Alexander Egberts

Alexander Egberts serves as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods since 2021, actively contributing to the IMPRS on Behaviorally Smart Institutions and Research Group Engel.

His academic qualifications include:

• 2020-2021: European Master in Law and Economics (LL.M.) from institutions in Haifa, Hamburg, and Rome
• 2020: Second State Examination in Law (Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
• 2018: Master of Arts in Applied Business Sciences (M.A.)
• 2017: First State Examination in Law (Federal State of Hesse)
• 2012-2018: Integrated studies in Law and Business Sciences across Wiesbaden and São Paulo

His research synthesizes legal doctrine, economic theory, and empirical methodologies to investigate digital interface manipulations, data governance frameworks, and behavioral aspects of institutional design. This interdisciplinary approach bridges jurisprudence with experimental economics to address contemporary challenges in collective goods provision and consumer protection.

As part of Research Group Engel, he engages with the International Max Planck Research School's mission to develop behaviorally informed institutional analysis through collaborative scholarly work.