Pascal Langenbach

Pascal Langenbach is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods since 2018. His work focuses on public law, empirical legal studies, and experimental law and economics, with a particular emphasis on the impact of algorithmic decision-making in legal contexts. He is also a member of the German National Young Academy (Die Junge Akademie) until 2025.

Research Interests:

• Public Law
• Empirical Legal Studies
• Experimental Law and Economics
• Digitalization and Fairness in Public Decision-Making
• Algorithmic Governance
• Law and Economics

Honors and Awards:

• Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society (2016)

Education:

• Dr. rer. pol. (Doctor in Economics), University of Jena (2017)
• Dr. iur. (Doctor in Law), University of Bonn (2016)
• First State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Cologne (2011)
• Studies in Law and History at the Universities of Bonn, Berlin (Humboldt), Paris (Sciences Po), and Cologne