Dr. Marvin Reiff

List of Publications and Lectures - Marvin Reiff - August 2026  

Dr. Marvin Reiff has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair since June 2024. His research focuses on (more) sustainable private and corporate law in times of polycrisis and climate overshoot, with a particular interest in property, political economy and responsive legal doctrine. Since September 2026, his Habilitation project has been funded by an Individual Grant from the Postdoc Network Brandenburg (50 %).

At Viadrina, Dr. Reiff has so far taught the lecture ‘Handelsrecht’ (25/26) and the Unirep lecture ‘Schuldrecht BT’ (24 & 26). Previously, he gained extensive teaching experience at the International School of Management (ISM).

Dr. Reiff studied law at the University of Münster (2013–2019). There he completed the specialized foreign language training ‘Derecho Español’ with an internship in Santiago de Chile as well as the specialization Law in Europe. He helped set up the Münster Law Clinic as a department head, worked as a student assistant at the Insurance Research Center and spent a semester abroad at the Université Panthéon-Assas in Paris.

After passing the First State Examination, Dr. Reiff began working on his doctoral thesis on ‘Steward Ownership’ under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Petra Pohlmann, which was supported by a doctoral scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. His work was published in the series ‘Studies of Private Law’ (Mohr Siebeck) in 2024 and awarded the 1st Harry Westermann Award 2024 by the Faculty of Law of Münster University as well as the 2nd German Thesis Award 2024 by the Körber Foundation. A conversation about this research can be read here (in German). Dr. Reiff is a co-applicant on the successful COST Action ‘Steward-Ownership Network’ and a member of the scientific advisory board of the joint project ‘The Future of Ownership’ (INSIGHT II).

Dr. Reiff completed his legal traineeship at the Kammergericht Berlin (Higher Regional Court of Berlin) and passed the Second State Examination in May 2025. He is a member of ‘Gesellschaft Junge Zivilrechtswissenschaft’, ‘Lawyers for Future’ and the research networks ‘Junges Nachhaltigkeitsrecht’, ‘LPE Germany’ and ‘European Research Group on Steward Ownership’.