Johannes Kruse

Johannes Kruse

Postdoctoral Researcher

Contact

Email: jkruse@mpi-sws.org
Tel: +49 681 9303 0
Fax: +49 681 9303 9199

Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS)
Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 26
67663 Kaiserslautern
Germany

Research Focus

AI and Law

  • Large Language Models
  • Legal Knowledge Graphs
  • Judicial Decision-Making
  • Legal Information Systems

Computational Legal Studies

Procedural Law

Data Protection Law

Empirical Legal Studies

Behavioural Law and Economics

Academic Career

  • Since 2026: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS)
  • 2023–2025: Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
  • 2023: Dr. iur. (Doctor in Law), University of Münster (Germany)
  • 2022: Second State Exam in Law (German Bar Exam), North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2020–2022: Legal Clerkship
  • 2016: First State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Hamm
  • 2010–2016: Studies of Law and Economics in Münster, Turin and Hagen

Publications

Publications (MPI for Research on Collective Goods)