Erik studied law in Heidelberg, Buenos Aires, and Glasgow. He is a research fellow and PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, where he heads the humanet3 group, an interdisciplinary research group established by three Max Planck Institutes on the human-centered digital transformation. His main research fields are platform regulation and the protection of freedom of expression as well as the right to privacy in the digital realm. Within this framework, he’s also interested in the use of AI technologies in public discourse and for mass surveillance.