Prof. Röthel became Director at the Institute on 1 January 2024 and continues to be a Professor at the Bucerius Law School. Her main fields of research include the law of the person, family and succession law and law and society I a comparative perspective. NorFam is looking forward to working together with Prof. Röthel and the Max Planck Institute, one of the world’s leading institutions for comparative and private international law.