Armin STEINBACH
Professor
Law & Tax
Biography
Armin Steinbach is currently on leave to serve as director-general in the German Ministry of Finance in charge of economic and fiscal policy strategy.
Armin holds the Jean Monnet Chair and the HEC Foundation Chair of Law and Economics 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.
During previous stages as government official, Armin headed the financial policy division in the German Ministry of Finance and the economic policy division in the Ministry of Economic and Energy Affairs. 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
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,
European Journal of International Law, May 2022, vol. 33, n° 2, pp 565-574,
Common Market Law Review, 2022, vol. 59, n° 2, pp 329 – 362,
Wirtschaftsdienst, July 2022, vol. 102, n° 7, pp 427-430,
International Review of Law and Economics, December 2021, vol. 68, n° 106004, (in coll. with O. HÜLSEWIG)
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 2019, vol. 60, n° 105854, (in coll. with E. Janeba)
International Review of Law and Economics, June 2019, vol. 58, pp 34-42, (in coll. with R. Sajedi)
Books
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York
Berliner vorwärts Verlagsgesellschaft (in coll. with H. HEIL )
Metropolis (in coll. with P. STEINBERG )
Duncker & Humblot
Nomos
Les Éditions du Crieur Public
Chapters in edited books
Verwaltungsrechtsprechung [Cases In Administration Law], Armin Steinbach, Mohr Siebeck, 619-622
Verwaltungsrechtsprechung [Cases In Administration Law], Armin Steinbach, Mohr Siebeck, 30-33
The Future Of The Eurozone, Alexander Schellinger & Philipp Steinberg, Transcript Verlag [Transcript Publishing], 175-188
Die Zukunft Der Eurozone [The Future Of The Eurozone], Alexander Schellinger & Philipp Steinberg, Transcript Verlag [Transcript Publishing], 189-207
Rechtsfrieden – Friedensrecht [Legal Peace - Law Of Peace], Jennifer Hölzlwimmer, Daniel Engel, Lukas Krönke, Annika Schmidl, Helena Bebert & Julia Faber, Nomos, 57-70
Erneuerbare Energien [Renewable Energies], Karl J. Thomé-Kozmiensky & Michael Beckmann, TK Verlag, 5 , 231-237
Michael Lang, Judith Herdin & Ines Hofbauer, Linde, 49-72
Proceedings
Working papers
Scientific articles
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)
Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Européen, October-December 2023, vol. 4, pp 681-696,
European Journal of International Law, November 2023, vol. 34, n° 4, pp 973-1006,
Books
Hart Publishing
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York (in coll. with M. WEISE )
Mohr Siebeck
Chapters in edited books
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
Proceedings
Working papers
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
- 2023-2024 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
- 2025- Director-General for Economic and Fiscal Policy Ministère Allemand des Finances
- 2019- Affiliate Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
- 2016-2018 Jean Monnet Fellow European University Institute, Florence
Scientific Activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2022 Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU Law and Economics