A new meta-study published in Nature Communications has revealed that emission reductions from climate mitigation projects are significantly lower than claimed. Benedict Probst, Head of the Net Zero Lab at the Institute, and coauthors systematically reviewed more than 60 empirical studies, uncovering substantial quality issues with carbon credits.
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has adopted a Model Law that is intended to standardize and facilitate the formation and performance of automated contracts online. As a member of the E-Commerce Working Group, Jörg Hoffmann, a researcher at the Institute, participated in several discussion rounds on the drafting of the Model Law.
Open access (OA) represents a transformative shift in scientific publishing, aiming to ensure unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded research and data. In a new study published in Science, Frank Mueller-Langer, Affiliated Research Fellow at the Institute and Professor at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, and Mark McCabe, Professor at the SKEMA Business School, make a significant contribution to the discourse on OA by analyzing the economic, political, and institutional dynamics shaping the transformation of scholarly publishing.
The Max Planck European Law Group invites abstract submissions for the Fourth Max Planck Conference for Early Career European Scholars on 4 and 5 September 2025 in Munich. The conference will bring together researchers interested in European law and policy for an exchange of ideas on longstanding and developing issues of fairness as a guiding principle of European law.
Bronwyn H. Hall, Affiliated Research Fellow of the Institute and in close collaboration with the economics department, has been named Distinguished Fellow 2024 by the American Economic Association (AEA).
On 16 January 2025, Dominik Asam was honored with a special award from the Deutsche Bundesbank Regional Office in Bavaria for his thesis, which examines the effects of technological shocks on early-stage startup funding dynamics using the example of Generative AI (GenAI).
Shortly before Christmas, the 7th Research in Innovation, Science and Entrepreneurship Workshop took place, which has been organized by young researchers of the Institute for young researchers from all over the world since 2018. Alexander Oettl from the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology was invited to give the keynote speech.
Kim, DariaThe Illusory Standard of Significant Human Contribution to AI Assisted Inventions after the DABUS Decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 25-01), 2025, 14 S.
Contributions to collected editions
Hilty, Reto M.Der Verlagsvertrag in: Michael A. Meer (Hg.), Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht, II,1), 4. Aufl., Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 2025, 630 - 693.
Research Papers
Ullrich, HannsThe EU Data Act's Rules on Access to and Use of Data and the Rules of the Market (Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 24-15), 2024, 62 S.
Chugunova, Marina; Nicklisch, Andreas; Schnapp, Kai-Uwe (2025). The Impact of Timing and Type of Donation Decision on Charitable Giving Social Choice and Welfare 2025.
Discussion Papers
Bardow, André; Minten, Hannah; Hausweiler, Julian; Probst, Benedict; Reinert, Christiane; Meys, Raoul (2025). Accounting for Embodied Emissions of Chemicals within the European Carbon Border Adjustment MeasureResearch Square 2025.
Discussion Papers
Gomez-Herrera, Estrella; Martín‐Oliver, Alfredo; Mueller-Langer, Frank (2024). Does Broadband Internet Promote Digital Labor and Territorial Cohesion? Empirical Evidence from the New Generation Broadband Extension Program in SpainMax Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 24-16.
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