Rate My Professor Ingeborg Zerbes

Ingeborg Zerbes is Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, where she holds the position of deputy institute director and deputy head of the Research Center for Legal Psychology. Appointed in October 2019, she previously served as Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Bremen from 2011 to 2019. Zerbes earned her Mag. iur. and Dr. iur. degrees in Law from the University of Vienna and obtained her habilitation with venia legendi for Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law in September 2008. Her research encompasses all aspects of criminal law and criminal procedure, with special focus on comparative law, economic criminal law, international and European criminal law, basic principles of criminal and criminal procedural law, coercive measures, and secret investigative interventions.

Zerbes has undertaken significant public and academic roles, including membership in the Independent Control Commission of the Federal Ministry of the Interior's Office for the Protection of the Constitution since November 2023, Deputy Commissioner for Legal Protection of the Judiciary from 2021 to 2023, and Chairwoman of the commission of enquiry into the terrorist attack in Vienna on 2 November 2020. She has been a member of the Ständigen Deputation des Deutschen Juristentages since 2018. As co-editor of the European Criminal Law Review and Kritische Justiz until 2024, she has shaped scholarly discourse. Her prolific output exceeds 150 publications, including the textbook 'Strafrecht Allgemeiner Teil I: Grundlagen und Lehre von der Straftat' (2024, with Helmut Fuchs), article 'Law of Evidence in Cross-Border EPPO Proceedings' (EuCLR, 2023), 'Poland: "From zero to hero"' (2022), 'Collecting and using evidence: a patchwork of legal orders' (2015), and contributions to commentaries like §§ 117 Z 2 und 3 StPO (2023, with Alexander Tipold). Zerbes has given over 80 talks and chaired panels on topics such as cross-border evidence gathering, environmental crimes, and mobile phone seizures in criminal proceedings, underscoring her impact on legal practice and policy.