Dominik Klaus

Dominik Klaus serves as a Researcher at the Center for Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence (SOCAI) and the Young Researchers Group on the Law of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Würzburg's Law School since late 2021.

His academic background includes:

• Legal studies at the University of Augsburg and Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, passing the First State Examination in Law (2015)
• Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich with postings at the German Embassy Jakarta and the European External Action Service Delegation for Indonesia/Brunei Darussalam, passing the Second State Examination (2018)
• Two-year tenure as referent at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection during Germany's EU Council Presidency

His research critically examines AI's societal impact through the lens of democratic constitutional frameworks, analyzing normative structures of machine behavior and transnational technology governance. Current projects investigate hardware development's role in digital transformation and comparative legal approaches to AI regulation from national to global scales. His work bridges jurisprudence with emerging technological paradigms, emphasizing democratic accountability in algorithmic systems.

As core faculty at SOCAI, Klaus contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives including the SOCAI Conference and Talk series, focusing on law's evolving relationship with artificial intelligence in constitutional democracies.