Thomas Holzhausen

Thomas Holzhausen is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn, Germany, since 2022. He is affiliated with the IMPRS on Behaviorally Smart Institutions and works within Research Group Engel.

His educational background includes:

• 2022: First State Exam in Law, Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia
• 2018: Bachelor of Laws in Law & Economics (LL.B.)
• 2015-2018: Studies of Law & Economics at the University of Bonn
• 2018-2022: Studies of Law at the University of Bonn

His research integrates behavioral science with legal frameworks, specializing in empirical analysis of collective decision-making, institutional design, and experimental law and economics. This work examines how cognitive biases and social dynamics influence legal compliance and policy effectiveness in shared-resource contexts.

Dr. Holzhausen contributes to Research Group Engel's investigation of behaviorally-informed institutional solutions for collective goods challenges, with implications for regulatory design and public policy.