Ronja Rieger

Ronja Rieger serves as Academic Staff (Researcher) in the Department of Business Information Systems at the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Duisburg-Essen. Her position centers on sociotechnical research within organizational contexts, leveraging interdisciplinary methodologies to examine technology-society interactions.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Master of Arts in Sociology (2021-2024) from RWTH Aachen University
• Bachelor of Arts in Social Science (2016-2021) from RWTH Aachen University

Her research portfolio emphasizes Sociotechnical Transformations and Governance of Lightweight IT, with methodological expertise in Qualitative Research and Social Network Analysis. She investigates organizational dynamics through lenses of shared leadership and sociotechnical systems, particularly examining how decentralized IT governance shapes institutional structures. Her work bridges sociology of technology with practical organizational frameworks, focusing on emergent leadership models in digital environments.

Ronja's professional trajectory features extensive research collaboration at RWTH Aachen University, including contributions to projects like LivingCoastLab Hallig, GenderNetz, and WissproKMU across the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management and Sociology departments. Her background as Student Equal Opportunity Officer further informs her equity-focused research perspective.