Research Interests: Blockchain, AI, and DAO Governance
Thesis Supervision: Please submit a thesis proposal via e-mail. The proposal should focus on one of my research areas (Blockchains, AI, Decentralized Organizations).
Overview and Fellowships:
Junior Research Fellow. ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, Netherlands. Chair in Aesthetics and Cultures of Technologies.
Research Master in Media Studies (rM.A.). University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bio: PhD Candidate. Working on topics around AI & Decentralized Systems. I research and develop self-optimizing agent systems and decentralized AI for complex socio-technical problems. Trained in media studies, machine learning, social sciences, and philosophy (University of Amsterdam & Leuphana University). Currently Visiting at University of Cambridge. In the past I have worked with Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of California Irvine, Arizona State University, and Leuphana University, Germany.
Academic Publications:
Beckenbauer, L., Loewe, J.-L., Zheng, G. & Brintrup A. 2025. Orchestrator: Active Inference for Multi-Agent Systems in Long-Horizon Tasks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05651
Long, Y., Xu, L., Beckenbauer, L., Liu, Y. & Brintrup A. 2025. EvoEmo: Towards Evolved Emotional Policies for LLM Agents in Multi-Turn Negotiation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04310
Beckenbauer, Lukas & Hanisch, Marvin. 2024. Decoding DAOs - Governance Dynamics and Their Performance Implications in Decentralized Organizations. Academy of Management Proceedings.
https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.18838abstract
Beckenbauer, Lukas & Haverland, Tom. 2024. Synergies of Blockchain and AI - A Vision of Digital Souvereignty for Europe. KAS Innovation Series. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Berlin. https://www.kas.de/de/einzeltitel/-/content/synergien-von-blockchain-und-ki
Nishant Shah, Lukas Beckenbauer, Vincent Zhong and Anushka Nair (eds.). 2023. Doing Things With Stories. Apria Journal. ArtEZ University Arnhem, NL. https://apria2.vercel.app/doing-things-with-stories
Herberg, Jeremias; Schmitz, Sean; Stasiak, Dorota; Schmieg, Gregor. 2020. Boundary Speak between Deliberation and Technocracy: A Computational Mapping of Sustainability Studies as Bipolar Field. Science and Public Policy. Oxford University Press, UK. doi: 10.1093/scipol/scab006.
Beckenbauer, Lukas. ML#7: Critical Research Methods on Cryptocurrencies and other Blockchains - A Workshop Summary. 2019. Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. https://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2019/12/06/critical-research-methods-on-cryptocurrencies-and-other-blockchains/.
Selected Talks:
07/2025 Are DAOs Crowdsourcing Organizational Growth? – An analysis of community-driven value capture in hybrid governance settings. Open User Innovation Conference 2025. NOVA School of Business, Lisbon.
07/2025 AI Agents - What are they and how do they change business? Keynote. Platzer Kommunikation. Munich, DE.
10/2024 AI & Blockchain: Challenges and Opportunities for Pratictioners and Business. Keynote & Panel Discussion. House of the Economy, Stuttgart. Hosted by the Ministry of the Economy, Baden-Württemberg, DE. https://www.wirtschaft-digital-bw.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/detailseite/blockchain-ki-das-power-duo
08/2024 Blockchain and AI - Best Practices for Business Applications. SAP Labs Talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgW5g_lyFIk&t=1486s
05/2024 European Sovereign Data Economy: Blockchain & AI Synergies. Panel Discussion. Conf3erence Dortmund, DE.
02/2024 E-Commerce Evolution: Navigating the Future with Web3, GenAI, and Gaming. Panel Discussion. E-commerce Berlin EXPO. Berlin, DE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHhtqmfpZBg
10/2023 From ChatGPT to the Metaverse - Trends in Predictive Modeling and Hyperpersonalization. Keynote. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Munich, DE.
07/2023 AI for Marketing - What does that mean? - Workshop on Prompt-Engineering and the Marketing AI Trends of the Future. Keynote & Workshop. Platzer Kommunikation. Munich, DE.
06/2023 Web3 in Net. Work. & Movies. Panel Discussion. Unified Filmmakers, supported by Filmfest München. Munich, DE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LJAEVUcwQE&t=1s
07/2022 Financing Movies with the help of AI. Panel Discussion. Ouchy Film Festival. Lausanne, CH. https://youtu.be/Lnr6J4lxbr0?t=933
Email: lukas(dot)beckenbauer(at)tum(dot)de
Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/ut79bfc8