Stefan Heilmann, LL.B.
Stefan Heilmann, LL.B., (born 1980) 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” since June 2006. Since February 2009, he has 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 and the Australian Communications and Media Authority in Sydney.
His research interests lie in the area of the regulation of communications, particularly as regards developments in convergence as well as in legal and policy issues concerning user-generated content and online games/virtual worlds.
Latest publications
Schulz, W.; Heilmann, S. (2009): Reales Recht und virtuelle Welten [Real Law and Virtual Worlds]. Berlin (pdf-file).
Heilmann, S.; Held, T.; Mittermeier, M.; Schulz, W. (2008): Chapter "Rundfunkrechtliche Würdigung” [Evaluation According to Broacasting Law]. In: Schulz, W.; Kaserer, C.; Trappel, J. (eds.), Finanzinvestoren im Medienbereich [Financial Investors in the Media Sector]. Gutachten im Auftrag der Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten [Expert Report on behalf of the Conference of the Directors of the States’ Media Authorities]. Berlin.
Heilmann, S.; Held, T.; Schulz, W. (2008): Chapters “Einleitung”, “Rundfunkrechtliche Vorgaben”, “Schlussfolgerungen und Entwicklungspotenziale” [Introduction, Requirements of Broadcasting Law, Conclusions and Development Potential]. In: Schulz, W.; Kaserer, C.; Trappel, J. (eds.), Finanzinvestoren im Medienbereich [Financial Investors in the Media Sector]. Gutachten im Auftrag der Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten [Expert Report on behalf of the Conference of the Directors of the States’ Media Authorities]. Berlin.
Schulz, W.; Heilmann, S. (2008): Editorial Responsibility - Notes on a Key Concept in the Regulation of Audiovisual Media Services. IRIS special. Strasbourg (also in German and French) (outline available online).
Latest lectures
"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.
"Regulation Policies in a Converging Media Environment – the German Example", presentation by W. Schulz and S. Heilmann at the seminar "Convergent Media and Broadcast Policy: Case Studies of Germany and
"Comment to a Study Conducted by FES Thailand and Further Recommendations" at the workshop "Media Reform in the Current Political Situation" of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Bangkok on 14 August 2008.
Contact
Stefan Heilmann, LL.B.
Hans-Bredow-Institut
Heimhuder Straße 21
D - 20148 Hamburg
Tel. +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 30
Fax +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 77