Institut für Zivilrecht der Universität Innsbruck
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Bernhard A. Koch, LL.M.

Curriculum vitae

Personal Data

	Born 1966 in Feldkirch (Austria)
	Citizenship: Austria

1984-1989	Diploma (undergraduate) studies of law (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
1989	"Magister iuris (Mag. iur.)" degree (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
1989-1990	Doctoral studies of law (University of Tübingen, Germany)
1992	"Doctor juris (Dr. jur.)" degree (summa cum laude, University of Tübingen, Germany)
1992-1993	Post-graduate studies of law (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
1993	Master of Laws (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
1998	Habilitation (venia docendi) for Civil and Comparative Law (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

1985-1989	Teaching assistant (Institute for Roman Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
1990-1992	Research assistant (Institute for Roman Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
1990-1991	Clerkship (District Court and Provincial Court, Innsbruck, Austria)
1993-1999	University assistant (Institute for Roman Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
1999-2003	Associate professor with tenure (Institute for Roman Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
2001-2002	European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (Vienna, Austria)
2002-2003	Research Unit for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna, Austria)
2004-2010	Deputy director of the Institute for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna, Austria)
Since 2003	Private law chair (Institute for Private Law, University of Innsbruck, Austria)

Lectures, practice courses and seminars on Austrian, German and comparative private law, conflicts of laws, and comparative law at the University of Innsbruck and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

Austrian, German, and European private law, comparative law, conflicts of laws, with a particular focus on torts, family and real estate law.

2010-2013	Visiting External Examiner, University of Malta Faculty of Laws
2018-2020	Member of the Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies (New Technologies Formation) of the EU Commission
2020-2023	Vice-President of the Institute for European Traffic Law
since 2008	Consejo Asesor Internacional of the Revista de Derecho Privado
since 2010	Deputy General Editor of the Journal of European Tort Law
since 2012	Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL)
since 2013	Academic Director of the Medical Law Masters Degree Programme at the University of Innsbruck
since 2018	Member of the Programme Board of Wiadomości Ubezpieczeniowe
since 2021	Dean of Studies of the Law Faculty
since 2022	Visiting professor at the Faculté de Droit of the Université Lyon III Jean Moulin (Frankreich)