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Resume

Education

  • 2008: Habilitation at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • 2004: Doctorate (Dr. oec.) at the University of Hohenheim
  • 2000: Diploma in economics (Dipl. oec.), University of Hohenheim

Professional experience

  • Since 2014: Full Professor and Director at the Institute for Information Systems (IWI) at the University of St.Gallen (part-time)
  • Since 2008: University Professor (W3) and Director at the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) at the University of Kassel (part-time since 2012)
  • 2004 - 2008: Research Assistant (C1) at the Technical University of Munich
  • 2001 - 2004: Research assistant at the University of Hohenheim

Academic stays abroad (selection)

In addition, since 1998 freelance professional experience in application development, IT & strategy, IT innovation, project management, change management, product and service development. Several years of experience in various board and advisory board functions in internet agencies, online marketing providers, IT & consulting companies and as senior advisor, board member and keynote speaker for national and international organizations.

Main areas of research

  • Digital Business
  • Digital Transformation
  • Service engineering and service management
  • Digital work (with a focus on crowdsourcing)
  • Collaboration engineering and IT innovation management

Functions in the business informatics community (excerpt)

  • Track Chair of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2023

  • Hyderabad, Track Chair International Conference on Information Systems (WI2023)

  • Vice President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), responsible for education and member of the AIS Leadership Council

  • Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Information Systems (ISR)

  • Member of the steering committee of the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) section of the German Informatics Society (GI)

  • Member of the Münchner Kreis, supranational association for communication research e.V.

  • Chairman of the Scientific Commission for Information Systems of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB)

  • Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Information Technology (JIT)

  • Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)

  • Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)

  • Member of the Department Editorial Board and Section Editor of the Journal Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)

  • Reviewer for other high-ranking journals such as ISR, MISQ, JSIS, AMJ, Research Policy

  • Program Chair of the International Conference on Information Systems(ICIS) 2019 in Munich (most important international conference in the field of information systems)

  • Chair of the Scientific Commission for Information Systems of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration e.V.(WKWI VHB) (since 2017)

  • Co-Conference Chair of the conference "Wirtschaftsinformatik/WI" at the University of St.Gallen/Switzerland (2017) (largest conference of the German-speaking WI community)

  • Program Chair of the European Conference on Information Systems(ECIS) 2014 in Tel Aviv (Israel) (largest conference of the European WI community)

  • Track Chair at ICIS 2013, WI 2013 and MKWI 2012/2014; Associate Editor at ICIS 2012/2014/2016, ECIS 2012/2013, and many more

Journal functions (excerpt)

  • Member of the AIS Leadership Council
  • Co-Editor of the Journal of Information Technology(JIT)
  • Editorial Board member of the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
  • Editorial Board member of Information Systems Research(ISR)
  • Member of the Department Editorial Board and Section Editor of the Journal Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
  • Reviewer for other high-ranking journals such as ISR, MISQ, JSIS, and others

Memberships

  • German Informatics Society (GI)
  • Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Academy of Management (AoM)

Expert reviewers

EU, ERC Grants, DFG, DAAD, SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation), ÖFF (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), BMBF, BMWI, EU, Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS), Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), and various foundations.

University committees

  • Member of Faculty 7 (Economics), second member of Faculty 16 (Electrical Engineering/Computer Science)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Business Administration (IBWL)
  • Director of the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG)
  • Member of the Information Management Commission (KIM) of the Presidential Board
  • Member of various appointment committees
  • Full Professor of Information Systems and Managing Director of the Institute of Information Systems (IWI HSG) at the University of St.Gallen

Committees in the scientific community

  • Editorial Board member of the Journal of Management Information Systems (ISR)
  • Member of the steering committee of the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) section of the German Informatics Society (GI)
  • Member of the Münchner Kreis, supranational association for communication research e.V.
  • Chairman of the Scientific Commission for Information Systems of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB)
  • Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Information Technology (JIT)
  • Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
  • Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
  • Member of the Department Editorial Board and Section Editor of the Journal Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
  • Reviewer for other high-ranking journals such as ISR, MISQ, JSIS, AMJ, Research Policy
  • Vice President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), responsible for education and member of the AIS Leadership Council
  • Track Chair of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2023
  • Hyderabad, Track Chair International Conference on Information Systems (WI2023)

Transfer

  • Co-founder of Smartransfer GmbH (now Lyncronize GmbH), Kassel (product www.lyncronize.de/), spin-off of the Department of Information Systems at the University of Kassel,
  • Member of the advisory board of the Integrata Foundation for the humane use of IT
  • Start-up support: Expert & Coach for High Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital.
  • Advisory board member of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the subject of service research.
  • Co-founder of several companies and has many years of practical professional experience. Since 2000 he has been active as a consultant, coach,
    administrative and advisory board member for numerous organizations.
  • Research stay in Singapore summer semester 2023

Conference Chair

  • International Conference on Information Systems 2017 (over 750 participants, www.wi2017.ch) at the University of St.Gallen/Switzerland
  • ECIS (European Conference on Information Systems)
  • 2023: Doctoral Consortium Faculty
  • 2024: Doctoral Consortium Chair https://ecis2024.eu/committees/

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Prizes & Awards (excerpt)

  • 2023: Best Publication Award for the contribution (authors) from the research project Hybrid Intelligence Service Support (HISS)
  • 2021: 12th place for Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister in the business administration research ranking of WirtschaftsWoche. The award is based on research output in journals in the period from 2016-2020. In the "Lifetime achievement" category, he achieved 10th place out of 3346 researchers examined.
  • 2021: Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister elected Vice President Education of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and has held the office since 01.09.2021.
  • 2021: Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister awarded "Distinguished Member-Cum Laude" of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • 2021: delina innovation award for digital education in the university category
  • 2020: The MED (Management Education and Development) division of the renowned Academy of Management (AOM), the professional association for academics in the fields of management and organization, presents Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, Prof. Dr. Matthias Söllner and Rainer Winkler with the Global Forum Best Paper Award.
  • 2019: Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister appointed Association for Information Systems (AIS) Senior Scholar
  • 4th place based on research output in 2014-2018 and 8th place in the "Wirtschaftswoche" (4/2019) lifetime achievement ranking (out of 2,824 business administration researchers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
  • 2018: VHB Best Paper Award distinction for Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister
  • 2018: Association for Information Systems (AIS) appoints Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister as Senior Scholar
  • 2018: Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister appointed to the Editorial Board of the renowned Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
  • Among the top 25 Information Systems (IS) researchers worldwide based on published articles 2015-2017 in the eight leading IS journals according to a research ranking by the Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Association for Information Systems(AIS) Award for Innovation in Teaching (2016)
  • Citations of Excellence Award from the Emerald Publishing Group (2013)
  • Best Video Award of the Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.(GI) (2011)
  • TUM Research Excellence Award for Innovation and Leadership (2010)
  • 3rd Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Hessian Ministry of Research and the Arts (2009)
  • Best Paper Award at the Americas Conference on Information Systems(AMCIS) (2006)
  • Wolfgang Heilmann Prize of the Integrata Foundation(2005)