Daniel Pothmann
Daniel Pothmann is a researcher in the research project Human in the Loop? within the New Technologies and Future of Law research focus and project assistant for knowledge transfer. Before that, he has also assisted in the research project Public Interest AI.
During his bachelor studies in business law (LL.B.) at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Daniel specialized in the digital economy in Europe and wrote his bachelor thesis on the topic of ‘Artificial Intelligence as an advertising tool in the attention economy in light of EU law’. He took the approach of using interdisciplinary perspectives from law, economics and psychology to examine current legislation for their protective effectiveness towards end consumers. Further, Daniel attained a Master in Psychology (M.Sc.) at the University of Liverpool. In his thesis, he looked into paradoxical personality patterns and the role of empathy in maldaptive behaviour.
Previously, Daniel was a Student Assistant for Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Music, where he worked on various types of contracts in the area of copyright law.
AI · Politics & lawHuman in the Loop?
The project investigates how active human involvement can make a difference in automated decision-making processes.
Science engagement · Society & cultureWomen* in Tech
The project develops intersectional questions on equality. With our focus on building networks for and by women*, we aim to support cultural change in...
AI · Society & culturePublic Interest AI
The “Public Interest AI” research group is developing an operationalisable analysis procedure that will allow Public Interest to be defined in an AI-specific way...
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Züger, T., Mahlow, P., Pothmann, D., Mosene, K., Burmeister, F., Kettemann, M. C., & Schulz, W. (2025). Crediting Humans: A Systematic Assessment of Influencing Factors for Human-in-the-Loop Figurations in Consumer Credit Lending Decisions. 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT’25), 1262-1273. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3715275.3732086 Publication details
Other publications
Züger, T., Mahlow, P., Pothmann, D., & Mosene, K. (2025). Human in the Loop im Feld Kreditvergabe. Praxisbericht für den Sektor Finanzdienstleistung. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details
Kettemann, M. C., Mosene, K., Stenzel, M., Mahlow, P., Pothmann, D. & Spitz, S. (2025). Strengthening Trust. Code of Conduct on Human-Machine Decision-Making in Content Moderation. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details
Efferenn, F. & Pothmann, D. C. (2023). Zukünfte der Digitalisierung als Unterrichtsthema. Lern-Werkzeugkasten mit Denksportaufgaben hilft, Probleme kreativ zu lösen. bildungSPEZIAL, 2023 (1), 24-25. Publication details
Züger, T., & Pothmann, D. (2023). The AI Transparency Cycle. Digital society blog. Publication details
Pothmann, D. (2023). The Consent Fallacy. Digital society blog. Publication details
Efferenn, F., Spitz, S., & Pothmann, D. (2023). Der KI-Kompass: Ein Kartenspiel zum Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Schule. bildung+ science, 14-15. Publication details
Efferenn, F., Spitz, S., & Pothmann, D. (2023). KI-Kompass: Dem Hype auf der Spur. RU Heute, 54-55. Publication details
Lectures and presentations (5)
Human in the Loop. Wie können Mensch und Maschine gemeinsam gut entscheiden?
Dialogue on the Code of Conduct for Content Moderation
From Practice to Principle: Developing a Code of Conduct for (Semi-)Automated Content Moderation
Digital Transformation for Regional Integration: Dialogue on Innovation, Data Policy and Governance
Human-in-the-Loop: Systematically Assessing Influencing Factors for Meaningful Human-Machine Decision-Making
Moderation of workshops and panels (1)
Escape Game „Mensch oder Maschine?”
Organisation of events (53)
Long Night of the Sciences
Autopilot an, Kopf aus? Was wir aus der Luftfahrt lernen können
Spotlight: Lost in our chat history?
Digitaler Salon: How deep is your fake?
Humans & machines in (dis)harmony? – A walk through content moderation
Automated content moderation – Power, law, and the role of human decisions
Digitaler Salon: Watt für’n Prompt
Digitaler Salon: Im Tal der Ahnungslosen
Digitaler Salon: Paywall oder Payback
Digitaler Salon: There’s no app for that!
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025
Digitaler Salon: Wissen für alle!?
Konzeption Runde 3 Code of Conduct Prozessierung, Projekt Human in the Loop
Digitaler Salon: Rausreguliert?
Digitaler Salon: High-Tech und Hands-On
Codes of Conduct Expert*innenrunde: Human in the Loop
Digitaler Salon: Mind the Gap
Digitaler Salon: Update Unbekannt?
Digitaler Salon: Gesprächsklimawandel
International Observatory on Information and Democracy (OID): A Major New Report on the State of News Media, AI and Data Governance
Human in the Loop: Mensch und Maschine in der Kreditvergabe
Zukunft der Content Moderation durch effektive Mensch-Maschine-Kollaboration
Digitaler Salon: Desinformation im Faktencheck
Digitaler Salon: Wie bitte?
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft
Digitaler Salon: Damage Control
Digitaler Salon: (De)voted
Human in the Loop: Kreditvergabe im Fokus
Digitaler Salon: Quanten statt Quaken
Digitaler Salon: Gekommen, um zu regeln
Digitaler Salon: Fahrplan 4.0
Digitaler Salon: Invisible Patient
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Women* in the tech sector in Mauritania
Lunch Talk | Abstruse characteristics of people participation
Ideathon on Gender Equality and Equity in the Tech-Sector in Cambodia
Digitaler Salon: Mentale Mietfläche
Digitaler Salon: Frozen Eye
Interaktiver Workshop: KI menschlich erklärt
Webinar II: Mapping Public Interest AI
Webinar I: Mapping Public Interest AI
Digitaler Salon: Friede, Freude, Meinungsvielfalt?
Digitaler Salon: Großbaustelle Daten
Lunch Talk | The theory of artificial immutability: protecting algorithmic groups under anti-discrimination law
Lunch Talk | National platforms in a world of global platform giants: the case of Russian domestic competitors
Digitaler Salon: Faktenfieber
Lunch Talk | AI, predictive modeling and sustainability
Digitaler Salon: Nur mal kurz die Welt retten?
Lunch Talk | How India Became a Global Hub for IT Outsourcing and Consulting
Digitaler Salon: Von Gig zu Gig
Digitaler Salon: Chatbot potentia est!
Hackathon. Entwicklung von KI-Erklärungsmodellen
Digitaler Salon: Green Surveillance
Digitaler Salon: Blinded by the Hype?
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Researcher: New Technologies and Future of Law
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