Biography
Armin Steinbach is Jean Monnet Professor of Law and Economics, European Law and International Law at HEC Paris. He is also Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn 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, 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 fiscal 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 attorney-at-law with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels. In 2017, Armin was appointed to 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
Harvard Human Rights Journal, 2023, vol. 2023, n° 36, pp 1-40, (in coll. with Jerg Gutmann, Matthias Neuenkirch, Florian Neumeier)
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, June 2022, vol. 108, n° 2, pp 288-312,
Common Market Law Review, 2022, vol. 59, n° 2, pp 329 – 362,
Wirtschaftsdienst, July 2022, vol. 102, n° 7, pp 427-430,
European Journal of International Law, May 2022, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 565-574,
European Law Journal, January-May 2022, vol. 28, n° 1-3, pp 36-49,
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 2021, vol. 22, n° 1, pp 1-40, (in coll. with E.-U. Petersmann)
International Review of Law and Economics, December 2021, vol. 68, n° 106004, (in coll. with O. HÜLSEWIG)
JuristenZeitung, 2019, vol. 74, n° 23, pp 1139-1149,
Journal of European Public Policy, 2019, vol. 26, n° 9, pp 1354-1372,
Books
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
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York
Berliner vorwärts Verlagsgesellschaft (in coll. with H. HEIL)
Scientific articles
Harvard Human Rights Journal, 2023, vol. 2023, n° 36, pp 1-40, (in coll. with Jerg Gutmann, Matthias Neuenkirch, Florian Neumeier)
European Journal of International Law, May 2022, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 565-574,
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, June 2022, vol. 108, n° 2, pp 288-312,
Wirtschaftsdienst, July 2022, vol. 102, n° 7, pp 427-430,
Books
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
Education
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Habilitation, University of Bonn - Germany
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Doctorate in Economics, University of Erfurt - Germany
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Legal State Board Examination, admission to the bar - Germany
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Doctorate in Law, University of Munich - Germany
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M.Sc. in Economics, Humboldt University - Germany
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LL. M., Free University Brussels - Belgium
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2023- Department Head, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
- 2022- Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Economics HEC Paris
- 2021- Professor, Business Law and Taxation 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