Roland Kirstein (born (1965-08-10)10 August 1965) is a German economist and professor of Business Administration at the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany.
In 2002, Roland Kirstein visited the University of California, Berkeley (Law School, invited by Prof. Robert Cooter) and in Santa Barbara (Economics Department, invited by Prof. Ted Bergstrom) to do research into asymmetric information in consumer markets.
In 2003 and 2005, he has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, giving courses in Law and Economics.
From 2012 to 2023 he was the president of the German Law and Economics Association (Gesellschaft fuer Recht und Oekonomik e.V.).
Roland Kirstein is a supporter and member of the German soccer clubs SV Werder Bremen and 1._FC_Magdeburg.