Prof. Dr. Benedikt Buchner
Chair for Civil Law, Liability Law and Digital Law
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Buchner, LL.M. (UCLA)
Curriculum vitae, publications, lectures and third-party funded projects
Latest News
Successful completion of JurIT
Following the first successful completion of the additional qualification ‘JurIT’ (now ‘Digital Law’), all graduates have now received their certificates. Professor Buchner, initiator of the programme, personally presented the two best candidates from the course with their certificates with distinction on 30 October 2025.
We warmly congratulate all participants on their success and thank all lecturers for their excellent cooperation.
A group photo documents the moment: Benedikt Buchner, the honoured participants Marc McLaren and Abdulla Bekov, and the programme organiser Hiba Tfeili (from left to right).
Great interest in Digital Law
Following its successful first run, the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 will once again offer the additional qualification in ‘Digital Law’ in the winter semester 2025/2026.
This will enable students to acquire specialist knowledge and practical skills in digitalisation and legal informatics, which are becoming increasingly important in professional practice and enable interdisciplinary exchange and problem-solving in digitally networked societies.
The programme continues to attract great interest: 101 students took part in the admission test on 15 October 2025.
The June issue of DuD has been published
The June issue of the journal ‘Datenschutz und Datensicherheit’ (DuD), edited by Prof. Dr. Bj?rn Steinr?tter and Prof. Dr. Buchner, focuses on the relationship between AI and data protection.
Third-Party Funded Projects
Prof. Dr. Buchner administers and oversees multiple third-party funded projects, including EARLY, EAsyAnon as well as Empower-U.
Editorships
Prof. Dr. Buchner is editor of the journal "Datenschutz und Datensicherheit" [Data Protection and Data Security] as well as the Augsburg publication series "Juridicum" dedicated to digital law.
Datenschutzbeauftragter
Prof. Dr. Buchner has been named the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for the 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Augsburg. Together he and Dr. Daniel Schmid represent the first point of contact for all questions and topics related to data protection.
Contact information
- Phone: +49 (0) 821 598 4980
Secretary's Office:
Phone: +49 (0) 821 598 4715
E-Mail: sekretariat.buchner@jura.uni-augsburg.de
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Office hours:?
| Tuesday | 9 am - 12 pm |
| Wednesday | 1 pm -?4 pm |
| Thursday | 9 am - 12 pm |
Outside regular hours by appointment only.?
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Building H - Room 1302
(Office tract, ground floor, first extension wing to the left)