Frank Altemöller´s work is focussed on issues of trade and the future of the liberal order in interdisciplinary perspective. He is particularly interested in how the new geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges and conflicts effect the international relations, the economy and society. He is also in dialogue with public institutions and the private sector, discussing the need and opportunities for a re-positioning and transformation.

Currently, Frank Altemöller is doing research as adjunct professor at the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law at the University of Münster/Germany. He has previously been a full-time professor and the director of the “European Public Management” programme at the Harz University/Germany from 2010 to 2021.

Frank Altemöller studied law in Münster, Berlin and Geneva. At the University of St. Gallen – School of Management, Economics, Law, Social Sciences and International Affairs (HSG) in Switzerland, he completed a doctoral degree in law (Ph.D.HSG), taking an interdisciplinary approach to his studies, with a thesis on world trade and environmental protection. He has experience in public management through his work as a civil servant in the federal revenue service.

Frank Altemöller works with numerous organisations, such as the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. He has developed different educational programmes for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Frank Altemöller has also taught at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, at the Institute for East European Studies at the “Freie Universität Berlin” and at the “EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht” in Wiesbaden/Germany.

He holds visiting professorships and gives guest lectures at home and abroad, for example at the University of Bologna, Shanghai Customs College, the University of Costa Rica and the University of Dar Es Salaam and different Universities in South-East-Asia. His academic works have been translated into several languages, including English, Mandarin, Russian and Polish.

Frank Altemöller is the author of the publications, e.g.:

2024 – International Trade Relations in the Shadow of Hegemony: Challenges and Prospects for the Liberal Order, Global Trade and Customs Journal (Wolters Kluwer), Vol. 19, Issue 9, pp. 582-590

2024 – Internationale Handelsbeziehungen im Schatten der Hegemonie: Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für die liberale Ordnung, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (European Journal of Business Law – Revue Éuropéenne de Droit Economique), Vol. 35, Issue 6/2024, pp. 245-252

2023 – 世贸组织上诉机构不具合法性?: 争端解决体系之危机及世贸组织成员国的对策, Shanghai Customs Law Review/Issue March/April

2022 – The China-US Trade Conflict and its impact on the World Trade System and the Future of Multilateralism, Global Trade and Customs Journal (Wolters Kluwer), Vol. 17, Issue 7/8, pp. 280-288

2022 –  Eine Perspektive für die WTO-Streitschlichtung in der Krise des Multilateralismus? Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (European Journal of Business Law – Revue Éuropéenne de Droit Economique), Vol. 33, Issue 5/2022, pp. 207-214

2021 – WTO Appellate Body without Legitimacy? The Criticism of the Dispute Settlement System and the Response of the WTO Member States, Global Trade and Customs Journal (Wolters Kluwer), Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 139-148

2021 – БЛОКИРОВАНИЕ ФУНКЦИОНИРОВАНИЯ АПЕЛЛЯЦИОННОГО ОРГАНА ВТО, АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО ПРАВА, Материалы международного круглого стола (Воронеж, 1–2 июля 2021 г.), Воронеж Издательский дом ВГУ 2021

2020 – Das Welthandelssystem ohne Streitschlichtung? Argumente und Perspektiven in der Krise des Multilateralismus, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht NVwZ, Vol. 39, 15th July 2020, pp. 988-994

2020 – Chiny i wschodzące potęgi w międzynarodowych stosunkach handlowych: przyszłość wielostronnego systemu handlu, rola umów o wolnym handlu i nowy unilateralizm, Monitor Prawa Celnego Podatkowego, Taxation and Customs Law Monitor, Issue 5, May 2020, pp. 163-170