The Association for Information Systems(AIS) has appointed Professor Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, Head of the Department of Information Systems and Director at the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) at the University of Kassel, as an"AIS Senior Scholar". The AIS is the world's leading academic professional association in the field of information systems/business informatics with members in over 100 countries and headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia/USA. Each year, only a few world-renowned researchers who have been working in the field of information systems for many years are appointed as Senior Scholars. The list of Senior Scholars (appointed for life) reads like a "Who's Who" of the global information systems community.