Institute for Business Analytics
Ulm University
Helmholtzstraße 22
89081 Ulm
Room E.09
Phone: +49 (0) 7 31 50-3 23 00
E-mail: steffen.zimmermann(at)uni-ulm.de
Office hours:
Appointment by arrangement (request by e-mail)
Steffen Zimmermann is Professor of Business Management/Administration specialising in Digital Business and Head of the Institute for Business Analytics at Ulm University. In his research and teaching, he specialises in Digital Platforms & Markets, Digital Education & AI Literacy, and Green Information Systems.
Steffen Zimmermann was born in Göppingen and studied Business Management/Administration at the University of Augsburg. His studies, which he completed in 2004, focussed on Management Information Systems, Financial Engineering and the Economics of the Information Society. After graduating, he began his scientific career as a research assistant at the Chair of Management Information Systems, Information and Financial Management. In 2008, he completed his doctorate on the subject of value-orientated IT portfolio management. At the same time, he was managing director of FIM Finanz- & Informationsmanagement GmbH and realised a large number of practical projects as an independent management consultant. From March 2009, he continued his academic career at the Institute for Management Information Systems, Production Management and Logistics at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck. He successfully completed his Habilitation (postdoctoral teaching qualification) there in 2014. In May 2017, he was appointed University Professor and took over the Head of Office of Management Information Systems III, specialising in Digital Enterprises and Digital Markets. From October 2019, he also headed the Institute for Management Information Systems, Production Management and Logistics at the University of Innsbruck. His international orientation is reflected in his work as a visiting professor at the Department of Management Information Systems at the University of Calgary. There, he works closely with Barrie Nault on research projects in the field of digital platforms and markets.
Steffen Zimmermann is the author of several articles in top international journals, such as Information Systems Research, Journal of Strategic Information Systems and Journal of the AIS. In addition, he regularly presents his research results at the most important international conferences in Management Information Systems, such as International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) and European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS).
