Nordic Centre for Internet and Society (NCIS)

As one of the founding members, Kateryna joined the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society from its very beginning in 2016 until 2021, first as a PhD student from 2016-2020 and then as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2020 and 2021. During these years, Kateryna collaborated and co-authored extensively with many members of the Centre, including Christian Fieseler, Alexander Buhmann, Christoph Lutz, and Suzanne Van Gils, and she stays closely connected to the Centre to this day.

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Her research interests include studying entrepreneurs and new ventures from various angles (e.g., external enablers, optimal distinctiveness theory), using new research methods such as computer-aided text analysis (CATA) or qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). Madeleine has published in Small Business Economics Journal and received a runner-up paper award at the International QCA PDW as well as a best reviewer award from the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division

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He received his PhD from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and was a visiting researcher at the College of Information Studies, University of Maryland. His research interests lie at the intersection of information systems and innovation. Specifically, his research focuses on how individuals experience working by means of digital platforms (such as crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and gig work platforms). Within the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society, he works with Dr. Christoph Lutz and Prof. Dr. Christian Fieseler on a number of joint projects on digital platforms.

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He received his PhD from Jönköping International Business School and was, amongst others, a guest researcher at Stanford University and the University of British Columbia. His research is rooted in Organization Theory and follows two broad empirical streams: first, Matthias studies family firms and how they renew themselves through entrepreneurship.

Second, he investigates new forms of organizing in online communities. Together with the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society and in particular Dr. Eliane Bucher, he has published several articles and is currently involved in joint grant applications.

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He currently also pursues a PhD at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) on the topic of governance and business model development of digital platforms in B2B markets, supported by the German Ministry of Economics and Energy as well as the German Ministry of Finance. In September 2019, Philip visited the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society for a two-week research stay within the Global Network of Internet and Society Researcher Centers exchange program.

During his stay, he gave a well-received presentation on the topic “Mittelstand Digital – What We Learned about Digitalization in German SMEs and What We’re Working on in the Coming Years”. Moreover, Philip has been guest lecturer in the Master of Science course “Doing Digital Business”, teaching the students about design thinking, business model development and qualitative methods such as interviewing, and grading student papers.

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She is an organisational sociologist whose research focuses on the transformation of work in the age of artificial intelligence.

Aurelia has a background in law and economics and specializes in research at the intersection of law and digital technologies with a particular focus on privacy, data protection, design approaches, transparency of automated decision-making and artificial intelligence, automatically processable regulation, and trust in automation. 

Eduard investigates the legal and regulatory aspects of robot and AI technologies, a line of research supported by numerous prestigious grants, including the ERC Starting Grant, the NWO-VIDI Grant, the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA), and the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate (EMJD).

He is also associated with the Institute of Political Science, where he is responsible for research and teaching in Political Communication. Prof. Hoffmann is the academic director of the Center for Research in Financial Communication. His research portfolio encompasses strategic communication management, financial communication and political communication - with a focus on opportunities and challenges provided by new media.