Gabriele Margarete Buchholtz

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Margarete Buchholtz holds the Junior Professorship for Social Security Law with a Focus on Digitalization and Migration at the University of Hamburg Faculty of Law. She has been a faculty member since November 2020 and leads research intersecting public law, social law, and digital governance.

• Education:
  • Studium der Rechtswissenschaften, Bucerius Law School (2006–2011)
  • First State Exam, Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht (2011)
  • Dr. iur., summa cum laude (2014)
  • Second State Exam (2016)
• Research Focus:
  • Her work addresses migration law, data protection, AI governance, and social rights in digital contexts.
  • She co-edited Integratives Recht (2021) and Digital Health und Recht (2024), focusing on interdisciplinary legal frameworks.
• Article Trends:
  • Recent publications examine AI ethics, federated learning in healthcare, data trust models, and European social rights.
  • Collaborative works with computational researchers highlight privacy-preserving technologies and regulatory harmonization.
• Scientific Awards:
  • Hugo Sinzheimer Dissertationspreis (2015)
  • Kliemt & Vollstädt-Dissertationspreis (2014)
  • Claussen-Simon-Stiftung Auszeichnung (2018)
  • Daimler und Benz Stiftung Fellowship (2019)
  • Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Promotionsförderung (2012–2013)
• Grants & Projects:
  • Co-leader of TreuMed, a research project on data trust models in medical AI (funded by BMAS/FIS)
  • Contributions to EU labor standards and OECD guidelines
• Labs & Teams:
  • Collaborates with Computational Systems Biology Lab (Prof. Jan Baumbach)
  • Part of interdisciplinary workshops on data certification and privacy labels