My name is Jan Recker and I am Nucleus Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg, funded through the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments. Presently, I also hold adjunct positions at the University of Agder and Queensland University of Technology.

In my research, I explore how organizations deal with the opportunities and challenges of digitalization. I usually work with particularly large organizations (such as Edeka, Woolworths, Volkswagen, SAP, Hilti, Commonwealth Bank, Federal Police, Lufthansa, Ubisoft, federal and state governments) or with particularly small organizations (“start-ups”). I study how work in large organizations is transformed through digital innovations, how products or processes can be digitalized, and how startups bring new digital offerings to the market. I also study how digital solutions can be used to achieve sustainable development goals. I am trained  as a field researcher and use quantitative, qualitative, and computational methods in my work. My current interests include:

• Digital innovation and transformation in large organizations
• Digital entrepreneurship
• Digitalization of products, services, and processes
• Digital solutions for sustainable development
• Design of new digital technologies such as AI

In my teaching, I cover areas such as Technology and Innovation Management, Digital Innovation, Digital Entrepreneurship, IT and Sustainable Development, Digital Innovation Leadership, Business Process Management, Systems Development, and Research Training.

Current Appointments

• Nucleus Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation, University of Hamburg, Germany, since April 2021.
• Adjunct Professor at the University of Agder, Norway, since April 2022.
• Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia, since January 2018.

Previous Stages of Academic Career

• Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, April-September 2022.
• Appointment as Senior Editor, MIS Quarterly, January 2021.
• Appointment as Chaired Professor for Information Systems and Systems Development at the University of Cologne, January 2018.
• Appointment as Adjunct Professor in the School of Management, QUT Business School, December 2017.
• Re-appointment as Editor-in-Chief, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, October 2017.
• Appointment as Full Professor in the School of Management, QUT Business School, June 2016.
• Appointment as Editor-in-Chief, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, July 2015.
• Appointment as Associate Editor, MIS Quarterly, January 2015.
• Inaugural Holder of the Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation, 2012-2015.
• Guest Professor at the International School of Software, Wuhan University, China, since April 2012.
• Promotion to Full Professor of Information Systems, March 2012.
• Academic Director for Corporate Programs and Partners in the Information Systems School, between January 2011 and June 2012.
• Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, since 2010.
• Fellow of the Liechtenstein Chapter of the Association for Information Systems, since 2010.
• Invited Visiting Research Fellow at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, from October – December 2010.
• Promotion to Associate Professor of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology, July 2010.
• Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science & Technology, Queensland University of Technology between June 2008 and July 2010.
• Research Assistant in the Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology from February – May 2008.
• Visiting Research Fellow at the Howe School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA from May – August 2007.
• PhD Studies in Information Systems at the Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia from November 2005 – December 2007 (PhD awarded in May 2008).
• Research Assistant at the Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology from January – October 2005.
• Studies of Information Systems at the University of Muenster, Germany (BScIS in 2004, MScIS in 2004).
• Exchange Studies of Information Technology at the Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia from July – November 2003.

Recent News

• [Oct 2023] The updated database of the top 2% of scientists globally  across 176 fields of science based on publication and citation data lists me at 1st position in Information Systems in Germany and 98th globally (out of 17784 listed Information Systems researchers) .
• [Mar2023] Research.com ranks me as the only German professor that appears in the top 100 list for both business & management (7th) and computer science (91th).
• [Oct 2022] The updated database of the top 2% of scientists globally  across 176 fields of science lists me at 1st position in Information Systems in Germany and 51st globally (out of 5077 listed Information Systems researchers) based on publication and citation data.
• [Apr 2022] I have started a position as Adjunct Professor with the
  Department of Information Systems at the University of Agder.
• [Oct 2021] I have been listed in a database of the top 2% of scientists globally across 176 fields of science (109th in Information Systems) based on publication and citation data.
• [Apr 2021] I have joined the University of Hamburg to take up a new position as Nucleus Professor and chair for information systems and digital innovation.
• [Dec 2020] I received an invitation to join the MIS Quarterly as Senior Editor in 2021.
• [Dec 2019] I received an “Outstanding Associate Editor” Award by MIS Quarterly.
• [Aug 2019] I have reached 10,000 Google Scholar citations.
• [Jan 2019] Wirtschaftswoche listed me as the number 1 business school researcher “under 40” in their ranking of scholars in German-speaking regions.
• [Dec 2018] I was named an AIS Fellow.
• [Nov 2017] I have moved to Cologne, Germany, to take up a new position at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences as of January 2018.
• Aug 2016] My paper “Suggestions for the Next Wave of BPM Research” was honored by the Journal of IT Theory and Application (JITTA) with the 2014 Outstanding Paper Award.
• [Jun 2016] Our new book “Quantitative Data Analysis” is now available for purchase (click here).
• [Mar 2016] I launched a new webpage for my Springer book “Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide”.
• [Jul 2015] I have been appointed as Editor-in-Chief for the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
• Nov 2014] I have been appointed as Associate Editor for the MIS Quarterly.
  
• [Nov 2012] My book “Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide” has been released by Springer (click here).
• [Apr 2012] I have received a promotion to Full Professor together with my appointment as Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation.
• Oct 2011] I had my 100th fully refereed academic paper accepted (since 2005).
• [Mar 2011] I have taken over the co-leadership of QUT’s Business Process Management research group, one of the largest research groups in this domain.
• Jan 2011] My book “Evaluations of Process Modeling Grammars” has been released by Springer (click here).