law, European Law and International Relations at the University of Innsbruck , where he obtained his doctorate in law in 1998 . Since 2003 he has been a lecturer in European law at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI). In 2008 he completed his habilitation in the subjects of “European law and international law with special attention to international business law” with a thesis on “The right of Union citizens to move and reside freely as the fifth fundamental freedom” and was appointed associate professor. His habilitation thesis was publicly criticized for the fact that "almost a third of it had been secretly copied from his doctoral thesis", which is why an opinion of April 5, 2011 by the Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity (ÖAWI) found that the principles of good scientific practice had been violated.

Despite the criticism, the new Rector Tilmann D. Märk (under the Austrian Science Minister Karlheinz Töchterle , his predecessor as Rector) was appointed University Professor for European Law, International Law and International Relations at the Institute for European Law at the University of Innsbruck on October 1, 2012 . On March 1, 2015, he was appointed Dean of Studies and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Innsbruck.

Since 1991 he has been a scientific advisor to the South Tyrolean provincial government on EU issues, since 1994 scientific advisor to the Austrian Federal Ministries for Transport, Innovation and Technology , for Science and Research as well as the Ministry of the Interior and the Tyrolean provincial government on EU issues and the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein . Since 2002 he has also been a member of the EU advisory board of the Austrian federal government . In 2017, he therefore prepared the legal expertise on the planned German car toll for the Austrian Ministry of Transport , which became the basis for Austria's infringement proceedings against Germany at EU level; In 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Austria's corresponding lawsuit that the German car toll violated EU law.

In October 2019, Obwexer was elected to succeed Ivo Hajnal as Senate Chairman of the University of Innsbruck for the term of office until September 2022.

Awards (selection)

1999: Jean Monnet Science Prize for European Law
2003: Tyrolean State Prize for Science - Promotion Prize
2011: Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for scientific research

Publications (selection)

2007: European law: the law of the European Union , together with Michael Schweitzer and Waldemar Hummer , Manz-Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-214-00150-6
2009: Fundamental freedom of movement: the right of EU citizens to move and reside freely as the fifth fundamental freedom , Manz-Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-214-13719-9
2018: Limits to European Standardization: EU Competencies and European Fundamental Rights , edited by Doris König and Dirk Uwer , Bucerius Law School Press, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86381-062-7

Web links

Walter Obwexer University of Innsbruck
Walter Obwexer list of publications (PDF)
Walter Obwexer's list of publications

Individual evidence

^ Walter Obwexer - Life - Research. University of Innsbruck, October 1, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b University celebrates seven new lecturers. University of Innsbruck, October 28, 2008, accessed on February 22, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f CV Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Obwexer . Retrieved May 4, 2019.
^ Forum Alpbach: Walter Obwexer . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
^ Commission for Research Integrity: Annual Report 2011. (PDF) Fall 2010/02. OeAWI, April 23, 2013, p. 4 , accessed on June 24, 2019 .
^ Andreas Wetz: University of Innsbruck: Plagiarism scandal or targeted character assassination? In: The press. May 18, 2008, accessed May 4, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Hermann Horstkotte: A habilitation like a warmed up goulash. In: UniStandard. May 5, 2011, accessed May 4, 2019 .
^ Philipp Aichinger: Excitement about the place at the University of Innsbruck. In: The press. May 6, 2012, accessed May 4, 2019 .
^ South Tyroleans behind Germany's car toll fiasco. In: Dolomites. June 20, 2019, p. 15 , accessed June 20, 2019 .
↑ New Senate Chair elected. In: uibk.ac.at. October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .
↑ University of Innsbruck: Walter Obwexer is the new chairman of the Senate. October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .
^ Tyrolean State Prize for Science - Winner 1984 to 2018 . Retrieved February 22, 2019.
^ Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for scientific research at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck and / or at the Medical University Innsbruck - list of the winners since 1979 . Retrieved May 4, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Obwexer, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian-Austrian legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brixen , South Tyrol

[1] Walter Obwexer - Life - Research. University of Innsbruck, October 1, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2019 .

[:1-2] University celebrates seven new lecturers. University of Innsbruck, October 28, 2008, accessed on February 22, 2019 .

[cv-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f CV Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Obwexer . Retrieved May 4, 2019.

[4] Forum Alpbach: Walter Obwexer . Retrieved February 22, 2019.

[5] Commission for Research Integrity: Annual Report 2011. (PDF) Fall 2010/02. OeAWI, April 23, 2013, p. 4 , accessed on June 24, 2019 .

[6] Andreas Wetz: University of Innsbruck: Plagiarism scandal or targeted character assassination? In: The press. May 18, 2008, accessed May 4, 2019 .

[:0-7] A ^b Hermann Horstkotte: A habilitation like a warmed up goulash. In: UniStandard. May 5, 2011, accessed May 4, 2019 .

[8] Philipp Aichinger: Excitement about the place at the University of Innsbruck. In: The press. May 6, 2012, accessed May 4, 2019 .

[9] South Tyroleans behind Germany's car toll fiasco. In: Dolomites. June 20, 2019, p. 15 , accessed June 20, 2019 .

[10] New Senate Chair elected. In: uibk.ac.at. October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .

[11] University of Innsbruck: Walter Obwexer is the new chairman of the Senate. October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .

[12] Tyrolean State Prize for Science - Winner 1984 to 2018 . Retrieved February 22, 2019.

[13] Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for scientific research at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck and / or at the Medical University Innsbruck - list of the winners since 1979 . Retrieved May 4, 2019.