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Prof. Dr. Thomas Widjaja

Professor Thomas Widjaja

Professor Thomas Widjaja has held the Chair of Business Information Systems since 2016. He is also one of the principal investigators of the DFG Research Training Group 2720 "Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE) – Digital platform-based value creation and its implications for data exchange, organisation and socio-economic development". Previously, he gained his doctoral and habilitation degrees at Technische Universität Darmstadt and was a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland in Washington, at IESE Business School in Barcelona and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Professor Thomas Widjaja has held the Chair of Business Information Systems since 2016. He is also one of the principal investigators of the DFG Research Training Group 2720 "Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE) – Digital platform-based value creation and its implications for data exchange, organisation and socio-economic development". Previously, he gained his doctoral and habilitation degrees at Technische Universität Darmstadt and was a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland in Washington, at IESE Business School in Barcelona and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

‘In my research, I examine amongst other things how consumers’ permission to use their data is affected when companies use these data not only for internal purposes but transfer them on to other companies in their networks. What changes when networks of companies use customer data to put new products and services on the market? This question is interesting from both the supplier and consumer side. In this field, I very much value the exchange with colleagues from different disciplines.'

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Professor Widjaja's research focuses on data-based business models and privacy, IT architecture management of business information systems and digital services.
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The DFG Research Training Group "Digital Platform Ecosystems" brought together researchers from all over the world in Passau to discuss one topic: the power of digital platforms. With videos

Illustration aus dem Erklärvideo zum interdisziplinären bidt-Projekt „Vektoren der Datenpreisgabe“ - Illustration: Isabel Groll

The digital world asks us this question several times a day: should we share our data? A video explaining the interdisciplinary bidt project "Vectors of data disclosure", which examines the general legal and cultural conditions of that moment.

The conference room at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

The conference “Vectors of Data Disclosure” at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities underlined the necessity of an interdisciplinary analysis of the personal disclosure decision – and gave the project team much food for thought.

Interdisziplinäres Organisations-Team der DPE Ringvorlesung an der Universität Passau

The Research Training Group "Digital Platform Ecosystems" will be the University’s pivotal hub for leading-edge, international, and interdisciplinary research and advanced academic qualifications around a central phenomenon of the digital economy.

Wirtschaftsinformatiker Philipp Sleziona und Marketingforscherin Alina Grüner; Foto: Studio Weichselbaumer

Affective reactions—or gut feelings—play a key role in consumer decision-making. Researchers at the University of Passau are seeking to understand this process better and help consumers make better decisions.

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Professor Robert Gregory from the University of Virginia is going to open our distinguished keynote series on 'Digital Platform Ecosystems'. Our University's host Professor Thomas Widjaja explains why he is looking forward to his guest.

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