Michael Amberg

Prof. Dr. Michael Amberg is a full-time Professor of Business Informatics, specializing in IT Management, at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU). He has held this chair since 2001 and serves as director of the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society since 2010. Formerly, he occupied a professorship at RWTH Aachen University (1999–2001) and served as Vice Dean and Dean of FAU's Faculty of Law and Economics (2007–2012).

• Education: Computer Science at RWTH Aachen and FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (1989)
• Research Focus: Systems development, IT management, and digitalization trends including AI, Industry 4.0, and smart services
• Leadership Roles: Spokesperson for the Department of Business and Social Sciences, Dean of Faculty (2007–2012), Research Center Director (since 2010)
• Key Collaborations: Interdisciplinary work with FAU's digitalization and innovation research cluster

His recent publications address Explainable AI (XAI) integration into software development (2023) and human-centric work design in SMEs during Industry 4.0 transformations (2018). Current research emphasizes empirical methodologies for IT governance in digital ecosystems.