Dr. Anselm Küsters, LL.M.

Scientific Director cep Nordic Countries | Head of Division Digitalisation and AI

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Specialties

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology

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Scientific Director cep Nordic Countries | Head of Division Digitalisation and AI

cep | Centres for European Policy

Visiting Professor for Digital Humanities 

University of Stuttgart, Summer Term 2025 and Winter Term 2025/2026

Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Theory

Associated Researcher

PhD in Medieval and Modern History (Dr. Phil.)

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Master of Laws in European Law (LL.M. Eur.)

Postgraduate Studies in European Law, University of Würzburg

Master’s degree in Economic History (M.Phil.)

University of Oxford, Great Britain

Bachelor’s degree in Economics (B.Sc.)

Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

Bachelor’s degree in History and German Literature (B.A.)

Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg

cep publications

How to Prevent the “Guernica of AI”
cepInput

Artificial Intelligence

How to Prevent the “Guernica of AI”
EU Digital Fitness Check
cepAdhoc

Information Technology

EU Digital Fitness Check
Brussels Defect Instead of Brussels Effect
cepInput

Economic & Fiscal Policy

Brussels Defect Instead of Brussels Effect
European AI Sovereignty Instead of Chinese Models
cepNews

Digital Economy

European AI Sovereignty Instead of Chinese Models
Competition at Risk in Generative AI Markets
cepInput

New Technologies

Competition at Risk in Generative AI Markets
EU Space Act
cepPolicyBrief

Innovation

EU Space Act
SMEs Worldwide Must Prepare Now for Europe’s New Ambitious AI Regulation
cepInput

Information Technology

SMEs Worldwide Must Prepare Now for Europe’s New Ambitious AI Regulation
The Algorithmic Hand: How Large Language Models Disrupt Competition and Democracy
cepInput

Digital Economy

The Algorithmic Hand: How Large Language Models Disrupt Competition and Democracy
State Aid for Clean Technologies in the EU
cepStudy

Innovation

State Aid for Clean Technologies in the EU
What to Expect When AI Agents Are Unleashed?
cepInput

Digital Economy

What to Expect When AI Agents Are Unleashed?
EU Quantum Strategy: Europe Has the Potential – Now it Needs a Plan
cepInput

New Technologies

EU Quantum Strategy: Europe Has the Potential – Now it Needs a Plan
Feedback on the Third Draft of the GPAI CoP
cepAdhoc

Digital Economy

Feedback on the Third Draft of the GPAI CoP
Security and Trust: An Unsolvable Digital Dilemma?
cepAdhoc

Digital Economy

Security and Trust: An Unsolvable Digital Dilemma?
German Federal Elections: Europe Remains a Minor Matter
cepInput

EU Treaties & Institutions

German Federal Elections: Europe Remains a Minor Matter
AI Action Summit 2025: Is Europe playing its last card in Paris?
cepNews

Innovation

AI Action Summit 2025: Is Europe playing its last card in Paris?
AI analysis of the German federal elections: The parties’ visions for the future lack ideas and solutions
cepNews

EU Treaties & Institutions

AI analysis of the German federal elections: The parties’ visions for the future lack ideas and solutions
Next Steps in Addressing Systemic AI Risk
cepAdhoc

Digital Economy

Next Steps in Addressing Systemic AI Risk
Trade-Offs and Risks in EU Digital Policy
cepInput

Digital Economy

Trade-Offs and Risks in EU Digital Policy
Europe's Path to Competitiveness in the Global AI Race
cepNews

Information Technology

Europe's Path to Competitiveness in the Global AI Race
Towards Robust AI Governance in Europe
cepAdhoc

Digital Economy

Towards Robust AI Governance in Europe
More diversity instead of uniformity:Regulatory impulses for a resilient European media sector
cepInput

New Technologies

More diversity instead of uniformity:Regulatory impulses for a resilient European media sector
Mission Letters: Digital policy
cepInput

New Technologies

Mission Letters: Digital policy
In Search of “Laws of Robotics”
cepInput

Information Technology

In Search of “Laws of Robotics”
The Political Guidelines 2024-2029 of the European Commission “von der Leyen II”
cepInput

EU Treaties & Institutions

The Political Guidelines 2024-2029 of the European Commission “von der Leyen II”
AI is Disrupting Education – For Better or Worse
cepInput

New Technologies

AI is Disrupting Education – For Better or Worse
Drones are Stressing the Security Services
cepAdhoc

Digital Economy

Drones are Stressing the Security Services
A Tale of Two Metaverses: Assessing the EU’s Influence on Standard-Setting in Virtual Worlds
cepNews

New Technologies

A Tale of Two Metaverses: Assessing the EU’s Influence on Standard-Setting in Virtual Worlds
Environment Takes a Backseat in EU Digital Push
cepStudy

Digital Economy

Environment Takes a Backseat in EU Digital Push
cep and EY Study: Businesses call for more legal certainty when dealing with data
cepStudy

New Technologies

cep and EY Study: Businesses call for more legal certainty when dealing with data
Democratic Governance of AI Systems and Datasets
cepNews

Information Technology

Democratic Governance of AI Systems and Datasets
Anticipating AI Instead of Preventing It
cepInput

Information Technology

Anticipating AI Instead of Preventing It
Language Technology as a Competitive Advantage for the EU
cepInput

Information Technology

Language Technology as a Competitive Advantage for the EU
Competition in Generative Artificial Intelligence (cepInput)
cepInput

Information Technology

Competition in Generative Artificial Intelligence (cepInput)
Challenges to Transatlantic Digital Infrastructure: An EU Perspective
cepInput

Economic & Fiscal Policy

Challenges to Transatlantic Digital Infrastructure: An EU Perspective
Strategic Autonomy in EU Space Policy (cepInput)
cepInput

Economic & Fiscal Policy

Strategic Autonomy in EU Space Policy (cepInput)
Resisting or Rebooting the Rise of the Robots? (cepStudy)
cepStudy

Digital Economy

Resisting or Rebooting the Rise of the Robots? (cepStudy)
Less AI risk through more competition (cepInput)
cepInput

Information Technology

Less AI risk through more competition (cepInput)
Weaponizing Social Media in Geopolitics (cepStudy)
cepStudy

Economic & Fiscal Policy

Weaponizing Social Media in Geopolitics (cepStudy)
United We Transform, Divided We Fall! (cepInput)
cepInput

Economic & Fiscal Policy

United We Transform, Divided We Fall! (cepInput)
EU-Metaverse Strategy: WEB 4.0 & Virtual Worlds (cepPolicyBrief)
cepPolicyBrief

Information Technology

EU-Metaverse Strategy: WEB 4.0 & Virtual Worlds (cepPolicyBrief)
The Threat of Digital Populism to European Democracy (cepStudy)
cepStudy

Information Technology

The Threat of Digital Populism to European Democracy (cepStudy)
Quo vadis, Europe? (cepStudy)
cepStudy

Economic & Fiscal Policy

Quo vadis, Europe? (cepStudy)
The ZF.2050 Zukunft Analyse: How future-oriented is the Bundestag?
cepStudy

Information Technology

The ZF.2050 Zukunft Analyse: How future-oriented is the Bundestag?
The Right Recipe for the Metaverse (cepInput)
cepInput

Consumer & Health

The Right Recipe for the Metaverse (cepInput)
Advantage Ukraine: How AI is tipping the balance of war
cepAdhoc

Information Technology

Advantage Ukraine: How AI is tipping the balance of war
Catalyzing the EU’s Green Industrial Transformation (cepInput)
cepInput

Climate

Catalyzing the EU’s Green Industrial Transformation (cepInput)
The Digital Divining Rod: How AI Contributes to a More Resilient Supply of Raw Materials (cepInput)
cepInput

Information Technology

The Digital Divining Rod: How AI Contributes to a More Resilient Supply of Raw Materials (cepInput)
Chat GPT requires more digital maturity (cepAdhoc)
cepAdhoc

Information Technology

Chat GPT requires more digital maturity (cepAdhoc)
AI as Systemic Risk in a Polycrisis (cepAdhoc)
cepAdhoc

Information Technology

AI as Systemic Risk in a Polycrisis (cepAdhoc)
Europe's vulnerable backbone (cepAdhoc)
cepAdhoc

Information Technology

Europe's vulnerable backbone (cepAdhoc)