Lion Carsten Schulz

Lion Carsten Schulz is a Visiting Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in the Department of Computational Neuroscience and currently serves as the Head of Machine Learning at the Bertelsmann AI Hub. His academic work bridges computational neuroscience, machine learning, and behavioral economics.

• Education:
  • PhD in Neuroscience (2019–2024), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
  • MSc in Cognitive and Decision Sciences (2018–2019), University College London
  • BSc in Psychology (2015–2018), Technische Universität Dresden

Schulz’s research explores metacognition, information search, and theory of mind, focusing on how agents use confidence to guide decision-making and information acquisition. He investigates applications in mental disorders, political discourse, and AI systems.

Recent publications include work on large language models in repeated games, Bayesian models of misinformation learning, and political reinforcement learning, emphasizing computational frameworks for deception detection, skepticism, and cognitive hierarchies.

Scientific Awards

• Fulbright Scholar (2022)

Schulz has collaborated with researchers like Peter Dayan, Steve Fleming, and Rahul Bhui, and has held roles at MIT, Wellcome Center for Human Neuroimaging, and Limbic, a mental health tech company.