On 02 October 2017, Ms. Franciska Schönherr defended her thesis "The construction of an EU Copyright Law: Towards a Balanced Institutional and Legal Framework" written under the supervision of Christophe Geiger, Director General of CEIPI.
Members of the jury:
- Valérie-Laure Benabou, Professor at the University of Aix Marseille (Rapporteur)
- Thomas Dreier, Professor at the University of Karlsruhe (Rapporteur)
- Christophe Geiger, Professor a the University of Strasbourg, Director General of CEIPI, thesis superviser
- Jonathan Griffiths, Professor at the Queen Mary University, London
- Dominique Ritleng, Professor a the University of Strasbourg, Centre d'études internationales et européennes (CEIE) – Faculty of Law