Opinions and views vary from person to person, and in today’s world, there is probably no place where this is more evident than on Twitter. In this study, Professor Mirbabaie analyses how different user types communicate regarding topics, tweet characteristics, links, and specific sentiments toward refugees. Following 13 September 2015, after Germany decided to implement border controls, all tweets containing the keyword “Flüchtlinge” (English:…

Despite all the varying problems and threats we face as a society, climate change remains an inglorious constant. In this study, Professor Mirbabaie and Jonas Rieskamp conducted a study together with their colleagues at Darwin University, focusing on heat waves. Even though heat waves have devasting impacts on human health and well-being, studies are rare and often confined to specific locations. Therefore, this study explores conversations on…

From June 21-23, 2023, the International Conference of Business Informatics (CBI) will take place in Prague, Czechia. For this 25th-anniversary edition, Professor Mirbabaie and Professor Wimmer from JKU Linz will serve as track chairs for Business Innovation and Digital Transformation. More information can be found here: https://cbi2023.org/index.php

Die Juniorprofessur für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insb. Digital Society sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Studentische Hilfskräfte (w/m/d) oder Wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte mit Bachelorabschluss (w/m/d). Es handelt sich um eine Tätigkeit im Umfang von 10 Stunden pro Woche für SHK und 7,5 Stunden pro Woche für WHB. Die Aufgabenbereiche erstrecken sich auf Forschung und Administration. Weitere Informationen können der Ausschreibung entnommen…

Objectivity is an essential feature of the selection process in hiring. While human decision-making tends to lack consistent objectivity, AI-based systems provide the opportunity to make selection processes more objective and fairer by mitigating human biases that could cause discrimination. In this work, Professor Mirbabaie investigates the AI-based system’s impact on humans’ hiring decisions and how an Explainable AI (XAI) approach could…

Reviewing constitutes a crucial yet demanding and time-consuming part in academia. We are pleased to announce that, in 2022, the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) has awarded Professor Mirbabaie the certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing for his contributions to maintaining the quality of EJIS.

Die Juniorprofessur für Wirtschaftsinformatik, insb. Digital Society sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Studentische Hilfskräfte (w/m/d) oder Wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte mit Bachelorabschluss (w/m/d).

Next year’s HICSS will take place in early January in Hawaii, where Professor Mirbabaie will contribute two research articles. Respectively, these explore how virtual influencers have become a more frequent alternative to human influencers and discuss how to improve fairness when deploying AI-based algorithms in hiring. Virtual influencers (VIs) have become a more frequent alternative to human influencers (HIs). While it should be clear to users…

This year will mark the 33rd year of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems, which the University of Melbourne will host in early December in Melbourne. Professor Mirbabaie will attend the ACIS and contribute two research articles regarding remedying the drawbacks of remote work through emerging technologies such as meta-verses and the development of an artefact that improves cybersecurity.  To remedy the drawbacks of remote work…

In December, this year’s ICIS will take place in Copenhagen and Professor Mirbabaie will participate with two research articles. One explores the motivators for conducting digital detox, particularly regarding knowledge workers, while the other discusses the controversial usage of Persuasive System Design (PSD) that can disadvantage users. Dealing with information and communication technologies (ICT) for an extended period makes knowledge…

Professor Mirbabaie’s recent project focuses on embedding sustainability, digitization, and innovation in his lectures, while providing related teaching materials for other disciplines. Together with Prof. Dr. Tobias Brandt (WWU Münster) and Prof. Dr. Mona Mensmann (University of Cologne), he will develop case studies based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations to showcase how digital technologies can provide powerful…

Professor Milad Mirbabaie addresses in a recent publication the usage of AI in organizations and the associated uncertainties and fears of job losses among employees. Together with his co-authors he revealed that it is crucial to manage employees' attitudes towards the deployment of an AI-based technology effectively and counteract possible resistance behaviour. This study indicates that the deployment of AI-based technologies does not differ…

Professor Mirbabaie addresses in a recent publication the ethical challenges of using social media as a source of data for empirical research across a variety of academic disciplines. Scholars in the Information Systems (IS) discipline must deal with a patchwork of ethical frameworks, regulations, and (missing) institutional support. To initiate a debate on how to develop a common understanding of Social Media Analytics research ethics, this…

Professor Mirbabaie addresses in a recent publication the ethical dimensions of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is highly unstructured and seeks clarity. As conventional systematic literature research has been criticized for lacking in performance, the authors applied an adapted discourse approach to identify the most relevant articles within the debate. They identified many similarities between traditionally curated ethical principles and…

Professor Milad Mirbabaie's recent publication presents the results of a standardized content analysis comparing the use of Twitter as an information source on the websites of five news media types (quality newspapers, a tabloid newspaper, weekly magazines, broadcasters, and internet only). The theoretical assumption behind the study is that the adoption of Twitter as a source follows the established practices of a particular media type. Together…