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My professorship is titled:
Human-Centered Information Systems (Faculty III)

This is what my research is about:
Imagine technology adapting to us rather than the other way around. I examine how digital tools from AI to VR can support people at work instead of dictating their actions. My focus is on information systems that empower individual knowledge, improve collaboration, and increase organizational resilience. I research how people creatively appropriate technology in their daily lives, develop their own practices, and thus actively co-create digital business processes. Currently I am analyzing how agentic AI systems are changing human machine cooperation to promote organizational learning and shape a competitive human centered future.

That’s what fascinates me most about my field of research:
I am captivated by the modern paradox where the human factor becomes even more critical as technology becomes more autonomous. It is fascinating how abstract algorithms only transform into value-adding practices through human creativity. I want to leverage this synergy to expand the expertise of professionals and make companies more resilient for the future.

Why I chose to come back to the University of Siegen:
I was an assistant professor at the University of Siegen and I value the mix of top tier socio-informatics research and the proximity to South Westphalia’s Hidden Champions. I look forward to expanding these networks, shaping regional digital transformation through human-centered innovation, and being close to my family again.

My most interesting previous career stations were:

• FernUniversität in Hagen: Professor of Educational Technologies and founder of the Immersive Collaboration Hub for researching immersive tech and virtual teamwork
• University of Siegen: Assistant Professor of Cyber Physical Systems where the foundation for my current research in South Westphalia was laid
• European Digital Innovation Hub South Westphalia and AI Future Center NRW: Leading transfer initiatives to bring AI and digitalization directly to mid-sized industrial companies
• EUSSET Chair of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies promoting international research at the intersection of humans, technology and society

That’s what students learn in my courses, e.g.:
In my courses, students develop the skills to bridge the gap between technological feasibility and human needs. We analyze real-world industrial case studies to methodically guide the implementation of new technologies. The goal is to prepare them as future specialists and leaders to manage digital transformation in organizations responsibly and effectively.

In my free time I like to: 
As a father of two, free time is mostly a theoretical concept. When time allows you can find me on long runs through the Wittgenstein region or occasionally playing soccer.