Education

• 2008: Habilitation at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
• 2004: Doctorate (Dr. oec.) in Business Informatics 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)

• Spring 2023: Visiting Research Professor, Nanyang Technical University (NTU), Singapore
• Spring 2019: Visiting Research Professor, National University Singapore (NUS)
• Summer 2012: Visiting Research Professor, Harvard University(HBS) in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
• Spring 2012: Visiting Research Professor atUniversity of Queenslandin Brisbane (Australia)
• Fall & Winter 2007: Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow,Columbia Universityand Rutgers University, Center for Advanced Information Processing (USA)
• Summer & Fall 2006: Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow atUniversity of California, BerkeleySchool of Information and Haas School of Business (USA)

• Spring 2004: Visiting Researcher at University of Maryland, Information Systems Department, Baltimore County (USA)

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
• Dealing with artificial intelligence
• Digital education

• Digital work

Functions in the business informatics community (excerpt)

Functions at conferences

• 2024: Chair of the Doctoral Consortium, ECIS 2024
• 2023: Track Chair, ICIS Hyderabad
• 2023: Faculty Member, Doctoral Consortium
• 2019: Program Chair, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Munich (largest WI conference worldwide, > 2,000 participants)
• 2017: Co-Conference Chair, International Conference on Information Systems (WI), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (> 750 participants)
• 2014: Program Chair, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Tel Aviv
• Track Chair at ICIS 2013, WI 2013, MKWI 2012 & 2014
• Associate Editor at ICIS 2012, 2014, 2016 and ECIS 2012 & 2013

Functions in scientific societies

• Since 2017: Chair of the Scientific Commission for Information Systems (WKWI) in the VHB
• Member of the AIS Leadership Council
• Member of the steering committee of the Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) section, German Informatics Society (GI)
• Member of the Münchner Kreis, supranational association for communication research

Journal functions (excerpt)

• Member of the AIS Leadership Council
• Co-Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Information Technology (JIT)
• Associate Editor: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS)
• Editorial Board Member:
  • Information Systems Research (ISR)
  • Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
  • Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE)
• Section Editor at BISE

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

Memberships

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

• Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB)

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

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

• Participation in numerous appointment committees

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

Transfer

• Co-founder of Smartransfer GmbH (now Lyncronize GmbH), Kassel, 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 Technical Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital
• Advisory board of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the subject of service research
• Many years of practical experience in consulting, coaching, administrative and advisory board mandates

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

2025

• 22nd most researched economist from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (2020-2024)

2024

• Recognized by Stanford University and Elsevier as top 2% of the most cited business informatics researchers worldwide
• Received the AIS Fellow Award
• Appointed International Senior Fellow of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schoeller Research Center for Business and Society
• 11th place in the lifetime achievement ranking

2023

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

2021

• 12th place in WirtschaftsWoche's business administration research ranking (research output in journals 2016-2020)
  10th place in the lifetime achievement ranking (out of 3,346 researchers examined)
• Elected Vice President Education of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), term of office: 09/2021 - 08/2024
• Award as "Distinguished Member - Cum Laude" by the AIS
• delina innovation award for digital education in the university category

2020

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

2019

• Appointment as AIS Senior Scholar
• 4th place in the 2014-2018 research ranking and 8th place in the lifetime achievement ranking of WirtschaftsWoche (4/2019) (among 2,824 business administration researchers from D/A/CH)

2018

• VHB Best Paper Award
• Appointment as AIS Senior Scholar
• Appointment to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
• Ranked among the top 25 IS researchers worldwide (based on publications 2015-2017 in the eight leading IS journals according to the AIS ranking)

2016

• AIS Award for Innovation in Teaching

2013

• Citations of Excellence Award from the Emerald Publishing Group

2011

• Best Video Award of 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 of the Integrata Foundation

• Wambsganss, T., Janson, A., Söllner, M., Koedinger, K., & Leimeister, J. M. (2025). Improving Students' Argumentation Skills Using Dynamic Machine-Learning-Based Modeling. Information Systems Research (ISR), 36(1), 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). Towards 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: Activation-Supporting Components 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.

Further publications can be found here.