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Research

Our institute takes a comprehensive approach to managing digitalisation in companies. We are one of the leading Institute of Information Systems in Europe and pursue highly relevant topics from basic to applied research. We have an excellent international network in research and practice and are strongly represented in international rankings. Publications in renowned journals confirm our success at the highest international level.
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Discover our fields of research!

Chair Prof. Dr. Andrea Back

Our research focusses on projects around digital strategies, transformation and innovation.
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Chair Prof. Dr. Ivo Blohm

Ivo Blohm's chair focuses on business analytics and hybrid creativity.
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Chair Prof. Dr. Reinhard Jung

We conduct basic research and realise applied research projects on the topics of health information systems, digital nudging, digital transformation and business ecosystems.
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Chair Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister

Jan Marco Leimeister and his team conduct intensive research into the design, introduction and management of IT-supported forms of organisation and innovation. Topics include crowdsourcing, service engineering and management, digital and internet business.
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Chair Prof. Dr. Robert Winter

As part of our multidisciplinary research projects, we conduct both basic and applied research using quantitative, qualitative, experimental and mixed methods.
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Postdocs and Assistant Professors

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Publications

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Upcoming Research Talks

Mon
26.08.
09:00
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12:00
2024
Info events

Research Seminar: Theory, Theory Building and Theoretical Contribution

Prof Dr Daniel Schlagwein will be at the HSG in HS2024 as a visiting professor of the SoM. In this context, he is offering a research seminar on "Theory, Theory Building and Theoretical Contribution", to which HSG-researchers interested in the topic are invited. The workshop explores the foundational concepts of “theory” in Information Systems (IS) and business and organizational research more widely.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schlagwein
Location:
Seminarraum 52-6120
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Tue
27.08.
09:00
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12:00
2024
Info events

Research Seminar: Inference to the Best Explanation: “Sherlock Holmes-Style” Reasoning in Qualitative Research

Prof Dr Daniel Schlagwein will be at the HSG in HS2024 as a visiting professor of the SoM. In this context, he is offering a research seminar on "Inference to the Best Explanation: 'Sherlock Holmes-Style' Reasoning in Qualitative Research", to which HSG-researchers interested in the topic are invited. The workshop addresses the (mis-)representation and (in-)consistency in reasoning processes in research papers.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schlagwein
Location:
Seminarraum 52-5120
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Tue
03.09.
09:00
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10:30
2024
Info events

Research Talk: Digital Nomadism and Its Implications for Nation-States, Organizations, and Local Communities

Working from home or from anywhere in the world - the number of "global nomads" has increased significantly since the Covid pandemic at the latest. What opportunities and problems arise for the global nomads themselves, and what for society, companies and countries? Prof Dr Daniel Schlagwein from the University of Sydney addresses these issues in his research and presents the latest findings.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schlagwein
Location:
Seminarraum 52-6120
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Wed
30.10.
10:00
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11:30
2024
Info events

Dr. Niclas Kannengiesser: Practitioner Motives to Use Different Hyperparameter Optimization Methods

Dr. Niclas Kannengiesser is a postdoctoral researcher with the critical information systems infrastructures research group at the KIT and currently a visiting researcher at the University of Zurich. In his presentation, he will deal with the topic of Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) - a topic that can also be exciting from a business perspective. He will show how practitioners can benefit from AutoML and provide an outlook on decentralized machine learning processes and the role of AutoML in such processes.
Speaker:
Dr. Niclas Kannengiesser
Location:
Seminarraum 52-5210
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Thu
31.10.
11:00
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12:30
2024
Info events

Prof. Dr. Kevin Bauer: Knowing (not) to know: XAI, task delegation, and human metaknowledge

Kevin Bauer is Assistant Professor of E-Business and E-Government at the University of Mannheim, and starting in 2025, he will be Professor for Game-Theoretic and Causal AI in Business and Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt. In his talk, Kevin Bauer presents the findings of a paper that explores whether Explainable AI (XAI) can improve human metaknowledge and thereby enhance delegation efficiency in human-AI collaborations.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Kevin Bauer
Location:
Seminarraum 52-6120
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Mon
04.11.
11:00
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12:30
2024
Info events

Prof. Dr. Roman Rietsche: Information Sharing in the Metaverse: Bystander Effects and the Moderating Role of Immersiveness

Prof. Dr. Roman Rietsche is Professor for Information Systems and AI at the Berner Fachhochschule. Previously he was part of the IWI-Team as a Research Assistant, Postdoc and Project Manager. In his research talk he presents the results of a controlled laboratory experiment investigating the exchange of information in cyber-physical spaces, such as the Metaverse.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Roman Rietsche
Location:
Seminarraum 52-6120
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Thu
21.11.
11:00
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12:30
2024
Info events

Prof. Dr. Isabel Fischer: Navigating Resistance in Disruptive Contexts: Using Action Design Research to Develop an AI-Based Formative Feedback Tool

Isabel Fischer is an Associate Professor (Reader) of Responsible Digital Innovation and Education at the University of Warwick in the UK. In her Research Talk she explores the use of Action Design Research (ADR) to develop an in-house AI-based formative feedback tool over four iterative cycles between 2019 and 2024.
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Isabel Fischer
Location:
Seminarraum 52-6120
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Wed
04.12.
13:30
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15:00
2024
Info events

Dr. Edona Elshan: Future Nostalgia: Balancing Innovation and Legacy Systems in Low-Code Integration

The rapid development of digital technologies requires the renewal of fundamental IT infrastructures to maintain competitiveness. In her research, Edona Elshan analyses the integration of low-code development platforms (LCDPs) into existing IT landscapes and addresses the various obstacles.
Speaker:
Dr. Edona Elshan
Location:
Seminarraum 52-6120
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Research Advisory Council

Our Research Advisory Council is responsible for the general direction of research projects at IWI.
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Research stay

The personal and direct exchange of new ideas and initial results is crucial for high-quality research. For this reason, the Institute of Information Systems and Digital Business (IWI-HSG) at the University of St.Gallen invites researchers from all over the world for a research stay. Both short and longer stays of up to eight weeks are possible.

We provide guest researchers with an office complete with the usual IT infrastructure. In addition, our guests are given the opportunity to present their research in the form of a research talk. If you require further information or are interested in a research stay at theInstitute of Information Systems and Digital Business (IWI-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen, please contact Professor Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister. In addition to a CV, your mail should include an overview of your research and teaching activities as well as your intended time period for your stay.

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