Academic Positions
- Director, ERCIS – European Research Center for Information Systems, since 2023.
- Chaired Professor, Information Systems & Business Process Management, University of Münster, Department of Information Systems, School of Business and Economics, since 2023 (AACSB accredited)*.
Former Positions
- Director, Institute of Information Systems, University of Liechtenstein, since 2008-2022 (ranked #3 in DACH (#1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, #5 in Europe and #39 worldwide, according to the AIS Research Rankings 2018 and 2020, recognized outstanding chapter of the AIS nine years in a row from 2014 – 2022).
- Vice-President, University of Liechtenstein, Research and Innovation, 2012 – 2018 (member of AACSB, EFMD, and EUA).
- Academic Director, PhD Program in Business Economics, University of Liechtenstein, since 2008 (member of AACSB, EFMD, and EUA).
- Endowed Chair, Hilti Chair of Business Process Management, University of Liechtenstein, since 2007 (member of AACSB, EFMD, and EUA).
- Full Professor for Information Systems, University of Liechtenstein, 2007-2023 (member of AACSB, EFMD, and EUA).
Affiliated Positions
- Schöller Senior Fellow, FAU Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg, at the Dr Theo and Friedl Schoeller Research Center for Business and Society, since Feb 2022.
- Fellow of the ESCP Center for Design Science in Entrepreneurship, in 2021 (AACSB and EQUIS accredited; FT50 Top Business Schools ranking).
- Affiliated Professor, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, since 2016 (AMBA and EFMD accredited).
- Associated Lecturer, University of Lucerne, Faculty of Economics and Management, Switzerland, since 2020.
- Associated Lecturer, University of St.Gallen (HSG), School of Management since 2007 and Executive School of Management, Technology and Law since 2012 (AACSB and EQUIS accredited; FT50 Top Business Schools ranking).
Academic Background
- Habilitation (Venia Legendi) (equivalent to post-doctoral lecturing qualification), University of Muenster, Germany, Faculty of Business Economics, 2007 (AACSB accredited).
- Visiting Researcher, University of Warwick, UK, EU Network of Excellence on Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation, 2007 (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA accredited).
- Assistant Professor, Chair of Information Systems and Controlling, Department of Information Systems, University of Muenster, Germany, 2002 – 2007 (AACSB accredited).
- Co-Founder and Director, Competence Center for E-Learning, European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany, funded by BMBF, 2005 – 2007.
- Project Manager, European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany, 2004 – 2007.
- Visiting Researcher, University College Dublin, Ireland, The Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), 2004 – 2005 (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA accredited).
- Co-Founder and Director, Competence Center for Internet Economics and Hybrid Systems, European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), University of Muenster, Germany, funded by BMBF, 2003 – 2007.
- Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) (equivalent to PhD in Economics), University of Muenster, Germany, Faculty of Business Economics, 2002 (AACSB accredited).
- Director, Knowledge Network on Controlling Science, Germany, funded by BMBF, Germany, 2001 – 2005.
- Junior Researcher, Department of Information Systems, University of Muenster, Germany, 1998 – 2002 (AACSB accredited).
- University Diploma (Dipl. Wirt. Inform.) (equivalent to Master of Science in Information Systems), University of Münster, Faculty of Business Economics, 1992 – 1998 (AACSB accredited).
Associations
- President, Liechtenstein Chapter of the AIS since 2008 (awarded Outstanding Chapter of the AIS in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018).
- Vice-President, German Academic Association for Business Research / Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), (resort: information technology and communication), 2015 – 2018.
- Vice-President, Association for Information Systems (AIS), (resort: education), 2014-2017.
- Assessor, German Research Foundation / Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), since 2015.
- Assessor, Luxembourg Research Foundation, since 2012.
- Advisory Board Member, Special Interest Group on Green Information Systems (SIGGreen) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), since 2010.
- Assessor, Research Council of Norway, since 2010.
- Assessor, Swiss National Research Foundation / Schweizer National Fond (SNF), since 2009.
- Assessor, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research, and Economy / Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft, since 2009.
Editorial Services
- Senior Editor, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), since 2018.
- Editorial Board, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS), since 2021.
- Industry Track Co-Chair, 20th Int. Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2022), Münster Germany, 2022.
- Program Co-Chair – NeuroIS Retreat, Gmunden/Vienna, Austria, since 2010.
- Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair, 19th Int. Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2021), Rome, Italy, 2021.
- Program Co-Chair, 27rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm, Sweden, 2019.
- General Co-Chair, 13th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2018), Madras, India.
- Program Co-Chair, 12th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2017), Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Associate Editor, Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), since 2014.
- Editor-in-Chief, Springer Briefs in Business Process Management, since 2014.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), since 2012.
- Student Track, 13th Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik, St.Gallen, Switzerland, organized at WI and MKWI since 2011.
- Conference Co-Chair, 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Muenster, Germany, 2015.
- Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair, 10th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2015), Dublin, Ireland.
- Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA), 2014-2017.
- General Co-Chair, 9th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2014), Florida, USA.
- Program Co-Chair, 8th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2013), Helsinki, Finland.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
- Associate Supervisor – Malcom Garbutt, Towards A Disruptive Learning Model in Information Systems Education: A Reflective Student-Dominant Logic Perspective, PhD completed in 2022, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Principles Supervisor – Valentin Holzwarth, Virtualization of Industrial Processes with XR Technologies – Digital Support for Manual Work, PhD completed in 2022, University of Liechtenstein – Nominated for the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2022.
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Associate Supervisor – Ainara Novales, Thriving with Digitized Products: How firms leverage their generative capacity via experimentation, learning, and collaboration, PhD completed in 2022, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherland – Awarded CIO Forum Best Paper Award, CIO Advisory Board – International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2021.
- Associate Supervisor – Rongjia Song, Developing a Decision-based Framework for Context-aware BPM integrating Analytics, PhD completed in 2021, KU Leuven, Belgium.
- Principles Supervisor – Peyman Badakhshan, Value Creation with Business Process Management, PhD completed in 2021, University of Liechtenstein.
- Associate Supervisor – Steven Groß, Systematic Exploration of Process Redesign Alternatives, PhD completed in 2021, WU Vienna, Austria.
- Principal Supervisor – Michael Kamm, IoT Technologies and Advanced Data Analytics as Enablers of Data-Driven Processes, PhD completed in 2021, University of Liechtenstein – Nominated for the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2021.
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Associate Supervisor – Bastian Wurm, Organizational Complexity: Insights from Digital Trace Data Research, PhD completed in 2021, WU Vienna, Austria.
- Principal Supervisor – Lena Kaiser – Dealing with Distributed Innovation Actors in the Era of Digital Innovation, PhD completed in 2020, University of Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Charlotte Wehking, Business Process Management in the Era of Digital Transformation. Context Awareness and Methods in Focus, PhD completed in 2020, University of Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Isabelle Wohlgenannt, On the Potential of Gamification to increase Knowledge Sharing in Value Networks, PhD completed in 2020, University of Liechtenstein – Nominated for the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2020.
- Associate Supervisor – Roman Rietsche, Enhancing Student Performance Through Technology-Mediated Formative Feedback in Large-Scale University Lectures, PhD completed in 2020, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Associate Supervisor – Daniel Gerster, Understanding how enterprises adopt and scale agile practices and structures, PhD completed in 2020, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Principal Supervisor – Roope Jaakonmaeki, Utilizing Big Data Analytics for the Management of Processes, , PhD completed in 2019, University of Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Alexander Schmid, On the Role of Socio-Technical Inertia in Organizational Transformations, PhD completed in 2020, University of Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Miriam Schüssler – Unveiling Business Model Innovation: Capabilities and Interdependences within the Ecosystem, PhD completed in 2020, University of Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Ana Procopio Schön – The missing piece of the puzzle: An exploration of the human aspect in open forms of innovation, PhD completed in 2020, University of Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Matthias Tietz, On the Role of Digital Nudges on Crowed Sourcing Platforms, PhD ongoing, expected graduation in 2019, University of Liechtenstein.
- Associate Supervisor – Fabian Meyer-Brötz, A Bibliometric Technique for Quantitative Technology Foresight, PhD completed in 2019, University of Ulm, Germany.
- Associate Supervisor – Stefanie Turber, How Technology Affords Organizing Value Creation in the Digital Era: The Evolution of Thriving Business Models in Nascent IoT Categories, PhD completed in 2019, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Associate Supervisor – Altti Lagstedt, Selecting the Right Method for the Right Project, PhD completed in 2019, University of Turku, Finland.
- Associate Supervisor – Steffen Höhenberger, Selecting the Right Method for the Right Project, PhD completed in 2019, University of Turku, Finland.
- Principal Supervisor – Maria Fay, On the Relationship between Big Data Analytics and Business Values, PhD completed in 2018, University of Liechtenstein – Nominated for the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2018.
- Associate Supervisor – Alexander Eck, Generativity in Digital Ecosystems: How Distributed Networks Organize for Continuous Change, PhD completed in 2018, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
- Associate Supervisor – Benjamin Spottke, Service Innovation in Consumer-Centric Systems: A Socio-Technical Perspective, PhD completed in 2018, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
- Associated Supervisor – Carina Cundius, Wertbeitrag analytischer Echtzeitinformationssysteme Entwicklung eines Bewertungsmodells, PhD completed in 2018, University of Leipzig, Germany.
- Associated Supervisor – Fernando Paulo dos Santos Rodrigues Belfo, Influence of Incentive Policy in the Alignment of Business and Information Technology, PhD completed in 2018, Universidade do Minho, Portugual.
- Principal Supervisor – Sanja Tumbas, Digital Innovation and Rapid Growth in Entrepreneurial Organizations, PhD completed in 2017, University of Liechtenstein, 2017, now Assistant Professor IESE Business School. Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2017.
- Committee Chair – Felix Schüssler, Born Globals: Unternehmerische Strategien für eine schnelle Internationalisierung, PhD completed in 2017.
- Associate Supervisor – Thomas Abrell, Customer Knowledge and User Knowledge in Innovation of Complex Products in B2B Firms, PhD completed in 2017, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
- External Examiner – Patrick Brandtner, Design and Evaluation of a Process Model for the Early Stages of Product Innovation, PhD completed in 2017, Dublin City University, Ireland, 2017.
- External Examiner – Reija Nurmeksela, Implementing Structured Document Production to Support Enterprise Content Management, PhD completed in 2017, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2017.
- Principal Supervisor – Sarah Zelt, On the Concept and Role of Context in Business Process Managemen, PhD completed in 2016, University of Liechtenstein, 2016, Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Research Project` in 2016.
- Principal Supervisor – Nadine Székely, The Role of Information Systems in Environmental Sustainability Transformations, PhD completed in 2016, University of Liechtenstein, 2016, Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2016.
- Associate Supervisor – Marcel Rosenberger, Entwicklung einer Architektur zur Integration von Social Media mit Informationssystemen im Kundenbeziehungsmanagement, PhD completed in 2016, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
- Associate Supervisor – Elena Gorbacheva, A Gender Perspective on Business Process Management Workforce – Addressing the Lack of Qualified Business Process Management Professionals, PhD completed in 2016, University of Münster, Germany, 2016.
- Associate Supervisor – Paul Rigger, Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Feedback Information System to Promote Sustainable Indoor Air Quality Control, PhD completed in 2016, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2016.
- Associate Supervisor – Regine Dörbecker, Analysis, Design and Evaluation of a Framework for the Modularization of Service Systems, PhD ongoing, PhD completed in 2016, University of Hamburg, Germany, 2016.
- Opponent – Jens Ohlsson, Explorative Business Process Management: Design and Evaluation of the Prioritization and Categorization Method, PhD completed in 2016, University of Stockholm, Sweden, 2016.
- Principal Supervisor – Stefan Debortoli, Big Data Analytics as a Strategy of Inquiry in Information Systems Research, PhD completed in 2015 – Selected Lindau Nobel Prize Laureate Young Faculty in 2014 and Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Publication` in 2014, University of Liechtenstein, 2015.
- Associate Supervisor – Tim A. Rickenberg, Contributions to Enterprise Content Management, PhD completed in 2015, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany,2015.
- Associate Supervisor – Amir Riaz, Designing Websites to Elicit Emotions and Enhance Comprehension of Web-Based Information, PhD completed in 2015, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2015.
- Committee Chair – Nadine Poser, Distance Leadership in International Corporations Assessing the Role of Physical Distance, Relationship Quality and Interaction Frequency in the Leader – Follower Relationship, PhD completed in 2015 – Accepted for publication in the Springer Series Advances in Information Systems and Business Engineering in 2016, University of Liechtenstein, 2015.
- Examiner – Tahvo Hyötyläinen, Path to Improved Firm Performance with Business Process Management (BPM) and BPM Systems Versicherung, PhD completed in 2013 – Accepted for publication in the Springer Series Advances in Information Systems and Business Engineering in 2015, University of Tampere, Finland, 2015.
- Principal Supervisor – Andrea Herbst, Evaluating the Success of Enterprise Content Management, PhD completed in 2014 – Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Research Project` in 2015, University of Liechtenstein, 2014.
- Principal Supervisor – Sonia Lippe, Managing enterprise content in business processes, PhD completed in 2014 – Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Research Project` in 2014, University of Liechtenstein, 2014.
- Committee Chair – Simon Zäch, Leadership in jungen Unternehmen, PhD completed in 2014 PhD completed in 2014, University of Liechtenstein, 2014.
- Member of the Committee – Willem Mertens, Positive Deviance: A Study of Measurement and Determinants, PhD completed in 2014, Vlerick Business School, University of Leuven, Belgium, 2014.
- Principal Supervisor – Christian Sonnenberg, Bridging the Gap Between Business Process Management and Accounting – Design and Evaluation of a Process Accounting Model, PhD completed in 2013 – Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Research Project` in 2013, University of Liechtenstein, 2013.
- Committee Chair – Thomas Götzen, Buyouts aus Familienunternehmen – Corporate Governance, strategischer Wandel und Wachstum, PhD completed in 2013, University of Liechtenstein, 2013.
- Principal Supervisor – Theresa Sinnl, Understanding Culture as a Concept in Business Process Management Research, PhD completed in 2012 – Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2013, University of Liechtenstein, 2012.
- Associate Supervisor – Norbert Schmid, Referenzprozessmodell zur Steuerung der Entwicklung von IT-enabled Business Innovations in der Versicherung, PhD completed in 2012 – Accepted for publication in the Springer Series Advances in Information Systems and Business Engineering in 2015, University of Regensburg, Germany, 2012.
- Principal Supervisor – Alexander Simons, Managing enterprise content in business processes, PhD completed in 2011 – Selected Lindau Nobel Prize Laureate Young Faculty in 2011 and Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best PhD Thesis` in 2012, University of Liechtenstein, 2011.
- Associate Supervisor – Daniel Richter, On the relevance of contextual variety for Internet Social Networking Research. Observations and implications from Social Network Sites usage within Universities, PhD completed in 2010, University of Münster, Germany, 2010.
- Associate Supervisor – Kai Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Anwendbarkeit von Wirtschaftlichkeitsanalysen auf mobile Anwendungssysteme, PhD completed in 2010, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, 2010.
- Examiner – Kristian Rotaru, Process-based operational risk identification with value-focussed process engineering, PhD completed in 2010, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2010.
Completed Habilitation and Tenure Supervision
- Principal Supervisor – Markus Weinmann, Information Systems Design and Economic Behavior, Habilitation completed in 2019, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein. Selected Lindau `Nobel Prize Laureate Young Faculty` in 2016 and Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Publication` in 2017, Associate Professor ERASMUS University Rotterdam, Netherland, since 2019.
- Associate Supervisor – Felix Wortmann, Data-driven Business Model Innovation in the Internet of Things, Habilitation completed in 2020, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- Associate Supervisor – Isabella Seeber, Digital Collaboration: Facilitating Technology-Enabled Teams, Habilitation completed in 2020, Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck, Austria, now: Associate Professr Grenoble Ecole de Management.
- Principal Supervisor – Theresa Schmiedel, On the Role of Social Aspects of Information Technology Use in Operations and Processes Management, Habilitation completed in 2019, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein. Full Professor at FHNW University of Applied Science, Switzerland, 2018.
- Principal Supervisor – Alexander Simons, Information Retrieval in Information Systems Research, Habilitation completed in 2019, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein.
- Principal Supervisor – Oliver Müller, Big Data Analytics in Information Systems Research, Tenure Process, completed in 2016, appointed Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen in 2016 – Selected Lindau `Nobel Prize Laureate Young Faculty` in 2014 and Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Publication` in 2012 together with Stefan Seidel, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein, 2016, later: Associate Professor IT University Copenhagen, Denmark since 2016, now: Full Professor at University of Paderborn, Germany, since 2018.
- Principal Supervisor – Stefan Seidel, On Theory, Context, Design, and Impact in Information Systems Research, Habilitation completed in 2014, appointed Associate Professor at the University of Liechtenstein in 2015 – Selected Lindau Nobel Prize Laureate Young Faculty in 2011 and Awarded by the Liechtenstein Young Researcher Award in the category `Best Publication` in 2012 together with Oliver Müller, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein, 2014, later: Associate Professor University of Liechtenstein, since 2015, now: Chaired Professor University of Liechtenstein.
- Member of the Committee – Stin Viane, Tenure Process for Full Professor, completed in 2014, Vlerick Business School, University of Leuven, Belgium, 2014.
* Accreditation agencies: AACSB = the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; AMBA = Association of MBAs; EFMD = European Foundation for Management Development; EUA = European University Association; EQUIS= European Quality Improvement System by EFMD.
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