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White Collar Criminal Law and Digitalisation

The research group is dedicated to current topics of economic criminal law and digitalisation with a special focus on the areas of asset forfeiture, whistleblowing, industrial and economic espionage, climate criminal law, restorative justice as well as the area of criminal law and new technologies.

In addition, Prof. Dr. Cathrine Konopatsch, Dr. iur. Martin Brandenstein, Asha Thamotharampillai and Cedric Röschli work on various publications and conference contributions in the areas of whistleblowing, industrial espionage, corporate criminal law, asset forfeiture, climate criminal law, restorative justice, AI, and criminal law.

Ongoing research projects

  • Kommentierung von Art. 70 f., Art. 148a, Art. 157, Art. 179decies, Art. 333 und Art. 335 StGB im OnlineKommentar Strafgesetzbuch, hrsg. von Prof. Dr. Marianne J. Lehmkuhl/Dr. Jan Wenk
  • Herausgabe eines Sammelbandes "Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit durch Strafrecht" (zusammen mit Dr. J. Wenk und Prof. Dr. J. Schaub)
  • Kommentierung von Art. 162-167 und 177 im Annotierten Kommentar StPO, hrsg. von Prof. Dr. Damian Graf (zusammen mit M. Hurter)
  • Projekt mit HES-SO Valais-Wallis "AI-assisted decision-making in public administration: integrating trustworthy AI-driven systems in sensetive fields" (zusammen mit Dr. Rafael Studer)
  • Projekt  "Restorative Justice bei Beziehungsgewalt in der Schweiz? - Chancen und Risiken" (zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Ineke Pruin, Universität Bern)
Prof. Dr Cathrine Konopatsch Prof. Dr Cathrine Konopatsch Associate Professor
Dr Martin Brandenstein Dr Martin Brandenstein Research Assistant
Cedric Röschli Cedric Röschli Research Assistant
Dr iur., LL.M. Rafael Studer Dr iur., LL.M. Rafael Studer Post-doctoral Researcher
Michèle Nora Hurter Michèle Nora Hurter Research assistant

Research projects of the group

Restorative justice in cases of domestic violence in Switzerland? – Opportunities and risks

Faculty of Law

Restorative justice in cases of domestic violence in Switzerland? – Opportunities and risks

AIDE: AI-assisted decision-making in public administration: integrating trustworthy AI-driven systems in sensitive fields

Faculty of Law

AIDE: AI-assisted decision-making in public administration: integrating trustworthy AI-driven systems in sensitive fields