The Institute for Environmental Law researches the foundations of environmental constitutional law and environmental administrative law, including its determinants under European and international law, with particular consideration of implications for economic law.

The main areas of research at the Institute for Environmental Law can be assigned to the following fields:

• Environmental Administrative Law
• Infrastructure Law
• Energy Law
• Regulatory Law
• General and Sectoral Planning Law
• Environmental Constitutional Law
• European Environmental Law
• International Environmental Law