Stefan Heilmann, LL.B.
Stefan Heilmann, LL.B., studied Law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at Victoria University of Wellington/New Zealand, with emphases on information and communication law. He was a student assistant at the Hans Bredow Institute for two years and has been a research assistant in the Institute's department of “Media and Telecommunications Law” from June 2006 until the end of 2011. Since 2012 he works as a layer at ###.
Until July 2011, he had been a legal trainee (Referendar) at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg with placements at different institutions dealing with communications law and regulation such as the Independent Centre for Data Protection in Schleswig-Holstein, the Australian Communications and Media Authority in Sydney and a mobile communication service provider in Kuala Lumpur.
His research interests lie in the area of the regulation of communications, particularly as regards developments in convergence and data protection as well as in legal and policy issues concerning user-generated content and online games/virtual worlds.
Latest lectures
"Social Media Platforms - A Test Case for Finding Adequate Legal Frameworks for New Intermediaries", lecture by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann at the workshop "Intellectual Property Rights in the New Media" at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development of The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 20 October 2011 in Hong Kong.
"The Enquete Commission's Report on Copyright Policy", presentation by S. Heilmann at the final workshop for the Co-Reach project "Intellectual Property Rights in the New Media Environment" at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on 18 October 2011 in Beijing.
“Incentive-Based Media Content Regulation”, lecture by S. Heilmann on 17 October 2011 at the Communication University of China in Beijing.
"Co-Regulation as a Tool of Information Governance - Findings and Developments", lecture by S. Heilmann at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on 21 April 2011.
"Future Roles for Public Service Broadcasters - the German Experience", lecture by S. Heilmann at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Sydney on 23 March 2010.
"Journalistic-Editorial - an Adventure Playground for Statutory Interpretation", presentation by S. Heilmann at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) in Brisbane on 18 February 2010.
"Social Media Governance", lecture by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) on 17 February 2010 in Brisbane.
"The Role of the Media in the German Election Process", lecture by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann at the seminar "The Role of Media in Election Campaigns", organised by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) in Bangkok on 23 November 2009.
"Regulation and Licensing: Insights from Overseas Experience for Thai Community Radio", presentation by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann at the seminar "Creating an enabling regulatory framework for community radio" at the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in Bangkok on 20 November 2009.
"Copyright in a Digital Environment – Governance Perspective", presentation by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann at the Workshop "Intellectual Property Rights in the New Media Environment" at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing on 13 November 2009.
"Media Privileges in Data Protection Law and User-Generated Content", presentation by S. Heilmann at the 3rd PrivacyOS conference in Vienna on 29 October 2009.
Latest Courses
"Self-Regulation as a Regulatory Alternative", lecture by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann in the context of the Summer School on European Information Law 2011 in Reichenau/Rax on 1 August 2011.
"Data Protection and Consumer Protection Online", lecture by S. Heilmann and M. Lose at the Summer School on European Information Law 2011 in Reichenau/Rax on 2 August 2011.
"Information Access and Copyrights: Search Engines as an Example for New Challenges for Copyright Law", lecture by S. Heilmann at the University of Nanjing and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in the context of the Co-Reach IPRNME Summer School 2010.
