Wolfgang Schön#
Present and Previous Positions
- 1988 – 1992 Graduate Assistant at the Institute for Tax Law of the University of Bonn
- 1992 – 1996 Full Professor at the University of Bielefeld, Co-Director of the Institute for German, European, and International Commercial Law
- 1996-2002 Full Professor at the University of Bonn, Director of the Institute for Tax Law, Co-Director of the Center for European Commercial Law
- 2002 Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director at the Institute
- 2008 Vice president of the Max Planck Society
Fields of Scholarship
- Private Law
- Trade and Corporate law
- Law of Accounts
- Fiscal Law
Honours and Awards
- Doctor honoris causa, Université Catholique de Louvain
- Academia Europaea
- Working group on commerce and law of the “Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft” (association of sponsors to promote the sciences)
- Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Full Member)
- Berliner Steuergespräche e.V. (Member of the Scientific Council)
- Deutsche Steuerjuristische Gesellschaft (Chair of the Scientific Council 2003 - 2010)
- Deutscher Juristentag e. V. – Association of German Jurists (Member of the Permanent Committee 1998 - 2010)
- European Association of Tax Law Professors International Fiscal Association (Member of the Permanent Scientific Committee)
- Fachinstitut der Steuerberater e. V.
- Hertie School of Governance (Member of the Board of Trustees)
- Institut francais de politique fiscale (Mitglied Comité Scientifique)
- International Fiscal Association (Vize Chairman des Permanent Scientific Comittee)
- New York University School of Law (Mitglied Global Faculty)
- Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation (International Research Fellow)
- Senate of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Member)
- Umsatzsteuer-Forum e. V.
- Vereinigung für Gesellschaftsrecht e. V.
- Scientific Council at the German Federal Ministry of Finance (2003 - 2006)
- Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung