Professorship in Law and Economics
JProf. Dr. Svenja Hippel
CASTLE has its own professorship in Law and Economics, which has been held by Associate Professor Dr. Svenja Hippel since 2021.
Team
Two doctoral student and two research assistants are currently conducting research at the department.
Externally Funded Projects
JProf. Dr. Svenja Hippel leads subprojects in the following research projects:
SOZIAHR: Investigation of the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley on July 14, 2021, and development of empirically grounded recommendations for action.
(Funded by the Mercator Foundation)
AI in Civil Procedure: As a topic of the future, artificial intelligence will also find its way into civil procedure. What opportunities and risks arise from machine-based decision-making?
(Funded by the German Research Foundation)
Incognito Justice: In Germany, court rulings are published only in part and in anonymized form. This EU-wide study examines the potential (undesirable) effects of anonymization.
(Funded by Horizon Europe)