Prof Dr Marco Gercke
"As a part-time degree programme, Information Law offers an in-depth insight into a particularly practice-relevant area of this very dynamic legal field. With the wide range of modules, the degree programme gives participants the opportunity to set their own priorities and thus open up targeted career opportunities. The re-registering students show that the successful completion of the programme is indeed suitable for opening up those very career opportunities."
Prof Dr Marco Gercke
About the person / career
Prof Dr Marco Gercke is an entrepreneur, scientist and consultant. With more than 1000 lectures in over 100 countries and more than 100 publications, Prof Gercke is one of the world's leading experts in the field of cybersecurity and cybercrime. He is the founder and director of the Cybercrime Research Institute, an independent research institute based in Cologne. Over the past 15 years, he has advised numerous international organisations such as the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. He assists governments, organisations and companies worldwide and advises them on strategic, political and legal issues relating to cybersecurity and cybercrime.
Research and work focus
The first focus of his work is the development of innovative approaches to combat a problem that has become a central issue for governments and companies in recent years - cybercrime. He has carried out numerous comparative law studies on this topic and supported governments in the development of legal frameworks and the implementation of international guidelines.
The second focus of his work is digitalisation and its effects - particularly in relation to machine learning and artificial intelligence. Among other things, he founded a company in the 1990s that developed machine learning software solutions in the field of medical diagnostics. He himself was largely responsible for the development of the technology. His second company, a media agency, used machine learning and artificial intelligence for user interaction. Today, his work focuses on advising international organisations and board members of large companies on issues relating to the opportunities and risks of digitalisation
Selected publications
- Since 2002, Prof Gercke has published an annual overview of the development of Internet criminal law, which has appeared in the Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht (ZUM) since 2002.
- Gercke/Brunst, Praxishandbuchung Internetstrafrecht, Kohlhammer Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-019138-9
- The publication "Understanding Cybercrime", which is published by the ITU, a specialised agency of the United Nations, is available in its third edition in all six UN languages.