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Stanford/Elsevier ranking: Prof. Jan vom Brocke once again among the top 2 % of scientists
Jan vom Brocke, Chair of Information Systems & Business Process Management, ranks first in Germany in the career ranking for Information Systems. Globally, he is among the top 0.35 percent of leading researchers in his field. In the 2026 ranking, he is listed in third place in Germany and among the top 0.26 percent worldwide.
What's Next? From Studying Information Systems to IT Consulting
Finn Petersen earned his bachelor’s degree in Information Systems and his master’s degree in Information Systems at the Department of Information Systems at the University of Münster. During his studies, he also gained practical experience as an e-learning developer support specialist and through working student positions in product management and content management.
Department of Information Systems and MIT publish AI Decision Matrix for companies
Which tasks can be entrusted to artificial intelligence, and when should humans remain involved in decision-making processes? Determining how decision-making responsibilities should be distributed between humans and AI is one of the key challenges facing companies in the AI era.
Project Seminar with pacemaker.ai: Agentic AI for Supply Chain Planning
This semester, the Chair of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, headed by Prof. Bernd Hellingrath, is offering the project seminar “Agentic Purchase Recommendations for Inventory Management Optimization” for master’s students. In collaboration with the Münster-based company pacemaker.ai, the students are investigating how agentic AI systems can support supply chain planners in their day-to-day work, particularly with replenishment decisions and demand forecasting.
Legal and Administrative Informatics Conference 2026
The Legal and Administrative Informatics Conference (RVI) was held on September 24–25, 2026, at TU Dresden as part of the Informatics Festival and in conjunction with the GI Annual Conference INFORMATIK.
WI 2026
The 21st International Conference on Information Systems (WI 2026) took place from September 6 to 10, 2026, at Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria. Under the theme “Sociotechnical Systems in the Age of AI,” the conference focused on how artificial intelligence is changing the use of technology and the role of humans in business contexts. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners and provided a platform for exchanging ideas on current developments in Information Systems.
Dr. Lea Püchel takes second place at Falling Walls Lab Münster
At the Falling Walls Lab Münster 2026, Dr. Lea Püchel from the Department of Information Systems placed second with her pitch titled “Breaking the Wall of Data Dependency.” On September 11, eight early-career researchers presented their research and startup ideas in three-minute pitches in English at the REACH – Euregio Start-up Center.
Best Paper Award for Kristina Magnussen and Rainer Böhme
Kristina Magnussen and Rainer Böhme have received the best paper award for their paper "Personal Data Accuracy is a Blind Spot in LLM Privacy Research" at the Annual Privacy Forum 2026.
AI Transformation: Department of Information Systems at NRW Day 2026
From August 28 to 30, Münster celebrated the 80th anniversary of North Rhine-Westphalia. Under the motto “Democracy lives. Diversity connects.”, NRW Day 2026 offered numerous opportunities to experience the diversity of the state and explore different aspects of society, science, and culture.
Best Published Paper Award for Prof. vom Brocke’s study on digital transformation
Prof. Dr Jan vom Brocke, Director of the Department of Information Systems, has been awarded the Best Published Paper Award by the CTO Division of the Academy of Management, together with his co-authors Christoph J. Frick (PhD) and Prof. Dr Stefan Seidel (University of Cologne). The study, entitled “Regulating Emerging Technologies: Prospective Sensemaking Through Abstraction and Elaboration”, has been published in the prestigious journal MIS Quarterly.