Professor Dr Bernhard Kempen is one of the Directors of the International Investment Law Centre Cologne (IILCC) and of the Institute for German and European Science Law at the University of Cologne, where he also holds the Chair of the Institute of Public International and Foreign Public Law.

He lectures on both international and national law, including the law of the WTO, International Investment Law, European law, and German constitutional and administrative law.

Professor Kempen has published numerous books and articles on various aspects of public law and has contributed to commentaries on European and German Constitutional law.

He is also the President of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)) and a member of numerous associations related to both domestic as well as international public law.