Paul Seeliger

Paul Seeliger is a research associate in the program area "Transformation of the state in the digital age" at the German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer. He is particularly interested in data protection law and the interaction between law and design. In his PhD-thesis and research, Paul focuses on regulations by Design as well as behavior-influencing interfaces such as Dark Patterns.

Professional Career

01/2022 – today: project coordinator in the Dark Pattern Detection Project (dapde), German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer
03/2020 – today: resarch associate in the Dark Pattern Detection Project (dapde), German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer
03/2020 – today: PhD projcet (Dr. iur.), German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mario Martini)
10/2018 – 03/2020: student assistant, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Prof. Dr. Mario Martini)
07/2023 – today: Member of OECD Committee on Consumer Policy – Advisory Group on Dark Patterns

10/2014 – 02/2020: Study of law, University Münster and Zagreb (First State Exam, Master Iuris)

"Zur Akkreditierungspflicht eines integrierten Bachelors im juristischen Staatsexamensstudiengang", Seeliger, AD LEGENDUM 2/2019, 190
"Dark Patterns - Phänomenologie und Antworten der Rechtsordnung", Martini/Drews/Seeliger/Weinzierl, ZfDR 2021, S. 47 - 74 (Open Access)
"'Nur noch für 30 Minuten verfügbar' - Scarcity- und Countdown-Patterns bei Online-Geschäften auf dem Prüfstand des Rechts", Martini/Kramme/Seeliger, VuR 2022, 123
"Dark Patterns – eine interdisziplinäre Analyse", Gertz/Martini/Seeliger/Timko, LTZ 2023, 3

"Digital fremdgesteuert – Einfluss von Dark Patterns auf Verbraucherentscheidungen", Verbraucherpolitischer Kongress 2021 (Video)
"Legal remedies to address persuasive and manipulative design patterns in digital services and products", Workshop on The Ethics of Persuasive Technologies, University of Oxford
"Legal and Technical Remedies against Manipulative Design", The Countervailing Power of AI Conference, European University Institute, Florence
"Einwilligung als 'Cash' - Online-Design zwischen Dark Patterns und Verbraucherorientierung", re:publica 2023