Joachim Englisch studied law in Saarbrücken, Salamanca and Cologne; up to the level of a "pre-diploma" (equating a bachelor's degree), he also pursued studies in business administration. After his second state exam (bar exam), he worked as a research assistant at the University of Cologne's Institute for Tax Law. His PhD thesis concerning the taxation of dividends was supervised by Professor Joachim Lang and completed in 2004. Following his habilitation in 2007, he obtained the ius docendi in public law, tax law and European law. 

As of 1 January 2008, Joachim Englisch was called to the Chair for Tax Law at the University of Augsburg. In summer term 2010, he moved to the University of Muenster and was appointed to a chair for public law and tax law. Succeeding Dieter Birk, he was appointed Director of the Institute for Tax Law in 2011. In 2018-2019, he was chairholder of the Alfred Grosser-Chair at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). In addition, he was visiting professor at ten foreign universities. Since 2009, he has been a permanent academic advisor to the OECD and since 2012 to the European Commission. Since 2021, he has been a Research Fellow at the EU Tax Observatory. 

His current research focuses on European and International Law of direct and indirect taxation, constitutional issues of taxation and the digitalization of tax law. He is currently an active member of the following professional associations:

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