Adam Hayes, born in 1979, was appointed Professor of Sociology and Blockchain on 1 August 2025. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the New School for Social Research and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and serves as an editor of the journal Finance and Society. Prior to joining the University of Lucerne and the Zug Institute, he was Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on the social factors influencing economic behaviour and on the impact of financial technologies (fintech) on decision-making and market dynamics.

Patrik Hummel, born in 1988, was appointed Professor of Philosophy and Blockchain on 1 May 2025. He studied philosophy in Bayreuth, St Andrews and Stirling. After completing his doctorate in 2018, he undertook postdoctoral research at FAU Erlangen–Nuremberg (2018–2021), focusing on ethical issues relating to big data and AI in healthcare. From 2021, he served as Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (NL), was a researcher in the “Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies” consortium, and acted as a consultant to the WHO’s Health Ethics & Governance Unit. His current research centres on the philosophy of technology, particularly the ethics of data-intensive and automated systems and their implications for concepts such as justice, sovereignty, identity and health.

Max Baumgart, born in 1989, was appointed Associate Professor of Energy Law and Blockchain on 1 July 2025. He studied law in Berlin, Geneva and Cologne, and completed a dual doctorate at the Universities of Basel and Cologne. His dissertation examined EU law issues relating to the expansion of the electricity grid. Before taking up his post in Lucerne, he was Assistant Professor at Tilburg University (NL), where he conducted research on the regulation of the energy transition and digital markets. With a strong international network, he specialises in competition law, regulatory law and EU economic law. His work focuses on the ‘twin transition’ - the parallel transformation of the energy and digital economies.

Claude Humbel, born in 1989, was appointed Assistant Professor with Tenure Track for Private Law and Blockchain on 1 August 2025. He studied law at the University of Zurich, where he completed his doctorate with a thesis on the regulation of pre- and post-trade transparency in securities trading. He also holds an LL.M. from Berkeley School of Law, University of California. After working at a commercial law firm in Zurich and at the High Court of the Canton of Aargau, he served as a lecturer in private, commercial and economic law at the University of Zurich until his appointment in Lucerne. As part of his postdoctoral project, he is researching issues in corporate, banking and capital market law, with a particular focus on related-party transactions.

Markus Schreiber, born in 1987, was appointed Assistant Professor with Tenure Track for Public Law and Blockchain on 1 March 2025. He studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. Since 2014, he has worked at the University of Lucerne as a research assistant and, since 2019, as senior teaching and research assistant in European law, international law, public law and comparative law. His doctoral thesis examines how the law responds to technological innovation. In his postdoctoral research, he explores the extent to which private property may be used to exercise freedom of expression and assembly, with particular attention to the digital sphere.