Symposium in Memory of Rudolf Welser

05.05.2025

We were all deeply saddened by the passing of em. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Rudolf Welser. With him, the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna has lost an outstanding scholar and educator who shaped the field of private law like few others over the past 50 years.

By order of the Dean, his research center has been renamed to Rudolf Welser Research Center for European Private Law Development, with Christiane Wendehorst appointed as its director and Brigitta Zöchling-Jud as deputy director. Both consider it a great honor to continue this work in his spirit.

In memory of this eminent legal scholar, both professors will host a full-day symposium on behalf of the research center on the anniversary of his passing, May 5, 2025, in the rooftop hall of the Juridicum.

You can find a full program here. We look forward to many registrations via the following address: sekretariat.zoechling-jud@univie.ac.at