Anselm Küsters
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Anselm Küsters
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Head of Department Digitalization and New Technologies, Centre for European Policy (cep), Berlin | Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt University of Berlin | Associated Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt am Main
Genau darum geht es in meinem Buch, das im Februar bei Herder erscheint und jetzt vorbestellbar ist: „Small is beautiful 2.0 – Mit digitaler Dezentralisierung zu einer menschlicheren Wirtschaft.“ Statt nur zu fragen, was wir verhindern müssen, zeige ich, was wir bauen können. /2
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
What if the Luddites had won? Not with hammers, but with policy.

On Tuesday, I will be using counterfactual historiography at Stuttgart University to address a key issue in the governance of AI: how can computational power be redistributed effectively? www.igma.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/new...
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you ask Google’s AI “Which rum goes best with an Espresso Martini?”, you won’t get 10 blue links; you’ll get 1 convincing-sounding answer. This is key for brand visibility. Yesterday, I spoke at the 24. German Spirits Industry Forum in Bonn about how AI is reshaping competition in this sector.
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The EU Space Act, planned for 2030, aims to address our fragmented regulatory landscape. Having 13 member states with 13 different rulebooks is absurd for a sector that literally operates above borders. In practice, however, my colleague Matthias Kullas and I have identified several problems.
October 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Erstsemesterbegrüßung: Warum sollte man heute noch DH studieren, wenn „Vibe-Coding“ Code per Gespräch schreibt, KI angeblich ganze Berufe ersetzt, Deepfakes die Realität verzerren und Europa scheinbar erfolglos nach digitaler Souveränität sucht? Kurz: Weil DH genau hier zur Zukunftskompetenz wird.
October 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
October is approaching – and with it the start of the winter semester at the University of Stuttgart. Our open colloquium is primarily aimed at our Master's students, but is open to anyone interested in interdisciplinary exchange in the Digital Humanities. More info: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
September 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Der 55. Deutsche Historikertag, der erstmals in Bonn stattfand, neigt sich dem Ende zu. Bereits zum Auftakt am Dienstag durfte ich in der Sektion „Geteilte Macht? Traditionelle Hermeneutik und Digitale Methoden im Dialog“ 2 Fallstudien aus meinem Habilitationsprojekt vorstellen. @cepger.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Two fantastic days at the Walter Eucken Institute in Freiburg have come to an end! As someone from Freiburg, it was particularly nice to contribute to the ‘Economy and Power: Competition Policy of the Freiburg School for the Digital Age' in my hometown - a topic that could not be more relevant.
July 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Virtual worlds are about to get a lot more crowded, and not just with humans, as I argued at the 2. International Metaverse Congress in Alicante, Spain, this week. My presentation examined how genAI is enabling agents that can navigate complex virtual environments without explicit programming.
June 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
KI-Agenten ohne Aufsicht? Am Samstag durfte ich in der Fuldaer Zeitung einen Gastkommentar zum Thema der autonomen KI-Agenten veröffentlichen. "Wenn wir autonomen Agenten das Feld überlassen, fehlt der KI-getriebenen Wirtschaft von morgen das Grundelement, das jeden jungen Markt trägt: Vertrauen.“
May 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Europe's AI future will not be decided by the size of its data centres, but by the clarity of our strategy and the courage to innovate structurally. In the current issue of DUP UNTERNEHMER magazine, I discuss this thesis in an interview with Kathy Günther. @cepger.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
As of yesterday, and for the summer term 2025, I have the honor of holding the deputy professorship for Digital Humanities at the University of Stuttgart. In addition to heading the Digital Humanities Department at the Institute for Literary Studies, this involves maintaining the Master's program.
April 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Vorgestern ging das zweitägige DBI-Fachforum Wasserstoff-Technologien in Speyer zu Ende. Als Fachbereichsleiter für Neue Technologien am @cepger.bsky.social durfte ich einen Vortrag zum Thema „Von Maschinenstürmern zu KI-Skeptikern: Technologiewiderstand im Wandel der Zeit“ beisteuern.
March 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In phases of seemingly abrupt changes, it is worthwhile to look at the long-term developments of competition law. In this context, I am pleased to announce my new article on the historical foundations of European and German antitrust law in the renowned ‘Frankfurter Kommentar zum Kartellrecht’.
March 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Wie balanciert man sprachliche Präzision für EU-Experten mit Zugänglichkeit für nationale Debatten? Gestern Abend durfte ich im Rahmen des Young Political Communicators Club einen Einblick in die Redaktionsräume von POLITICO Europe im historischen Axel-Springer-Hochhaus erleben. @cepger.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Excited for our 'Compliance Challenges of EU AI Act' event by Max Planck Law! Mark Vero is currently presenting COMPL-AI, a groundbreaking framework translating AI Act requirements into technical benchmarks. Learn about LLM evaluations and the future of AI regulation: arxiv.org/abs/2410.07959
February 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What if the Luddites are right this time? Last week, I had the privilege of delivering the opening keynote for the Berlin Semester of the CIFE - Centre international de formation européenne, speaking to a large audience of students about how AI will reshape the future of work. @cepger.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Beim KI-Gipfel in Paris geht es um Weichenstellungen für die Zukunft Europas – und ich hatte gestern das Privileg, diese Debatte ein bisschen mitgestalten zu dürfen: Für die Sat.1-Abendnachrichten und SWR Aktuell konnte ich den Gipfel kommentieren, eine schöne Erfahrung. @cepger.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Heute Vormittag hatte ich die Gelegenheit, im Rahmen des „Deep Dive“-Formats der AG Politik des Bundesverbands Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW) e.V. über die geopolitischen Herausforderungen und Chancen von Large Language Models (LLMs) für Europa zu sprechen. @cepger.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Talk today at our MPL Law-Tech-Society iniative: Michael Veale explores AI misuse fallout. Who's responsible when things go wrong? Cloud providers? App stores? Model hosts? Tricky choices ahead on tech control & oversight. Part of upcoming book. #AIPolicy
January 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Anlässlich des 125. Geburtsjahres von Ludwig Erhard fand am 3./4.11.2022 in Königsdorf das Symposium der Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung „Kolloquium Walter Lippmann Reloaded. Liberalismus unter Druck“ statt, an dem ich seinerzeit teilnehmen durfte. Nun ist der Tagungsband erschienen.
December 18, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Over the past two weeks, I had the pleasure of teaching the EU competition law module at the MPILHLT and Goethe University as part of the new course on the legal history of the EU, which is co-organised by Teresa M. Cabrita and Stefan Vogenauer. See: www.jura.uni-frankfurt.de/68008566/Con...
December 17, 2024 at 8:07 AM
There’s something about Belgian chocolate that makes geopolitical debates much more digestible! Yesterday, I had presented my new CEP study on the “Geopolitical Dynamics of the AI Supply Chain” at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s European Dialogue event in Brussels. www.cep.eu/eu-topics/de...
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 AM
This morning, I had the privilege of attending a working breakfast with Ambassador Jan Tombiński, hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland. The discussion focused on how Poland is preparing for its upcoming EU Council Presidency during a crucial moment of change. What are my takeaways? /1
November 13, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Heute Abend hatte ich das schöne Privileg, an der regelmäßigen "Taverne"-Veranstaltung des PROMETHEUS-Instituts teilzunehmen. Unser Referent Sergej Sumlenny lieferte eine aufschlussreiche Analyse zum Thema "Russland-Ukraine-Krieg: Wie geht es weiter und wo bleibt der Handlungsspielraum?”.
November 11, 2024 at 7:29 PM