Professor Dr. Andy Weeger
Professor of Information Management
Head of the degree programme Master of Strategic Information Management
Director of the Institute for Digital Innovation (IDI)
HNU Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Message to Professor Dr. Andy Weeger
Phone: +49 731 /9762-1522
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Location: Main Building A, A.1.46
Thesis topics
I supervise bachelor's and master's theses that meet high academic standards. This means that theses I supervise are theory-driven, engage rigorously with current peer-reviewed literature, and are typically empirical in nature. A good topic does not fall out of thin air, it requires systematic development, careful problem identification, and a clear theoretical foundation (you need to read a lot, even to develop your topic). If you are interested in writing your thesis with me, I expect you to approach the process with this mindset.
I am open for various topics at the intersection of technology, organizations, and individuals. Below are fields I am particularly interested in. However, if you have another topic in mind, do not hesitate to contact me to discuss it — use Calendly to arrange a meeting.
Social Engineering and Cybersecurity
Social engineering exploits human psychology rather than technical vulnerabilities. This is a core area of my current research, with particular interest in:
- How do social engineering attacks unfold as processes, and what psychological and contextual factors shape their success?
- How can process theories (e.g., Affect Infusion Model) explain susceptibility beyond classical dual-process approaches?
- How do AI-enabled attack techniques (e.g., deepfakes, adaptive phishing) change the nature and effectiveness of social engineering?
- How can organizations design interventions that address both cognitive and affective dimensions of SE vulnerability?
Human-AI Collaboration and Hybrid Intelligence
As AI systems take on increasingly autonomous roles, the question of how humans and AI can effectively collaborate becomes central. This includes organizational and operational perspectives such as:
- How must AI systems be designed to work in synergy with humans (complementary strengths, calibrated trust)?
- How does the distribution of agency shift when AI moves from a supportive tool to a collaborative or coactive partner (e.g., in AIOps)?
- What accountability and governance frameworks are needed for settings where outcomes emerge from human-AI co-constitution?
- How can human-AI collaboration enhance learning or staffing processes?
- How does AI-assisted coding (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) transform software development practices, and what new forms of human-AI collaboration emerge in programming workflows?
- How do developers calibrate trust, maintain agency, and preserve code comprehension when increasingly relying on AI-generated code?
AI and Creativity
AI is increasingly entering creative domains, raising fundamental questions about the nature of creativity, authorship, and professional self-understanding:
- How does AI reshape creative processes (preparation, incubation, illumination, verification), and where does it augment vs. constrain human creativity?
- How do creative professionals engage in identity work when AI challenges core values such as originality, authorship, and artistic autonomy?
- How do the multiple professional identities of creatives (e.g., artist, craftsperson, entrepreneur) shape their adoption or rejection of AI tools?
- What hybrid intelligence configurations enable genuinely co-creative outcomes rather than mere automation of creative tasks?
- What ethical tensions arise when AI-generated content blurs the boundaries of human creative contribution?
Professional Identity and Digital Transformation
Digital transformation challenges established professional identities and the routines through which they are enacted:
- How do professionals engage in identity work when digital technologies disrupt established practices and roles?
- How does occupational identity shape the adoption, resistance, or creative appropriation of new technologies?
- What role does identity play in understanding algorithm aversion or appreciation in professional contexts?
AI and Decision-Making
AI-based decision-making raises fundamental questions about trust, fairness, and transparency:
- Algorithm aversion and appreciation: How do individuals react to AI-made decisions (favorable vs. unfavorable)?
- How do individuals perceive AI-based performance evaluation, and what determines perceptions of fairness?
- What types of explanations make AI decision processes more transparent, and how do they affect trust and collaboration?
- How does "ethical AI" (e.g., AI exposing ethical principles) influence user reactions and decision outcomes?
Twin Transformation (Digitalization × Sustainability)
Twin Transformation examines how digital transformation and sustainability transformation interact — a growing area in my research:
- How do digital tools embedded in organizational routines enable or constrain sustainable practices?
- What affordances (e.g., pressuring, resourcing, inspiring) emerge at the intersection of digital and sustainability goals, and under what conditions?
- How can organizations navigate the paradoxes and tensions that arise when pursuing digital and sustainable transformation simultaneously?
- How do employees drive Twin Transformation bottom-up, e.g., by adopting or building tools — such as AI-based applications or solutions on low-code development platforms — that facilitate the integration of digital and sustainability goals in their daily work?
- What role do citizen developers and user-driven innovation play in enabling or hindering Twin Transformation at the operational level?
AI and Behavioral Change
Conversational agents and AI systems open new possibilities for supporting behavioral change:
- How can conversational agents motivate healthier or more sustainable behavior?
- How do interactions with conversational agents impact emotional regulation (e.g., stress, loneliness)?
- What design principles make AI-driven behavioral interventions effective and ethical?
Curriculum Vitae
| 03/2021 | Professor for Informationsmanagement, HNU |
| 10/2019 - 02/2021 | Senior Director Strategy & Development, Global IT, Wieland Group |
| 01/2019- 09/2019 | Senior Manager Digital Transformation, Wieland Group |
| 05/2017- 09/2019 | Head of Business-Engineers & Functional Leads, Wieland Group |
| 10/2012- 06/2017 | Research Assistang,HNU PhD from Bamberg University, Dr. rer. pol, Thesis: "Operational Business-IT Alignment in Healthcare - Theoretical Foundation and Empirical Evidence" |
| 11/20211- 09/2012 | IT Project Manager, Wieland Group Project management (global master data management program), junior project manager for an ERP roll-out project in the USA |
| 2009- 2011 | Master-Studium, HNU Advanced Management, Information Management, Master of Science |
| 2004- 2009 | Bachelor-Studum, HS Ulm Digital Media, Bachelor of Arts |
| 2004- today | Founder and Partner, vg mediastudio gmbh & co. kg Branding, Usability, Web and App Development (www.vg-mediastudio.de) |
| 2002- 2004 | Trainee, suedfluegel werbeagentur "Mediengestalter für Digital und Printmedien", IHK |
Puplications
2026
- Schmid, Saskia and Schmieder, Christian and Weeger, Andy (2026) Becoming Hybrid: Human-AI Collaboration Reshaping Professional Role Identity – A Systematic Literature Review Using the ADO Framework. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 34th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 15-17, 2026, Milan, Italy.
- Zar, Tasnim and Stegmann, Luca and Weeger, Andy (2026) Twin Transformation Affordances: A Routine-Based Perspective on the Entanglement of Sustainable and Digital Transformation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 34th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 15-17, 2026, Milan, Italy.
2025
- Stegmann, Luca and Weeger, Andy and Wagner, Heinz-Theo (2025) To cooperate or to compete? - Using gamified information systems to foster innovative behavior in employee-driven innovation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 33rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 16-18, 2025, Amman, Jordan, Paper ECIS2025-1765 / Completed Research Paper.
- Stegmann, Luca and Weeger, Andy and Buchwald, Arne
(2025)
Twin transformation in production industries : The IT/OT interplay as an enabler to resolve the alignment problem. (opens in a new window)
International Journal of Innovation Management, 29 (05n06), Paper 2540008.
ISSN 1363-9196
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2024
- Stegmann, Luca and Berendorf, Rebecca and Zimmermann, Sina K. and Weeger, Andy (2024) Balancing Risks and Opportunities in the Governance of Low Code Development Platforms. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 32nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) "People First: Constructing Digital Futures Together.”, June 13-19, 2024, Paphos, Cyprus, Paper 1634 / Short Paper. ISBN 9781958200100
- Finze, Nikola and Weeger, Andy and Kudor, Rudolf (2024) Wind of Change The Impact of Music Generating AI Systems on the Identity of Music Producers. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 45th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December, 15-18, 2024, Bangkok, Thailand, Paper 1991.
- Finze, Nikola and Zimmermann, Sina and Weeger, Andy and Wagner, Heinz-Theo (2024) Yes, but …: Unraveling Paradoxes in Implementing Artificial Intelligence. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-57), January, 3-6, 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA, pp. 5846-5855. ISBN 9780998133171
2023
- Stegmann, Luca and Weeger, Andy and Wagner, Heinz-Theo (2023) Digital Mindset and Employee Engagement in Digital Transformation. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 18. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI23), 18.-21. September 2023, Paderborn, Germany.
- Weeger, Andy and Dietz, Alyssa and Wagner, Heinz-Theo
(2023)
Humanistic vs. instrumental goals — how mindfulness about goal-conflicts impact IT-related change endeavors in healthcare. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January, 3-6, 2023, Maui, HI, USA, pp. 3025-3034.
ISBN 9780998133164
view fulltext - Jussli, Alexandra and Weeger, Andy and Wagner, Heinz-Theo
(2023)
Towards new Perspectives on Digitalization: Developing a Multi-dimensional Work Identity Lens. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), January, 3-6, 2023, Maui, HI, USA, pp. 6260-6269.
ISBN 9780998133164
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2021
- Weeger, Andy and Wagner, Heinz-Theo and Gewald, Heiko and Weitzel, Tim
(2021)
Contradictions and Interventions in Health IS - A Framework Based on Activity Theory. (opens in a new window)
Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), 63.
pp. 689-710.
ISSN 1867-0202 (Online)
view fulltext - Schroeder, Tanja and Gewald, Heiko and Weeger, Andy
(2021)
A research model to explain acceptance of speech therapy devices by senior aphasia patients. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 1st Int. Workshop on Design and Use of Digital Services to Empower Healthcare and Wellbeing (DUDE). In conjunction with the 11th ICTH., November 1-4, 2021, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 287-294.
(Procedia Computer Science; 198).
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2018
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko and Gewald, Corinna (2018) Technology Use in Healthcare - An Activity-Theoretical Extension. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December, 13-16, 2018, San Francisco, USA. ISBN 9781510881044
- Weeger, Andy and Wang, Xuequn and Gewald, Heiko and Raisinghani, Mahesh and Sanchez, Otavio and Grant, Gerald and Pittayachawan, Siddhi
(2018)
Determinants of Intention to Participate in Corporate BYOD-Programs: The Case of Digital Natives. (opens in a new window)
Information Systems Frontiers, online (first).
pp. 1-17.
ISSN 1387-3326
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2017
- Gewald, Heiko and Wang, Xuequn and Weeger, Andy and Raisinghani, Mahesh and Grant, Gerald and Sanchez, Otavio and Pittayachawan, Siddhi (2017) Millennials’ Attitude towards Information Technology in the Workplace – A Generation of Cherry-Pickers? (opens in a new window) Communications of the ACM, 60 (10). pp. 62-69. ISSN 0001-0782
- Wiedemann, Anna and Weeger, Andy (2017) Developing Intellectual Capital within Agile IT Teams: A Literature Review. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 25th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 5-10, 2017, Guimarães, Portugal. ISBN 978989207655
- Wang, Xuequn and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2017)
Factors Driving Employee Participation in Corporate BYOD Programs: A Cross-national Comparison from the Perspective of Future Employees. (opens in a new window)
Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 21.
pp. 1-22.
ISSN 1449-8618
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy (2017) How Do Project-related Artefacts Qualify for Bridging Boundaries in IS Implementation Projects – An Activity Theoretical Perspective. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January, 4-7, 2017, Waikoloa, HI, USA. ISBN 9780998133102
- Wiedemann, Anna and Gewald, Heiko and Weeger, Andy
(2017)
How IT Management Profile and IT Business Value Correlate – Exploring Cross-Domain Alignment. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January, 4-7, 2017, Waikoloa, HI, USA, pp. 5195-5204.
ISBN 9780998133102
view fulltext - Gewald, Heiko and Schäfer, Leonie and Weeger, Andy (2017) Top Trends and Topics for Outsourcing Managers – A Longitudinal Study. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August, 10-12, 2017, Boston, MA. ISBN 9780996683142
- Weeger, Andy and Ott-Schwenk, Annkathrin
(2017)
What Teams Need to Be Clear about - an Activity Theoretical Perspective on Shared Understanding in Health IS Implementation. (opens in a new window)
In: (Tagungsband) 13. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) "Towards Thought Leadership in Digital Transformation", 12. - 15. Februar 2017, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz, pp. 544-558.
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2016
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko and Gewald, Corinna (2016) Is It That Only Money Matters? A Cross-national Analysis of Health Information System Usage. (opens in a new window) In: Pre-ICIS AIS SIG Health Workshop, December, 11, 2016, Dublin, IRL.
- Schulz, Thomas and Rockmann, Robert and Weeger, Andy
(2016)
Service Composition in Networks – Towards a Typology of Intermediaries. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August, 11-14, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA.
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy and Haase, Ulrich
(2016)
How Contradictions Facilitate Evolutionary Transformation: an Exploration into the Dynamics of Business-IT Alignment from the Perspective of Activity Theory. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 24th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 12-15, 2016, Istanbul,Turkey, Paper 173.
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy and Haase, Melanie
(2016)
How Social Capital Between Medical and IT Professionals Shapes the Outcomes of Health Information System Implementation Endeavours. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 24th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 12-15, 2016, Istanbul,Turkey, Paper 38.
view fulltext - Weber, Michael and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Corinna and Haase, Ulrich
(2016)
The Effect of 'Device' in Task-Technology Fit: A Study of German Hospitals. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January, 5-8, 2016, Koloa, HI, USA.
view fulltext - Wiedemann, Anna and Weeger, Andy
(2016)
How to Design an IT Department? A Review and Synthesis of Key Characteristics. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August, 11-14, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 3146-3155.
ISBN 9781510826878
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy and Haase, Ulrich (2016) Taking up three Challenges to Business-IT Alignment Research by the Use of Activity Theory. (opens in a new window) International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, 7 (2). ISSN 1947-9611
2015
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko (2015) Acceptance and Use of Electronic Medical Records: An Exploratory Study of Hospital Physicians’ Salient Beliefs about HIT Systems. (opens in a new window) Health Systems, 4 (1). pp. 64-81. ISSN 2047-6965
- Weeger, Andy and Xuequn, Wang and Gewald, Heiko and Otavio, Sanchesz and Mahesh S., Raisinghani and Gerald, Grant and Siddhi, Pittayachawan (2015) Determinants of Intention to Participate in Corporate BYOD-Programs – The Case of Digital Natives. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM), August, 7-11, 2015, Vancouver, CAN.
- Weber, Michael and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2015)
Disruptions of the Tripartite Structure of System Usage: Exploring Factors Influencing the Effective Usage of Information Systems in German Hospitals. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), May, 26-29, 2015, Münster, Germany.
ISBN 9783000502842
view fulltext - Rockmann, Robert and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2015)
Elderly People in eHealth: Investigating Internet Self-Efficacy and the Role of
Occupational Internet Usage. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August, 13-15, 2015, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
view fulltext - Rockmann, Robert and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2015)
IT Capabilities and Organizational Utilization of Public Cloud Computing. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), May, 26-29, 2015, Münster, Germany.
ISBN 9783000502842
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy and Xueqhun, Wang and Gewald, Heiko (2015) IT Consumerization: BYOD-Program Acceptance and its Impact on Employer Attractiveness. (opens in a new window) Journal of Computer Information Systems, 56 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0887-4417
- Weeger, Andy and Ohmayer, Lea and Gewald, Heiko (2015) Operational Alignment in Hospitals – The Role of Social Capital between IT and Medical Departments. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), 26.-29. Mai 2015, Münster, Germany. ISBN 9783000502842
- Wiedemann, Anna and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2015)
Organizational Structure vs. Capabilities: Examining Critical Success Factors for Managing IT Service Delivery. (opens in a new window)
International Journal of IT/Business Alignment and Governance, 6 (1).
pp. 49-69.
ISSN 1947-9611
view fulltext - Wiedemann, Anna and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko (2015) Organizational Structure vs. Capabilities: Examining Critical Success Factors for Managing IT Service Delivery. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January, 5-8, 2015, Kauai, HI, USA.
2014
- Weeger, Andy and Neff, Anja and Gewald, Heiko and Haase, Ulrich
(2014)
Exploring Determinants of Effective Use: The Role of Misfits between a Hospital and its Information Systems. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI), 26. - 28. Februar 2014, Paderborn, Germany.
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2014)
Factors Influencing Future Employees’ Decision-Making to Participate in a BYOD Program: Does Risk Matter? (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 22nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June 9-11, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel.
ISBN 9780991556700
view fulltext - Rockmann, Robert and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2014)
Identifying Organizational Capabilities for the Enterprise-Wide Usage of Cloud Computing. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 18th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), June, 24-28, ,2014, Chengdu, China.
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2013
- Loose, Michael and Gewald, Heiko and Weeger, Andy
(2013)
Determinants of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Adoption from the Perspective of future Employees. (opens in a new window)
Working Paper, Nr. 25, Neu-Ulm: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften.
view fulltext - Loose, Michael and Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko (2013) BYOD - The next big thing in recruiting? Determinants of IT-Consumerization Adoption from the Perspective of Future Employees. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August 15-17, 2013, Chicago, ILL, USA. ISBN 9780615559070
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko
(2013)
Examining Social and Cognitive Aspects Determining Physician's Adoption of Electronic Medical Records. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 5-8, 2013, Utrecht, NL.
ISBN 9789039361122
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2012
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko (2012) Why do They Resist? Analyzing Physicians' Technology Adoption Behavior Using Social Cognitive Theory and the UTAUT-Model. (opens in a new window) In: Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE), Washington, DC, USA.
2011
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko and Vriesman, Leah (2011) Adoption or Resistance? Hospital Physicians' Acceptance of Electronic Medical Records. (opens in a new window) In: Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE), Washington, DC, USA.
- Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko and Vriesman, Leah
(2011)
Do Risk Perceptions Influence Physician's Resistance to Use Electronic Medical Records? An Exploratory Research in German Hospitals. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August, 4-8, 2011, Detroit, MI, USA, pp. 899-908.
ISBN 9781618390981
view fulltext - Weeger, Andy and Gewald, Heiko and Vriesman, Leah (2011) Do Risk Perceptions Influence Physician's Resistance to Use Electronic Medical Records? An Exploratory Research in German Hospitals. (opens in a new window) In: (Proceedings of the) 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August, 4-8, 2011, Detroit, MI, USA.
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