CV
Education
- M.A. in Public Policy, Specialization in Quantitative Methods
- Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria · 09/2025–06/2026
- GPA: 3.88. Thesis: Applied machine learning, causal inference, and LLM-driven text classification to a dataset of 275,000+ freedom-of-information requests to identify legal, political, and organizational drivers of administrative legal decision-making.
- First State Law Examination
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany · 10/2019–03/2025
- Grade: 11.99/18 (top 5% nationally). Major in Transnational and International Law, completed at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Semesters abroad at University College Dublin, Ireland, and Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary.
Research & Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Net-Rol Project
- Central European University, Vienna · 08/2026–present
- Oversee LLM-based content generation for network research; evaluate and validate AI-generated output, diagnose systematic errors, and refine extraction pipelines.
- Intern, Strategic Litigation
- Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. (Society for Civil Rights), Berlin · 04/2025–05/2025
- Authored case-selection assessments and legal analyses for a high-profile case, resulting in a co-authored publication; screened claimants and co-drafted a court complaint.
- Pro Bono Lawyer, Social Courts
- Germany · 03/2022–present
- Independently lead legal strategy and representation in proceedings before the German Social Courts — 3 trial proceedings (one including an oral hearing), 10+ pre-trial proceedings. Practice-based grounding in social and administrative law that informs my research on legal decision-making.
- Intern, Campaigning
- GermanZero, Berlin · 08/2020–10/2020
- Coordinated 100+ volunteers across 10+ municipalities; trained and led a core team engaging high-level stakeholders for a nationwide climate-law campaign.
- Student Project Assistant
- Parliamentary Group of the Greens, German Bundestag, Berlin · 04/2020–12/2020
- Authored an internal report on the parliamentary group’s organizational sustainability, standardizing information collection across departments; co-negotiated contracts with 3+ external partners and reviewed legal correspondence and agreements.
Publications & Talks
- Salzmann, S. (2026). “Police Access to Mobile Phones: Inadequate Legal Safeguards.” Grundrechte-Report 2026.
- Salzmann, S. (2024). “Strategic Climate Change Litigation – A Pathway to Wider Policy Implementation.” Talk presented at the International Climate Law Conference, Prague.
- Salzmann, S. (2022). “NH v Associazione Avvocatura per i Diritti LGBTI – Rete Lenford: A Case Note.” Trinity College Law Review, Vol. XXV.
Research Skills
- Quantitative & Computational Methods
- Machine learning, causal inference, applied NLP/LLM methods (content generation & evaluation)
- Software
- R (proficient), Python (working knowledge), Excel/Google Sheets (proficient)
- Legal Research
- Litigation & strategic advocacy, comparative law (civil & common law), editorial & citation review
- Languages
- German (native), English (fluent), French (conversational)
A copy of my full CV is available as PDF.