Two Consolidator Grants for 2018, awarded by the European Research Council (ERC), go to researchers at the University of Münster: Prof. Niels Petersen, a lawyer at the Faculty of Law, and Prof. Ryan Gilmour, a chemist at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, each receive one of the coveted grants, which are together worth 3.6 million euros. "These grants from the European Research Council represent special recognition for our researchers and are an indicator of the excellent research being done at our University," says Rector Prof. Johannes Wessels. "What is particularly gratifying in this case is the fact that we have been successful not only in Natural Sciences but also in Law. This is impressive evidence of the breadth of the top-level research being undertaken here. These grants will enable the two researchers to continue with the work they have been doing so far and further strengthen their academic reputations." Niels Petersen holds the chair of Public Law, International Law and EU Law and Empirical Legal Research. In the coming five years he will be receiving around 1.6 million euros for a research project dealing with the question of how inequality can be corrected through the law. Rights relating to equality and bans on discrimination can be found in almost all constitutions and human rights treaties. At first glance, equality appears to be a fundamental postulate of justice. However, a closer inspection throws up numerous questions. Equality with reference to what, for example?
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