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Short Bio
Nils Urbach is Professor of Information Systems, Digital Business and Mobility as well as Director of the Research Lab for Digital Innovation & Transformation at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Futhermore, he is Director at the FIM Research Center and the Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT as well as Co-Founder and Director of the Fraunhofer Blockchain Lab. Before, he was Professor of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management at University of Bayreuth, Germany. Prior to that, he held the position of an Assistant Professor at EBS Business School in Wiesbaden where he was head of the Strategic IT Management Competence Center at the Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS). He also received his doctorate from EBS. Furthermore, he holds a diploma in information systems from the University of Paderborn. In 2008, he stayed at the University of Pittsburgh as Visiting Scholar at the Katz Graduate School of Business, in 2012 at the the École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) of the University of Lausanne. Complementary to his academic work, he was Managing Consultant with Horváth & Partners in Stuttgart. Earlier, he worked as Consultant with Accenture in Frankfurt. Nils Urbach has been working in the fields of strategic information management and collaborative information systems for several years. In his current research, he focuses on digital transformation, future IT workplace, and blockchain, among others. His work has been published in several academic journals such as the Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS), Journal of Information Technology (JIT), MIS Quartely Executive (MISQE), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE TEM), Information and Management (I&M), Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), Electronic Markets (EM), and Business Research (BuR) as well as in the proceedings of key international conferences such as the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), and the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
Since 2021: Director of the Research Lab for Digital Innovation & Transformation at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Since 2020: Professor of Professor of Information Systems, Digital Business and Mobility, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Since 2013: Director at FIM Research Center and the Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT
2013 – 2020: Professor of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management, University of Bayreuth, Germany
2010 – 2013: Research Director at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2010 – 2013: Managing Consultant with Horváth & Partners Management Consultants, Stuttgart, Germany
2012: Visiting Scholar at the École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 – 2010: Research Assistant at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2008: Visiting Scholar at Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2004 – 2006: Consultant with Accenture, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
2002 – 2004: Student Assistant at DS&OR Lab, University of Paderborn, Germany
2001 – 2001: Student Assistant at the Chair of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Paderborn, Germany
Education
2010 – 2013: Post-doctoral studies at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007 – 2010: Doctoral studies at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2008: PhD program at Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2000 – 2004: Diploma studies of Business Information Systems at the University of Paderborn, Germany
Since 2021: Director of the Research Lab for Digital Innovation & Transformation at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Since 2020: Professor of Professor of Information Systems, Digital Business and Mobility, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Since 2013: Director at FIM Research Center and the Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT
2013 – 2020: Professor of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management, University of Bayreuth, Germany
2010 – 2013: Research Director at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2010 – 2013: Managing Consultant with Horváth & Partners Management Consultants, Stuttgart, Germany
2012: Visiting Scholar at the École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 – 2010: Research Assistant at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2008: Visiting Scholar at Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2004 – 2006: Consultant with Accenture, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
2002 – 2004: Student Assistant at DS&OR Lab, University of Paderborn, Germany
2001 – 2001: Student Assistant at the Chair of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Paderborn, Germany
Education
2010 – 2013: Post-doctoral studies at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007 – 2010: Doctoral studies at EBS Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
2008: PhD program at Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2000 – 2004: Diploma studies of Business Information Systems at the University of Paderborn, Germany
Contact
Prof. Dr. Nils Urbach
Professor of Information Systems, Digital Business and Mobility
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Nibelungenplatz 1
60318 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
nils.urbach@fim-rc.de
http://www.frankfurt-university.de/n-urbach
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Professor of Information Systems, Digital Business and Mobility
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Nibelungenplatz 1
60318 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
nils.urbach@fim-rc.de
http://www.frankfurt-university.de/n-urbach
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