Thomas Gutmann is

Director of the Institute for Research in the Philosophy of Law at the University of Münster (with Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. Michael Quante)
Head of the international degree programmme Master Deutsches Recht (LL.M. German Law)
Head of the degree programmme "Medizinrecht" (LL.M. Medical Law)
Fellow of the DFG centre for advanced study Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald
Co-editor of "Enzyklopädie zur Rechtsphilosophie" (Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Law)
Co-editor of "Enzyklopädie Recht und Literatur / Encyclopedia of Law and Literature"
Co-editor of the journal "Rechtswissenschaft" (Nomos)
Co-editor of the series "Fundamenta Juridica" (Nomos)
Co-editor of the series "Rechtstheorie | Legal Theory (RTh)" (Mohr Siebeck)
Co-editor of the series "Perspektiven der Ethik" (Mohr Siebeck)

and was

2008-2026 Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics at the University of Münster (several research projects)
2010-2019 Director of DFG research group Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics
2019-2024 Board Member and Head of Project in the Collaborate Research Centre Law and Literature
2019-2026 Co-Director of the graduate school "An international structured program on ‚Democracy, Human Rights, and Religion’ – A cooperation between Ilia State University (Tblisi) and the University of Münster"
2019-2024 Member of the Research Network Cultures of Compromise at the Universities of Duisburg-Essen, Münster and Bochum