Prof. Dr. Dr. Qianfan Zhang

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsConstitutional Law,Practical Philosophy
KeywordsComparative constitutional law, Chinese constitutional law, Political philosophy

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityBeijing
InstitutionPeking University (PKU)
InstituteLaw School

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2025

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Zhang is one of the most accomplished and influential scholars of constitutional law in China and certainly its most repudiated expert abroad. Different from the predominant legalistic approach to constitutional law, his research stands out by tracing the law back to its philosophical background and embedding it into its cultural context. This gives his research a remarkable depth and opens it up to interdisciplinary cooperation. During his stay in Germany, Professor Zhang will work on the project “From Constitution to Constitutionalism”.