Roles in the Business Informatics Community (Excerpt)

Conference Roles

• 2024: Chair of the Doctoral Consortium, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Paphos, Cyprus
• 2023: Faculty Member, Doctoral Consortium
• 2019: Program Chair, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Munich
• 2017: Co-Conference Chair, International Conference on Business Informatics (WI), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2014: Program Chair, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Tel Aviv
• Since 2012: Track Chair at ICIS and ECIS; Mini-Track Chair at HICSS; Associate Editor for ICIS, ECIS, HICSS, AMCIS, and WI

Positions in academic societies

• 2021–2024: Vice President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), responsible for Education and a member of the AIS Leadership Council
• 2017–2019: Chair of the Scientific Commission on Business Informatics at vhb—Association of University Professors of Business Administration
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Section, German Informatics Society (GI)

• Member of the Munich Circle, a transnational association for communication research

Journal Positions (Excerpt)

• Member of the AIS Leadership Council
• Co-Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Information Technology (JIT)
• Editorial Board Member:
  • Information Systems Research (ISR)
  • Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)

• Reviewer for other high-impact journals, such as ISR, MISQ, JSIS, and others

Memberships

• Association for Information Systems (AIS)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Academy of Management (AoM)
• German Informatics Society (GI)

• Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB)

Peer 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), as well as various foundations.

University bodies

• Member of the Executive Board of the Institute of Business Administration (IBWL)

• Member of Department 7 (Economics), associate member of Department 16 (Electrical Engineering/Computer Science), University of Kassel

Committees in the Academic Community

• Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Management Information Systems (ISR)
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Division of the German Informatics Society (GI)
• Member of the Münchner Kreis, Transnational Association for Communication Research e.V.
• Chair of the Scientific Commission for Business Informatics 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)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)

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

Transfer

• Since 2000: Co-founder of several companies in the IT and digital sectors

2026

• Winner of the 2026 HSG Impact Award for the project “Circular Economy of Skills and Competencies”

2024

• Recipient of the AIS Fellow Award
• Appointed International Senior Fellow at the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schoeller Research Center for Economy and Society

2023

• Best Publication Award for the paper from the Hybrid Intelligence Service Support (HISS) research project
• Appointment to the Innovation Advisory Board of the German Forum for Service Research

2021

• Honored as a“Distinguished Member – Cum Laude”by the AIS
• delina Innovation Award for Digital Education in the Higher Education category

2020

• AIS Award for Outstanding Contribution to IS Education
• Global Forum Best Paper Award from the Management Education and Development (MED) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) (jointly with Prof. Dr. Matthias Söllner and Rainer Winkler)

2019

• Appointed as an AIS Senior Scholar

2018

• VHB Best Paper Award
• Appointed as an AIS Senior Scholar
• Appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)

2016

• AIS Award for Innovation in Teaching

2013

• Citations of Excellence Award from the Emerald Publishing Group

2011

• Best Video Award from the German Informatics Society (GI)

2010

• TUM Research Excellence Award for Innovation and Leadership

2009

• 3rd Place for Excellence in Teaching from the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art

2006

• Best Paper Award at the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

2005

• Wolfgang Heilmann Prize from the Integrata Foundation

2025

• Ranked 22nd among the top research economists from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (2020–2024)

2024

• Recognized by Stanford University and Elsevier as one of the top 2% of the most-cited researchers in business informatics worldwide
• Ranked 11th among the top economists in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in Wirtschaftswoche’s Lifetime Achievement Ranking

2023

• Ranked 12th in WirtschaftsWoche’s business administration research ranking (research output in journals, 2016–2020)
• Ranked 10th in the Lifetime Achievement Ranking (out of 3,346 researchers evaluated)

2019

• Ranked 4th in the 2014–2018 research ranking and 8th in the WirtschaftsWoche Lifetime Achievement Ranking (4/2019) (among 2,824 business administration researchers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

2018

• Ranked among the top 25 IS researchers worldwide (based on publications from 2015–2017 in the eight leading IS journals according to the AIS ranking)

• Willcock, Leslie; Currie, Wendy; Schlagwein, Daniel & Leimeister, J. M. (2026): Prediction, Hype, and Fear: Advancing Information Systems Research in “the AI Age.” In: Journal of Information Technology (JIT), online first.

• Blohm, I.; Miranda, S.; Ho, S. Y.; & Leimeister, J. M. (2025): Next-generation IS research methods—toward a better understanding of complex and dynamic phenomena, and generative AI as the elephant in the room. In: Journal of Information Technology (JIT), 2, Vol. 40, pp. 102–121.

• Currie, W. L.; Schlagwein, D.; Leimeister, J. M.; & Willcocks, L. (2025): Rethinking technology regulation in the age of AI risks. In: Journal of Information Technology (JIT), p. 10.

• Schlagwein, D.; Currie, W.; Leimeister, J. M.; & Willcocks, L. (2025): Digital futures: Definition (what), importance (why), and methods (how). In: Journal of Information Technology (JIT), 1, Vol. 40, pp. 2–8.

• Wambsganss, T.; Janson, A.; Söllner, M.; Koedinger, K.; & Leimeister, J. M. (2025): Improving Students’ Argumentation Skills Using Dynamic Machine-Learning–Based Modeling. In: Information Systems Research (ISR), 1, Vol. 36. pp. 474–507.

• Tingelhoff, F., Brugger, M., & Leimeister, J. M. (2024). A Guide for Structured Literature Reviews in Business Research: The State-of-the-Art and How to Integrate Generative Artificial Intelligence. Journal of Information Technology (JIT), 1–23.
• Bretschneider, U., & Leimeister, J. M. (2017). Not Just an Ego Trip: Exploring Backers’ Motivation for Funding in Incentive-Based Crowdfunding. Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS).
• Schlagwein, D., Conboy, K., Feller, J., Morgan, L., & Leimeister, J. M. (2017). “Openness” With and Without IT: A Framework and a Brief History – Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Information Technology (JIT), 32.
• Blohm, I., Riedl, C., Füller, J., & Leimeister, J. M. (2016). Rate or Trade? Identifying Winning Ideas in Open Idea Sourcing. Information Systems Research (ISR), 27(1), 27–48.
• Ebel, P., Bretschneider, U., & Leimeister, J. M. (2016). Leveraging Virtual Business Model Innovation: A Framework for Designing New Business Model Development Tools. Information Systems Journal (ISJ), Online First.
• Peters, C., Blohm, I., & Leimeister, J. M. (2015). Anatomy of Successful Business Models for Complex Services: Insights from the Telemedicine Field. Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 32(3), 75–104.
• Bittner, E. A. C., & Leimeister, J. M. (2014). Creating Shared Understanding in Heterogeneous Work Groups—Why It Matters and How to Achieve It. Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 31(1), 111–143.
• Klendauer, R., Berkovic, M., Gelvin, R., & Leimeister, J. M. (2012). Toward a Competency Model for Requirements Analysts. Information Systems Journal (ISJ), 22(6), 475–503.
• Leimeister, J. M., Huber, M., Bretschneider, U., & Krcmar, H. (2009). Leveraging Crowdsourcing: Components That Support Activation for IT-Based Idea Competitions. Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 26(1), 197–224.
• Leimeister, J. M., Ebner, W., & Krcmar, H. (2005). Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Trust-Supporting Components in Virtual Communities for Patients. Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), 21(4), 101–131.

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