On Thursday, September 14, 2017, Dr. Christoph Peters, research group and project leader at the Department of Information Systems (Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister) at the University of Kassel, gave a lecture at the Wirtschaftsjunioren Kassel. This lecture, which took place in the IdeaLab of the Science Park Kassel and was entitled "Support is waiting online - more time for the core business with crowd work", focused on the effects of digitalization on the world of work. In particular, the new opportunities and potential that arise for companies when handling work via crowdworking platforms.

The lecture took place at the invitation of Dr. Philipp Bitzer, founder and Managing Director of smarTransfer GmbH and Chairman of Wirtschaftsjunioren Kassel e.V.. Dr. Peters' presentation was followed by a joint discussion on the opportunities and risks of crowd work with the evening's guests.