Oliver Posegga

Oliver Posegga is an interim Chair of Information Systems and Social Networks at the University of Bamberg and a principal investigator for the Volkswagen Foundation-funded project "Communicative Power in Hybrid Media Systems." He serves as a visiting scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management's Center for Collective Intelligence and leads the Department of Business Informatics, especially Social Networks since 2020.

• Diploma in Information Systems (2011), University of Cologne
• Ph.D. in Information Systems (2017), University of Bamberg
• Visiting Scholar (2019-2020), MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

His research bridges information systems and social sciences to analyze:

• Collective dynamics in digital networks
• Impact of AI on organizations/society
• Social media's role in crisis management
• Data/information quality frameworks
• Discursive power in hybrid media systems
• Responsible AI integration

Recent publications focus on AI literacy, ethical human-AI collaboration, and digital culture analysis across journals like Journal of Strategic Information Systems, PLoS One, and conferences ECIS, ICIS, HICSS. Key projects examine meme-based community boundaries, AI's effect on organizational learning, and crisis response systems.

Scientific Recognition:

• Best Research in Progress Paper Award (2017)