Herbert Zech habilitated in Bayreuth. From 2012, he worked at the University of Basel, initially as Extraordinarius for Private Law with a focus on Life Sciences Law, and since 2015 as Full Professor for Life Sciences Law and Intellectual Property Law. In April 2019, he moved to the Humboldt University of Berlin to the Chair of Civil Law, Technology and IT Law. The professorship is linked to the position of director at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. Herbert Zech will be affiliated with the Institute for Computer Science of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the form of a secondary membership.
Herbert Zech also studied biology after his bar exam. Following on from this, he is particularly interested in the connection between the natural sciences and law. His main areas of expertise are technology law and intellectual property law. He is currently working on legal problems of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, among others.
Director Weizenbaum-Institut e.V.
Principal Investigator (PI):
Since 15 September 2022: Research Group “Norm Setting and Decision Processes“
Until 14 September 2022: Research Group “Shifts in Norm Setting“
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