Dr. Yoan Hermstrüwer

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Yoan Hermstrüwer is an Assistant Professor focusing on Legal Tech, Law Economics, and Public Law at the University of Zurich. He employs experimental empirical methods to investigate how law institutions affect individual and collective behavior. His recent projects are primarily concerned with the preconditions and legal implications of fair matching and machine learning algorithms. Hermstrüwer’s research is interdisciplinary, bridging the fields of law, economics, and computer science. He has also served as a Visiting Researcher at Yale Law School and as a Lecturer at both the University of Michigan Law School and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In 2023, he became a Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Common Goods.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Zurich

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Law or equivalent from a recognized university Minimum 180 ECTS credits
Application Checklist
  • Matriculation certificate
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Copy of passport
  • Motivation letter
Specialization Notes

Department of Law