Andranik Tumasjan

Prof. Dr. Andranik Tumasjan is a Professor and Head of the Research Group on Management and Digital Transformation at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. His work focuses on digital technologies' impact on management, organizational innovation, and entrepreneurial opportunities, with a current emphasis on blockchain technology. He holds doctoral and postdoctoral degrees from Technical University of Munich and has held visiting positions at Columbia University and UCLA. He is an Associate Scholar at UCL’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies and serves on editorial boards of Frontiers in Blockchain and Journal of Business Venturing. He advises the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate’s digital strategy and has received multiple awards for research excellence, including top rankings in business administration (WirtschaftsWoche 2020/2022).

Education:

• Diploma, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• Dr. rer. pol. & Dr. rer. pol. habil., Technical University of Munich

Research Interests:

• Blockchain business models and applications
• Organizational implications of digital transformation
• Innovative entrepreneurial behavior
• Employer attractiveness and branding

Key Contributions: His work bridges management theory and digital innovation, with publications in top journals like Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Business Venturing. Notably, he pioneered research on Twitter sentiment predicting venture capital valuations and blockchain's disruption potential. His interdisciplinary approach integrates organizational behavior, strategy, and technology adoption frameworks.

Awards:

• Entrepreneurship Research Newcomer Award (2020)
• Academy of Management Best Paper Awards (2015, 2018)
• Top 100 Business Scholars under 40 (KOF 2020/2022)

Advising & Grants: Supervises doctoral candidates and collaborates with industry partners through research projects like DI-GEST (Digital Transformation Design). His work is supported by German Academic Scholarship Foundation and Alfried Krupp Foundation grants.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Management & Digital Transformation research group at Mainz and collaborates with UCL’s Blockchain Technologies Centre on decentralized systems research.