Anna Pingen

Anna Pingen is a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, specializing in Public Law and Comparative Criminal Law. She holds a doctorate from the University of Freiburg (2021) for her work on motivational offenses in German-French law, which earned her the Otto Hahn Medal (2023). Her research focuses on preventive legal frameworks, cybersecurity, AI regulation, and EU criminal law harmonization.

She co-edits the journal eucrim, analyzing EU criminal law developments in areas like AI governance, corruption, and digital market regulations (DSA/DMA). Her editorial work emphasizes transparency in legal processes and EU justice policy.

• PhD: 'Motivational Offenses – A German-French Comparison of Criminal Law' (2021)
• Research Assistant under Prof. Ulrich Sieber at MPI
• EDPB/EDPS advisor on AI Act ethics

Awards: Otto Hahn Medal (2023), Recognized for pioneering comparative legal research on criminal motivation jurisprudence.

Current projects include EU cybersecurity policy analysis, AI accountability frameworks, and transnational crime prevention strategies.