Administration and staff

Doctoral thesis topic: "Fundamentals and limits of provocation of self-defence in criminal law"

Doctoral thesis topic: "Deepfakes – A regulatory proposal for generative artificial intelligence"

Masha Khoshantash has been studying for her Master's degree in LL.M. Digitalisation & Law since October 2023. Since January 2024, she has been working as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf and is also responsible for supporting foreign members at Juristen Alumni e.V. She also oversees the ‘Digifriends Alumni’ project.

Baran Kizilirmak studied law at Ankara University (Turkey) and completed his first master's degree at Istanbul University with a thesis on ‘The Use of Preventively Collected Data in Criminal Proceedings.’ He then completed a second master's degree in European and European Legal Studies at the University of Hamburg, which he attended as a Jean Monnet scholar. After successfully completing the master's programme with his thesis ‘Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Data Under GDPR Regime and Turkish Legal Framework’, he was awarded the academic degree LL.M. After completing his education, he worked for many years as a research assistant at Kadir Has University (Turkey) in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. 

With funding from the DAAD, he completed his doctorate on the topic of “Criminal Liability in Offences Involving Autonomous Systems Driven by Artificial Intelligence” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf and was awarded “summa cum laude”. His legal focus and research interests lie in the areas of information technology, data protection law, artificial intelligence and criminal law.

Doctoral thesis topic: "Mentally ill prisoners in penal and correctional institutions"

Doctoral thesis topic: "Ex post triage and criminal law"