Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer

Chair of Information Systems II

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Main fields of research

• Impact of digital technologies on firms and markets (e.g., artificial intelligence, large language models, social media, online platforms)
• Competition in digital markets (e.g., app stores, e-commerce, search engines, social media)
• Digital business models (e.g., platform, marketplace, freemium, targeted advertising)
• Digital analytics (e.g., A/B testing, multi-armed bandits)
• Management of online platforms (e.g., algorithmic fairness, content moderation, misinformation)
• Regulatory impact (e.g., AI Act, Digital Markets Act, GDPR, Sovereignty)

Curriculum vitae

2011	B. Sc., Information Systems, University of Mannheim
2013	M. Sc., Information Systems, University of Mannheim
2013–2015	PhD student, CDSB, Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Mannheim
2015–2017	Research assistant, University of Mannheim, SAP SE
2017	Dr. rer. pol, University of Mannheim
2017–2019	Postdoc (Akademischer Rat), University of Mannheim
2019–2023	Assistant-Professor, Technical University of Munich, School of Management
2023–2025	, Associate Professor (Tenured), Technical University of Munich, School of Management
2023–2024	Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute
Since 2025	Full Professor of Information Systems, University of Mannheim

Selected memberships

• Association for Information Systems
• Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft

Prizes, awards, honors

• Capital, Top 40 unter 40 (2024)
• WirtschaftsWoche-Ranking Forschungsstärkste Wissenschaftler/innen BWL (2023)
• Supervisory Award der Technischen Universität München (2023)
• Best Paper in Track Award, International Conference on Information Systems (2022)
• Best Paper of the Year Award, Information Systems Research (2019)

Selected publications