Dr. Martin Paus studied law, political science and modern history at the University of Bonn. He spent the 2006/7 academic year at Charles University in Prague as part of the Erasmus programme. After passing his first and second state examinations in Germany, finishing his PhD, and spending a period as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia & Duke Law Schools in the USA, he moved back to Prague in the summer of 2016. He cites his positive experiences during his Erasmus year, both in and outside the classroom, as the main reasons why he decided to apply for the DAAD lecturer position at the Charles University Faculty of Law.