Michèle Finck

Michèle Finck is Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and co-director of the CSZ Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Law. She is a member of the Cluster of Excellence “Machine Learning: New Perspectives for Science” and represents Tübingen at the CIVIS Hub “Digital and Technological Transformation”.

Research Focus:

• Regulation of artificial intelligence
• EU data law and GDPR
• Data intermediaries and the Data Governance Act
• Explainability of AI systems
• Access to data for environmental purposes
• Automation of public administration

Her recent publications (2021-2024) chart a trajectory from foundational questions of data protection and AI governance to concrete regulatory challenges posed by the EU AI Act and the Data Governance Act, reflecting a commitment to interdisciplinary and policy-oriented legal scholarship.

Service & Expert Advice:

• Member, Council of Europe ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence
• Advisor to the European Commission and European Parliament on digitalisation issues

Professor Finck has previously held posts at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, and has been a Visiting Professor at LUISS University and a Visiting Fellow at University College London.