Martin EBERS
Professor of IT Law; President
Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS), Germany
Professional Appointments
Martin Ebers is President of the Robotics & AI Law Society (RAILS), Germany, and Professor of IT Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Moreover, he is a permanent fellow at the law faculty of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He taught and presented at more than 100 international conferences, is a member of several national and international research networks and published 24 books and over 120 articles in the field of Law & Technology, esp. Artificial Intelligence, as well as in Commercial, Private, European, Comparative and International Law.
Research Areas
In 2022, Dr. Ebers was awarded a five-year grant from the Wallenberg Foundation (WASP-HS) to conduct research with his team in Sweden, Örebro University, on “Private Rule-making and European Governance of AI and Robotics”. His latest books are among others “Algorithms and Law” (Cambridge University Press, 2020), “Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” (Hart Publishing, 2022), the “Stichwortkommentar Legal Tech” (Nomos Publishing, 2023), “Privacy, Data Protection and Data-driven Technologies” (Routledge, 2024) and “Rechtshandbuch ChatGPT” (Nomos Publishing, 2024). Since 2024, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the new open access journal “Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance” at Cambridge University Press.
Other Information
In addition to research and teaching, Dr. Ebers has been active in the field of legal consulting for many years. He is actively involved in the rapidly growing legal technology industry, as an advisor of tech companies and an organizer of the “Tech & Law Camps” offered by RAILS. According to Beck-Aktuell 31.12.2023, Dr. Ebers is among the “top 5 legal influencers” in Germany.
