Research focuses

Information systems analysis and design, Conceptual modelling, Environmental Sustainability, Green IS, Digital Innovation, Digital Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, Systems Development, Business Process Management

Curriculum vitae

• 2018 Appointment as Chaired Professor for Information Systems and Systems Development, University of Cologne.
• 2016 Appointment as Full Professor and Leader, Digital Innovation Research Group, at the QUT Business School.
• 2015 Appointment as Editor-in-Chief for the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
• 2014 Winner of a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, for exceptional sustained contributions to Queensland University of Technology in Innovative and Creative Practices.
• 2013 Winner of a Vice Chancellor’s Performance Team Award, for outstanding contributions to Queensland University of Technology in Productive and Sustainable Partnerships (together with T. Kohlborn).
• 2013 Winner of an Outstanding HDR Supervision Practice Award for outstanding performance in doctoral student supervision in the Faculty of Science & Engineering at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
• 2012 Appointment as Guest Professor at the International School of Software, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
• 2012 Appointment as Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation
• 2012 Promotion to Full Professor in Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
• 2010 Promotion to Associate Professor in Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
• 2010 Winner of a Vice-Chancellor's Performance Team Award for outstanding contributions to Queensland University of Technology in consulting and service engagement (together with M. La Rosa, W. Bandara, T. Kohlborn).
• 2009 Winner of a Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award for outstanding contributions in research at Queensland University of Technology.
• 2009 Winner of the LEX Performance Improvement Award for the Most Improved Unit by Student Evaluation at Queensland University of Technology.
• 2008 Appointment as Senior Lecturer in Information Systems.
• 2008 Winner of the LEX Performance Teaching Award for Best Teaching Overall by Student Evaluation at Queensland University of Technology.
• 2008 Winner of the ACPHIS Information Systems Doctoral Thesis Award 2008 for the best Information systems thesis within Australasia.
• 2008 Winner of the QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award 2008, recognizing the top dissertation in the university.
• 2005 - 2008 Ph. D. in Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
• 2005 Winner of the BearingPoint-Award for the best European post-graduate thesis in the field of conceptual modeling.
• 2004 Winner of the Mercer-AlumniUM-Master-Award for one of three best Master graduations of the academic year in the Faculty of Business at the University of Muenster, Germany (out of 567 graduates).
• 2000 – 2004 M. Sc. in Information Systems, University of Münster, Germany

Selected publications

• Recker, J. (2012): Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Mertens, W., Pugliese, A., Recker, J. (2016): Quantitative Data Analysis: A Companion for Accounting and Information Systems Research. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
• von Briel, F., Davidsson, P., Recker, J. (2018): Digital Technologies as External Enablers of New Venture Creation in the IT Hardware Sector. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 47-69.
• Burton-Jones, A., Recker, J., Indulska, M., Green, P., Weber, R. (2017): Assessing Representation Theory with a Framework for Pursuing Success and Failure. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 1307-1333.
• Pentland, B. P., Recker, J., Wyner, G. (2017): Rediscovering Handoffs. Academy of Management Discoveries, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 284-301.
• Loeser, F., Recker, J., vom Brocke, J., Molla, A., Zarnekow, R. (2017): How IT Executives Create Organizational Benefits by Translating Environmental Strategies into Green IS Initiatives. Information Systems Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 503-553.
• von Briel, F., Recker, J. (2017): Lessons from a Failed Implementation of an Online Open Innovation Community in an Innovative Organization. MISQ Executive, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 35-46.
• Lange, M., Mendling, J., Recker, J. (2016): An Empirical Analysis of the Factors and Measures of Enterprise Architecture Management Success. European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 411-431.
• Recker, J., Lekse, D. (2016): A Field Study of Spatial Preferences in Enterprise Microblogging. Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 115-129.
• Seidel, S., Recker, J., vom Brocke, J. (2013): Sensemaking and Sustainable Practicing: Functional Affordances of Information Systems in Green Transformations. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 1275-1299.
• Recker, J. (2013): Empirical Investigation of the Usefulness of Gateway Constructs in Process Models. European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 673-689.
• Indulska, M., Hovorka, D., Recker, J. (2012): Quantitative Approaches to Content Analysis: Identifying Conceptual Drift Across Publication Outlets. European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 49-69.
• Recker, J., Rosemann, M., Green, P., Indulska, M. (2011): Do Ontological Deficiencies in Modeling Grammars Matter? MIS Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 57-79.
• Recker, J., Indulska, M., Rosemann, M., Green, P. (2010): The Ontological Deficiencies of Process Modeling in Practice. European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 501-525.
• Recker, J. (2010): Continued Use of Process Modeling Grammars: The Impact of Individual Difference Factors. European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 76-92.
• Recker, J., Rosemann, M., Indulska, M., Green, P. (2009): Business Process Modeling: A Comparative Analysis. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 333-363.