Martin Hänel

• German

  • Human–AI Interaction & Cognitive Augmentation: How GenAI, Reliance, and Cognitive Offloading are transforming human thinking, performance, and cognitive autonomy.
  • GenAI Reading & Comprehension Support: Design and evaluation of adaptive AI reading support for text comprehension, sensemaking, and learning, particularly across different interaction paradigms.
  • AI in Education: Development of theory-guided GenAI systems that specifically support, calibrate, and sustain cognitive processes rather than taking them over entirely.

• English

  • Human–AI Interaction & Cognitive Augmentation: How GenAI, reliance, and cognitive offloading shape human cognition, performance, and cognitive engagement.
  • GenAI Reading & Comprehension Support: Designing and evaluating adaptive AI-based reading support for comprehension, sensemaking, and learning, particularly across different interaction paradigms.
  • AI in Education: Designing theory-driven GenAI systems that support, calibrate, and preserve cognitive processes rather than fully replacing them.

• Hänel, M., Mwaita, K. F., Wambsganss, T., & Söllner, M. (2026). Design and Evaluation of an Adaptive Reading Support System for Comprehension. Thirty-Fourth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2026), Milan, Italy.
• Hänel, M., Mwaita, K. F., Wambsganss, T., & Söllner, M. (2026). PaperMate: A Prototype for Supporting Comprehension of Scientific Texts for Non-Native Academic Readers. In Design for Better Futures: Beyond the Science of the Artificial. Prototypes and Research-in-Progress (pp. 337–344). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-28570-6_28
• Hänel, M., Wambsganss, T., & Söllner, M. (2024). Towards Effective AI-Driven Reading Assistants: A Design Science Exploration. Thirty-Second European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024), Paphos, Cyprus.
• Hänel, M., Wambsganss, T., & Söllner, M. (2024). The Power of Reading Support for Learners: A State-of-the-Art Analysis of Computer-Assisted Reading from an Information Systems Perspective. 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-57), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 24–33. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2024.005
• Hänel, M., & Söllner, M. (2023). Harnessing Conversational AI in Higher Education: The Education Buddy—An Innovative Intervention for International Students Facing Study Difficulties. In INFORMATIK 2023 – Designing Futures: Shaping the Future, Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), P-337, 385–388. German Informatics Society, Bonn. https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2023_40

• Prof. Thiemo Wambsganß (Bern University of Applied Sciences, BFH)
• Timo Koch, Dr. Jonas Föhr (University of Bayreuth)
• Kevin Fred Mwaita (Free University of Bolzano)

Curriculum vitae

• Since 12/2022 Research assistant / doctoral candidate at the Department of Information Systems and Systems Development, University of Kassel
• 2020 - 2021 simsa start-up project (intelligent learning platform for teaching Building Information Modeling)
• 2019 - 2020 Senior Innovation Guide at Josephs GmbH, Nuremberg
• 2019 - 2022 Studied Business Administration (Master of Science) with a focus on Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Technology, University of Bayreuth
  Master's thesis topic: The influence of interaction and object design in intelligent, voice-controlled technologies on consumer brand engagement
• 2018 - 2019 Graduate student, research assistant at Fraunhofer IIS, Nuremberg
• 2015 - 2018 Studied Business Administration (Bachelor of Science) with a focus on Business Informatics and Marketing, University of Bayreuth