Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology, University of Bristol
martin.bullinger['at']bristol.ac.uk · Google Scholar · DBLP
I am a lecturer in artificial intelligence at the University of Bristol since October 2025.
Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of
Edith Elkind at the University of Oxford between September 2023 and September 2025.
Before that, I obtained a PhD degree from the Technical University of Munich under the supervision of Felix Brandt.
My PhD thesis is on Computing Desirable Outcomes in Coalition Formation. I also hold a master's degree in Mathematics from TU Munich.
I have a particular interest in topics related to computational social choice, algorithmic game theory, combinatorial algorithms, and computational complexity. My research covers various scenarios in multi-agent systems with a focus on coalition formation. Other topics that I study include matching markets, the emergence of segregation, understanding polarization, and voting theory. While I mostly apply algorithmic methods (like the efficient computability and computational boundaries of solution concepts), I am also intrigued by socio-scientific and philosophical paradigms.
Call for PhD Students
Please get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD with me! I am happy to supervise a broad range of topics related to my above interests. The University of Bristol, recently crowned AI University of the Year, provides an excellent research environment.
Summer School at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
Together with Matthias Greger (Université Paris Dauphine), I am organising the working group From Democracy to Dating: Algorithm Design for Societal Challenges in a summer school run by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Applications are invited by current and recent UK undergrad students (after their second year) and PhD students, and can be submitted here. Participants who are external to the scholarship foundation participate free of charge (including accommodation in the beautiful college)! Get in touch with me for more information, e.g., access to the complete program. The application deadline is 1st March 2026.