Martin Matzner

Prof. Martin Matzner is a Full Professor at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, leading the Department of Digital Industrial Service Systems. Previously, he held positions as Research Assistant and Academic Rat at the University of Münster. His expertise spans Business Process Management, Service Systems, and Cyber-Physical Systems, with notable contributions to peer-to-peer charging infrastructure and collaborative consumption platforms. He completed a Habilitation (2016) and PhD (2012) in political science and business informatics.

Education: Habilitation in Business Informatics (2016), PhD in Political Science (2012), Diplom in Business Informatics (2007) from University of Münster, with studies at Turku School of Economics (2005).

Research focuses on digital service innovation, including projects like CrowdStrom (P2P electric vehicle charging) and smartmarket² (location-based retail solutions). Awards include the Best Prototype Award (2017) and Emerald Citations of Excellence (2015). Advised students include Christian Rest (2015 Master’s thesis on sharing platforms).

Key projects include FOKUS:SE (service engineering network), RISE_BPM (EU-funded BPM innovation), and federal initiatives in e-Government (FIM project). Active in international collaborations with Brazil and Russia.