Biography
Armin Steinbach holds the Jean Monnet Chair and the HEC Foundation Chair of Law and Economics, European Law and International Law at HEC Paris. He is also visiting professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) and non-resident Fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. Previously, Armin held academic posts as Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Oxford University's Nuffield College, Senior Fellow at the Max Planck Instite for Collective Goods in Bonn, Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, visiting professor at University of St. Gallen, and Harvard University's Center for European Studies.
As government official for more than ten years, Armin headed the financial policy division in the German Ministry of Finance, the economic policy division in the Ministry of Economic and Energy Affairs, and served as ministerial secondment in the German parliament. He also worked at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva and as lawyer with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels. Armin sits on the WTO list of panelists serving the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
With his mixed background in academia and public service, Armin's research aims at interdisciplinary inquiry and bridging academic research and policy-making. Besides his academic publications, Armin has been a contributor and commentator to BBC, CNBC, Le Monde, Les Echos, Financial Times, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Handelsblatt.
Armin obtained his Habilitation from University of Bonn, for which he was awarded the Science Prize of the German Society of Legislation. He also holds a Doctor of Laws from University of Munich, Doctor of Economics from University of Erfurt, Master of Laws from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Master in Economics from Humboldt University Berlin.
Scientific articles
Common Market Law Review, August 2024, vol. 61, n° 4, pp 993-1018, (in coll. with S. GRUND)
List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, June 2024, vol. 50, pp 51-74,
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, february 2023, vol. 7, pp 405-410, (in coll. with S. GRUND)
European Journal of International Law, November 2023, vol. 34, n° 4, pp 973-1006,
Harvard Human Rights Journal, 2023, vol. 2023, n° 36, pp 401-440, (in coll. with Jerg Gutmann, Matthias Neuenkirch, Florian Neumeier)
Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Européen, October-December 2023, vol. 4, pp 681-696,
Wirtschaftsdienst, July 2022, vol. 102, n° 7, pp 427-430,
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, June 2022, vol. 108, n° 2, pp 288-312,
European Law Journal, January-May 2022, vol. 28, n° 1-3, pp 36-49,
Zeitschrift für Gesetzgebung, 2022, vol. 37, n° 1, pp 1-15,
Books
De Gruyter Brill (in coll. with E.-U. PETERSMANN )
Oxford University Press
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York (in coll. with P. FRANKE )
Mohr Siebeck (in coll. with A. VAN AAKEN )
Hart Publishing
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York (in coll. with M. WEISE )
Mohr Siebeck
Mohr Siebeck
Routledge, London
Chapters in edited books
Constitutionalism And Transnational Governance Failures, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann and Armin Steinbach, De Gruyter Brill, 75-106
Jahrbuch Des Öffentlichen Rechts, Oliver Lepsius, Angelika Nußberger, Christian Waldhoff, Christian Walter, Mohr Siebeck
Zukunftssicherndes Verfassungsrecht, Gregor Kirchhof and Daniel Wolff, Mohr Siebeck
Die Kunst Der Gesetzgebung, Andrea Kießling / Indra Spiecker genannt Döhmann, Peter Lang Group, 35-64
Substantive Accountability In Europe'S New Economic Governance, Cambridge University Press, 1 , 63-80
Wandlungen Im Öffentlichen Recht, Sebastian Bretthauer et al., Nomos, 425-442
150 Jahre Gewerbeordnung, Winfried Kluth & Stefan Korte, Cuvillier Verlag [Cuvillier Publishing], 31-50
Warum Befolgen Wir Recht? [Why Do We Obey The Law?], Patrick Hilpert & Rochen Rauber, Mohr Siebeck, 271-296
Verwaltungsrechtsprechung [Cases In Administration Law], Armin Steinbach, Mohr Siebeck, 500-505
Verwaltungsrechtsprechung [Cases In Administration Law], Armin Steinbach, Mohr Siebeck, 459-465
Proceedings
ECB Legal Conference 2015: From Monetary Union to Banking Union, on the way to Capital Markets Union , 2015 , Frankfurt am Main , 7
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2023
Scientific articles
Common Market Law Review, August 2024, vol. 61, n° 4, pp 993-1018, (in coll. with S. GRUND)
List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, June 2024, vol. 50, pp 51-74,
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, february 2023, vol. 7, pp 405-410, (in coll. with S. GRUND)
Harvard Human Rights Journal, 2023, vol. 2023, n° 36, pp 401-440, (in coll. with Jerg Gutmann, Matthias Neuenkirch, Florian Neumeier)
Books
De Gruyter Brill (in coll. with E.-U. PETERSMANN )
Oxford University Press
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York (in coll. with P. FRANKE )
Mohr Siebeck (in coll. with A. VAN AAKEN )
Chapters in edited books
ECB Legal Conference 2015: From Monetary Union to Banking Union, on the way to Capital Markets Union , 2015 , Frankfurt am Main , 7
Proceedings
ECB Legal Conference 2015: From Monetary Union to Banking Union, on the way to Capital Markets Union , 2015 , Frankfurt am Main , 7
Working papers
Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2023
Education
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2023- Department Head, Law and Tax HEC Paris
- 2022- Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Economics HEC Paris
- 2021- Professor of Law HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2014-2020 Gwilym Gibbon Fellow University of Oxford
- 2019- Affiliate Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
- 2016-2018 Jean Monnet Fellow European University Institute, Florence
- 2016- Visiting Professor University of Mannheim
- 2015- Visiting professor Université de Saint-Gall
- 2012- Visiting scholar Harvard University
Scientific Activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2022 Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU Law and Economics