Dr. Hannah Ofterdinger

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Hannah Ofterdinger currently holds a junior professorship for Criminal Law with references to digitalization at the University of Hamburg, having assumed this position in October 2024. She completed her doctorate at the University of Hamburg in 2023, with a dissertation titled "On the Speaking and Silence of the Institutional Physician - A Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Perspective." Prior to her current role, she was a post-doc under Professor Milan Kuhli from June 2023 to September 2024 and has held research assistant roles at various professorships in Criminal Law at the University of Hamburg since July 2018. Ofterdinger's research interests encompass Criminal Law and Digitalization, including the implications of Artificial Intelligence, crimes in digital environments, and contemporary criminal law history. She actively participates in academic conferences, notably presenting research on reactive criminal law as a means of crisis intervention and transnational human rights protection through criminal law. Additionally, she contributes to several academic publications and collaborates with her colleagues on various projects focusing on legal analysis in the digital age.

Research Interests

Experience

Junior Professor

2024-10-01 — Present

University of Hamburg • Hamburg

Holder of the junior professorship in Criminal Law with references to digitalization.

Post-Doc

2023-06-01 — 2024-09-30

University of Hamburg • Hamburg

Post-doctoral research under Professor Milan Kuhli.

Research Assistant

2018-07-01 — 2023-06-30

University of Hamburg • Hamburg

Research assistant in various professorships in Criminal Law.

Requirements for University of Hamburg

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:2.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field At least 60 ECTS in core computer science subjects
Application Checklist
  • Transcript of Records
  • Bachelor's degree certificate (or preliminary transcript)
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Letter of Motivation
  • Module descriptions/table of 60 ECTS in CS
Specialization Notes

Includes tracks like Intelligent Adaptive Systems (IAS).