Awards

Awards, Rankings, and Honors

The chair’s research is internationally visible and has received multiple awards. The following distinctions provide an overview of the scientific achievements and recognition of its research work.

Selected awards

Credit: Peter Oliver Wolff

Top 40 under 40, Capital

Professor Förderer was honored by the business magazine Capital as a Top 40 under 40. With this award, the magazine honors promising talents from business, politics and society under the age of 40 who have already achieved extraordinary success.

Business Administration Research Ranking, WirtschaftsWoche

Professor Förderer was recognized by WirtschaftsWoche as one of the most productive researchers in business administration in the Research Ranking 2025. The ranking is based on publication activity over the past five years.

Supervisory Award, TU Munich

At the Technical University of Munich, Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer was awarded the Supervisory Award for the best doctoral supervision across the university, “in recognition of his outstanding guidance of doctoral candidates and the diligent training of early-career researchers, which he carries out exemplarily with care and passion.”

Best Paper of the Year Award, Information Systems Research

Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer was awarded the Best Paper of the Year Award by the prestigious journal Information Systems Research. The paper examines the competition between platform gatekeepers such as Apple and Google and app developers, providing new insights into strategic behavior on digital platforms.