In his debut novel ‘Niemandsland’, Armin Steinbach tells of origins and family, youth, love and the centre of life. What can keep us going when life gets out of sync?

ARMIN STEINBACH was born in Hamburg in 1978, where he graduated from the Christianeum in 1998. He subsequently studied law and economics in Berlin, Munich and Bonn on a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation.

In 2003 he passed his first state examination in law, in 2004 he graduated in economics in Berlin and in 2008 he passed his second state examination in law.

He received his doctorate in law from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and his doctorate in economics from the University of Erfurt.

After working at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva and as a lawyer in Brussels, he joined the ministerial service in Berlin as a civil servant in 2009. From there, he moved to the Bundestag as economic policy advisor to Frank Walter Steinmeier, the leader of the opposition at the time.

Steinbach completed his habilitation at the Max Planck Institute for Public Goods and the University of Bonn in 2017. His habilitation thesis Rational Legislation received several awards. After his return to ministerial service, he headed the economic policy policy department at the Federal Ministry of Economics and subsequently the fiscal policy policy department at the Federal Ministry of Finance.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

In 2021, Steinbach accepted an appointment as a full professor at the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC) in Paris.

He lives and teaches in Paris and Geneva.