Among the new members is Prof. Dr Florian Jeßberger, holder of the Chair of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Criminal Law and Modern Legal History, and Director of the Franz von Liszt Institute for International Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of Humboldt University Berlin. Since 2025, he is one of two founding directors of the Centre for Advanced Studies Reflexive Globalisation and the Law. Prof. Jeßberger is Vice Academic Director of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership, where he is responsible for collaborations in the field of social sciences.His research focuses on criminal law, including its international and historical dimensions.

 About the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (formerly the Prussian Academy of Sciences), which has a turbulent history under various names, was re-established in 1992 by an intergovernmental agreement between the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, continuing the tradition of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. It serves to promote the sciences, provides advice on social and political matters, fosters dialogue between science and society, and supports institutional cooperation between non-university research bodies and higher education institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg. Today, with its approximately 400 members – outstanding representatives of their respective disciplines – the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a scientific association that transcends disciplinary and regional boundaries.