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Chair for Sociology & Blockchain
The Chair for Sociology & Blockchain investigates how blockchain technologies reshape social structures, institutions, and interactions. Through a humanities-based approach, the chair examines themes such as trust, governance, and collective organization, highlighting blockchain’s broader societal implications beyond its technical applications.
Law
Chair for Private Law & Blockchain
The Chair for Private Law & Blockchain examines how blockchain technologies affect contracts, property rights, and commercial transactions. Research focuses on the challenges and opportunities blockchain introduces for private legal relationships in a digital society.
Law
Chair for Public Law & Blockchain
The Chair for Public Law & Blockchain explores blockchain’s implications for constitutional principles, regulatory frameworks, and democratic governance. It investigates how states and institutions adapt to technological innovation while safeguarding public interests.
Law
Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain
The Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain studies the role of blockchain in energy markets and sustainability. Research highlights how decentralized systems can transform energy regulation, distribution, and the transition to renewable resources
Philosophy
Chair for Philosophy & Blockchain
The Chair for Philosophy & Blockchain addresses philosophical questions raised by blockchain. From trust and authority to the nature of money, identity, ownership, and digital communities, it examines how blockchain instantiates, challenges, and reshapes fundamental philosophical concepts.
Sociology
Chair for Sociology & Blockchain
The Chair for Sociology & Blockchain investigates how blockchain technologies reshape social structures, institutions, and interactions. Through a humanities-based approach, the chair examines themes such as trust, governance, and collective organization, highlighting blockchain’s broader societal implications beyond its technical applications.
Law
Chair for Private Law & Blockchain
The Chair for Private Law & Blockchain examines how blockchain technologies affect contracts, property rights, and commercial transactions. Research focuses on the challenges and opportunities blockchain introduces for private legal relationships in a digital society.
Law
Chair for Public Law & Blockchain
The Chair for Public Law & Blockchain explores blockchain’s implications for constitutional principles, regulatory frameworks, and democratic governance. It investigates how states and institutions adapt to technological innovation while safeguarding public interests.
Law
Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain
The Chair for Energy Law & Blockchain studies the role of blockchain in energy markets and sustainability. Research highlights how decentralized systems can transform energy regulation, distribution, and the transition to renewable resources
Philosophy
Chair for Philosophy & Blockchain
The Chair for Philosophy & Blockchain addresses philosophical questions raised by blockchain. From trust and authority to the nature of money, identity, ownership, and digital communities, it examines how blockchain instantiates, challenges, and reshapes fundamental philosophical concepts.
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