Organisation profile

At the Institute of Information Systems (IIS) of the Leuphana University we work on innovative topics in Information Systems and Data Science. The main focus is on digital transformation, e-health, e-commerce, business analytics, sports and e-learning. Methodologically, we focus on the development and use of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods for the modeling and solution of data-driven decision problems. Additional quantitative (e.g. graphs, optimization) and qualitative (e.g. interviews, reference modeling) methods complement this spectrum. Cooperating with other universities, companies, and institutions of the civil society plays an important role in our work.

Main research areas

At the Institute of Information Systems there are currently 6 professors and numerous research assistants. Our main research areas include digital transformation, e-health, e-commerce, business analytics, sports, and e-learning. Details can be found on the websites of the work groups and in the central research database of Leuphana. The Institute of Information Systems organized a number of events and conferences at Leuphana (e.g. ITEE 2013, final round of the German National Computer Science Competition 2014, MKWI 2018).

  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Digital leadership routines: Understanding the role of artifacts in digital leadership development

    Eberl, J. K., Zimmer, M. P. & Drews, P., 12.2025, In: Information and Organization. 35, 4, 21 p., 100599.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Promoting students’ motivation in language education with gamified pedagogical conversational agents

    Khosrawi-Rad, B., Keller, P. F., Benner, D., Grogorick, L., Borchers, A., Janson, A., Leimeister, J. M. & Robra-Bissantz, S., 12.2025, In: Computers and Education. 238, 105374.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Digital Responsibility: Building Bridges between Organization Theory and Information Systems

    Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Zimmer, M. P., Habersang, S., Gierlich-Joas, M., Dobusch, L., Schüßler, E., Mueller, B., Mihale-Wilson, C., Zeller-Lanzl, J., Bohn, S., Körner, M.-F., von Richthofen, G. & Gümüsay, A. A., 03.12.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research (SBuR). 46 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    DBLP QuAD 2.0: Scholarly Natural Questions from SPARQL

    Taffa, T., Neises, P., Ollinger, S., Westphal, P., Ackermann, M. R., Banerjee, D. & Usbeck, R., 09.12.2025, K-CAP 2025 - Proceedings of the 13th Knowledge Capture Conference 2025. Shimizu, C., Ferrada, S. & Kagal, L. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 236-240 5 p. (K-CAP 2025 - Proceedings of the 13th Knowledge Capture Conference 2025).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    LLM Agents for Georelating - A New Task for Locating Events

    Moltzen, K., Huang, J. & Usbeck, R., 12.12.2025, SIGSPATIAL '25: Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems. Mokbel, M., Shekar, S., Züfle, A., Chiang, Y.-Y., Damiani, M. L. & Youssef, M. (eds.). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 277–280 4 p. (ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems; vol. 2025).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    GANDR - Georelating Dataset, Metrics, and Evaluation

    Moltzen, K. & Usbeck, R., 19.12.2025, GeoAI 2025 - Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery. Newsam, S., Yang, L., Gao, S., Zhu, D., Lunga, D., Mai, G., Martins, B. & Arundel, S. (eds.). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 61-71 11 p. (GeoAI '25).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. 2026
  9. Published

    AI-Enhanced Literature Reviews: Connecting Emerging Phenomena and Bodies of Knowledge

    Naqvi, S. A. A., Zimmer, M. P., Kauschinger, M., Drews, P. & Basole, R. C., 2026, Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences: Hyatt Regency Maui, January 6-9, 2026. Bui, T. X. (ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, p. 7233-7242 10 p. (Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; vol. 59).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Aligning Experimentation with Product Operations: A Taxonomy for Structuring Experimentation Teams

    Stotz, N., Labay, B., Vermeer, L. & Drews, P., 2026, Software Engineering and Advanced Applications: 51st Euromicro Conference, SEAA 2025 Salerno, Italy, September 10–12, 2025; Proceedings, Part III. Taibi, D. & Smite, D. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Vol. 3. p. 23-38 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16083).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    In-House Experimentation Platforms Motivations, Implementation Characteristics and Challenges: Motivation, Implementation Characteristics and Challenges

    Stotz, N. & Drews, P., 2026, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement: 26th International Conference, PROFES 2025; Salerno, Italy, December 1–3, 2025 Proceedings. Scanniello, G., Lenarduzzi, V., Romano, S., Vegas, S. & Francese, R. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 36-51 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; vol. 16361).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    IT Outsourcing Relationships in the Context of Digital Transformation: From Transactional Relationships to Ecosystem Partnerships

    Gratzke, L., Zimmer, M. P. & Drews, P., 2026, In: Information Systems Management. 43, 1, p. 65-84 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review