IT, Analytics, and Operations Seminar: Dr. Jan Recker, University of Hamburg Business School, University of Hamburg
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September 12 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am EDT
Dr. Jan Recker, University of Hamburg Business School, University of Hamburg
Material Boundaries, Scalability, and Multifinality in Digital Sustainability: Field Lessons and Future Pathways
This talk reflects on insights from a longstanding research program exploring the role of
digital technologies in addressing human-induced climate change. Drawing on studies of
organizational sustainability transformations, digitally enabled behavioral change, and
efforts to make technology use itself more sustainable, I will synthesize key conceptual
challenges in advancing insights on digital sustainability. I will also outline possible pathways
toward a more nuanced understanding of how digital solutions can support sustainable
behavior and development in practice.
Learn More About Dr. Jan Recker
Dr. Jan Recker is the Nucleus Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg. He is also Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow, AIS Fellow, and Adjunct Professor at the QUT Business School, Australia. He previously held positions including the Woolworths Chair in Retail Innovation at Queensland University of Technology and Chaired Professor for Information Systems at the University of Cologne.
His research explores how organizations navigate the opportunities and challenges of digitalization, artificial intelligence, and sustainability, working with firms such as Apple, SAP, Volkswagen, and Lufthansa, and others. He has published extensively in leading journals including MIS Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Organization Science, and his work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and other outlets. He is also the author of widely used textbooks on scientific research and data analysis, used in more than 600 institutions worldwide. Dr. Recker currently serves as Senior Editor for the MIS Quarterly, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and the European Journal of Information Systems. Previously, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
Dr. Recker is recognized among the top 2% of scientists globally and is one of only three scholars listed in Germany’s top 100 researcher rankings for both business and management as well as computer science. In 2019, he was named Germany’s #1 business researcher under 40 by Wirtschaftswoche. In his spare time, he co-hosts the “this IS research” podcast with Dr. Nick Berente of the University of Notre Dame.
Learn more about Jan Recker here.
Talk sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business IT, Analytics, and Operations Department as part of the Eugene B. Clark Research Seminar Series. Free and open to the Mendoza and campus community.