Maria Pouri

Maria Pouri is a Lecturer and PhD candidate in Informatics at the University of Zurich, affiliated with the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics and the Department of Informatics. She contributes to the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) and teaches the Innovathon course, focusing on practice-oriented innovation.

• Education: Master's in ICT, Bachelor's in IT Engineering
• Collaborations: Network for the Digital Economy and the Environment (nDEE), sponsored by the US National Science Foundation

Maria's research bridges the digital sharing economy and sustainability, exploring technical and social sharing mechanisms, value creation, and policy implications. Her work emphasizes designing sustainable digital systems and assessing the environmental impacts of sharing platforms.

Her publications analyze sharing models, resource consumption, and socio-technical dynamics in digital sharing. She has contributed over 50 publications and presentations and served as a Senior Editor for Information Systems conferences.