Her research focuses on the regulation and risk management of advanced general-purpose AI, particularly in the context of technical standards and the EU AI Act. She has been invited to present her research to policy-makers around the world, including from the EU, the UK, and the US government.
Leonie has published on risk thresholds, open-sourcing, and risk assessment techniques. Her current projects include compute thresholds, risk estimation methods, and how prescriptive regulatory requirements should be when it comes to a rapidly evolving technology like AI.
She previously worked for the German government, where she monitored the implementation of federal laws by state agencies. Leonie was also a research assistant at the Institute for Law & AI and an intern at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Her background is in EU and German law, and she holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from King’s College London and the German First Law Examination (1. Staatsexamen) from her studies at Humboldt University Berlin.