Pascal T. Sierek receives TELEKOM-Prize for his dissertation

The Department of Law at the University of Bonn has awarded Institute research fellow Pascal T. Sierek the 2025 TELEKOM-Prize for his doctoral dissertation.

Bestowed annually by the department of law in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom, the prize honours exceptional scholarly work in the fields of civil law and civil procedure. Sierek‘s dissertation, titled “Datenaustausch durch Datentreuhand” [Data Sharing through Data Trustees], explores how data trustees can be set up under private law so as to promote a sovereign exchange of data between market participants.

Dr. Pascal T. Sierek studied law at Bucerius Law School and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. In 2024 he earned his doctoral degree at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. He has been employed at the Institute as a research fellow since February 2025.