Prof. Dr. Hartmut Aden has been a professor at the HWR Berlin since 2009, Professor of Public Law, European Law, Political and Administrative Science since 2016 and Deputy Director of FÖPS Berlin since 2025, as he was between 2016 and 2020. From 2020 to 2024 he was also Vice President for Research at the HWR. He teaches and conducts research on legal and administrative science topics as well as comparative policy research. His research projects focus primarily on the interfaces between law, politics and administration, including a European and international perspective.