Matthijs Maas

Matthijs Maas

Senior Research Fellow

Institute for Law & AI

Biography

I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Law & AI; an Associate Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (University of Cambridge), and a non-residential research associate at King’s College, University of Cambridge.

I am the author of “Architectures of Global AI Governance: From Technological Change to Human Choice” (OUP 2025) (Open Access digital version).

My work focuses on mapping theories of change for advanced AI governance, international institutional designs for AI, the effect of AI on international law, and arms control regimes for military uses of AI technology.

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Interests
  • Artificial Intelligence Governance
  • Effects of AI on International Law
  • International Institutional & Regime Design
Education
  • PhD in Law, 2021

    University of Copenhagen

  • MSc International Relations, 2013

    University of Edinburgh

Recent Publications

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(2027). International Catastrophe Law: From Nuclear Weapons to Advanced AI. CUP (forthcoming).

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(2026). Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Law-Following AI. Lawfare Research Report.

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(2025). Treaty-Following AI. LawAI Working Paper.

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(2025). Future Frontiers for Research in Law and AI. LawAI Blog.

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