Biography:Jan vom Brocke

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Jan vom Brocke
Born1971
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Münster
Academic work
DisciplineInformation Systems
Websitejanvombrocke.com

Jan vom Brocke (born 1971) is a Liechtenstein information systems researcher, who is the Chair of Information Systems & Business Process Management at the University of Münster in Germany, and since 2023 Director of ERCIS – The European Research Center for Information Systems.[1][2] He is regularly ranked among the top researchers globally across all academic disciplines.[3][4][5]

Education

Jan vom Brocke graduated with a diploma in information systems from the University of Münster, where he completed his doctorate in business research in 2002 and habilitation in 2007.[6][7]

Professional career

In 2007 Jan vom Brocke joined the University of Liechtenstein as full professor and inaugural Hilti Endowed Chair of Business Process Management. In 2008 he became head of Department of Information Systems, and from 2012 to 2018 he served as Vice Present Research of the University of Liechtenstein.[6][7]

Since 2023, Jan vom Brocke is the Chair of Information Systems & Business Process Management at the University of Münster and a Director of ERCIS – The European Research Center for Information Systems.[1][6] He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Liechtenstein and Visiting Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and the University of Lucerne in Switzerland,[8][9] and has been named a member of the Liechtenstein Academy of Science.[10]

Honors and awards

Jan vom Brocke has received a number of international research awards, such as the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Senior Scholar Best Publication Award and the AIS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Systems Education.[11][12] He has been named a Fellow of the AIS,[13] an Academic Research Fellow at MIT Center for Information Systems Research,[14] a Fellow of the ESCP Business School Center for Design Science in Entrepreneurship,[15] a Schöller Senior Fellow at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg,[16] and a Distinguished Professor at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.[17]

Research and scholarly work contributions

Jan vom Brocke is recognized for information systems research and education of value to economy and society.[18] He has been among the first to establish green information systems and green business process management to investigate in the use and design of information systems to contribute to grand societal and environmental challenges.[19][20][21] He served as a Liechtenstein delegate to the European Commission on Information Technology Research and Education, and advised governments across Europe on digital transformation and artificial intelligence.[22][23] According to Sage Policy Profiles his work has influenced policy documents in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela, among others.[24]

Bibliography

Jan vom Brocke has published in leading academic journals such as listed in the Financial Times top 50 Journals,[25] including Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Management Science, and MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR). He is the author and editor of seminal books, including the International Handbook on Business Process Management 1 and 2,[26][27] BPM – Driving Innovation in a Digital World,[28] Green Business Process Management,[21] and the Business Process Management Cases volume one,[29] two,[30] and three,[31] among others.[7][32][33]

Notable peer-reviewed articles authored/co-authored by Jan vom Brocke include:

  • Seidel, S., Frick, C. J., & vom Brocke, J. (2025). Regulating Emerging Technologies: Prospective Sensemaking through Abstraction and Elaboration. MIS Quarterly, 49(1),179–204. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2024/18039
  • Tuunanen, T., Winter, R., & vom Brocke, J. (2024). Dealing with Complexity in Design Science Research: Using Design Echelons to Support Planning, Conducting, and Communicating Design Knowledge Contributions. MIS Quarterly, 48(2), 427–458. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2023/16700
  • Schneider, C., Weinmann, M., Mohr, P., & vom Brocke, J. (2021). When the Stars Shine Too Bright: The Influence of Multidimensional Ratings on Online Consumer Ratings. Management Science, 67(6), 3871–3898. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2020.3654
  • vom Brocke, J., Winter, R., Hevner, A., & Maedche, A. (2020). Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey Through Time and Space. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21(3), 520–544. doi: 0.17705/1jais.00611
  • Rosemann, M., & vom Brocke, J. (2015). The Six Core Elements of Business Process Management. In vom Brocke, J., & Rosemann, M. (Eds.), Handbook on Business Process Management 1 (pp. 105–122). International Handbooks on Information Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3 5
  • Seidel, S., Recker, J., & vom Brocke, J. (2013). Sensemaking and Sustainable Practicing: Functional Affordances of Information Systems in Green Transformations. MIS Quarterly, 37(4), 1275–1299. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.4.13
  • vom Brocke, J., Simons, A., Niehaves, B., Riemer, K., Plattfaut, R., & Cleven, A. (2009). Reconstructing the Giant: On the Importance of Rigour in Documenting the Literature Search Process. In Newell, S., Whitley, E. A., Pouloudi, N., Wareham, J., & Mathiassen, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems (pp. 2206–2217). United States: AIS eLibrary.[34]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ERCIS" (in en-US). https://www.ercis.org/. 
  2. ↑ "University of Münster | Department of Information Systems". https://www.wi.uni-muenster.de/. 
  3. ↑ "Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings" (in en-GB). https://www.lse.ac.uk/geography-and-environment/research/stanford-elsevier-top-2-scientist-rankings. 
  4. ↑ Ioannidis, John P. A. (2023-10-04). "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" (in en). Elsevier Data Repository 6. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.6. https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6. 
  5. ↑ "Jan vom Brocke is among elite economists" (in en). https://www.liechtenstein.li/en/liechtenstein_news/jan-vom-brocke-gehoert-zur-spitzengruppe-der-oekonomen. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke | University of Muenster School of Business and Economics". https://www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/fakultaet/en/faculty/deans-office/staff/jan-vom-brocke. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke — University of Liechtenstein". https://www.uni.li/jan.vom.brocke?set_language=en. 
  8. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke" (in de). https://www.embe.unisg.ch/person/prof-dr-jan-vom-brocke/. 
  9. ↑ "University of Lucerne - Portal". https://portal.unilu.ch/details?code=FS211064. 
  10. ↑ "Liechtenstein Academy of Science – Mitglieder" (in de). https://akademie.li/arten-der-mitgliedschaften/. 
  11. ↑ "AIS Best Information Systems Publications Awards – History of AIS" (in en-US). https://ishistory.aisnet.org/awards/ais-best-information-systems-publications-awards/. 
  12. ↑ "AIS Education Awards – History of AIS" (in en-US). https://ishistory.aisnet.org/awards/educationawards/. 
  13. ↑ "AIS Fellow Award – History of AIS" (in en-US). https://ishistory.aisnet.org/awards/fellowaward/. 
  14. ↑ "Our Researchers | MIT CISR". https://cisr.mit.edu/content/research. 
  15. ↑ "About us | ESCP Design Science Center" (in en). https://www.center-dse.escp-business-school.de/about. 
  16. ↑ "Unsere Fellows – Dr. Theo und Friedl Schöller Forschungszentrum" (in de). https://www.schoeller-forschungszentrum.de/fellows/. 
  17. ↑ "Jan vom Brocke | Maynooth University". https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/jan-vom-brocke. 
  18. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan; Hofmann, Sara; Stein, Armin; Tumbas, Sanja (2015). Grand Societal Challenges in Information Systems Research and Education: Ideas from the ERCIS Virtual Seminar Series. SpringerBriefs in Information Systems. Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15027-7. ISBN 9783319150277. 
  19. ↑ Seidel, Stefan; Recker, Jan; vom Brocke, Jan (2013). "Sensemaking and Sustainable Practicing: Functional Affordances of Information Systems in Green Transformations" (in en). MIS Quarterly 37 (4): 1275–1299. doi:10.25300/misq/2013/37.4.13. https://misq.umn.edu/sensemaking-and-sustainable-practicing-functional-affordances-of-information-systems-in-green-transformations.html. 
  20. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan; Watson, Richard T.; Dwyer, Cathy; Elliot, Steve; Melville, Nigel (2013). "Green Information Systems: Directives for the IS Discipline" (in en). Communications of the Association for Information Systems 33 (1). doi:10.17705/1CAIS.03330. https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol33/iss1/30. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2012) (in en). Green Business Process Management: Towards the Sustainable Enterprise. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27488-6. ISBN 978-3-642-27487-9. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-27488-6. 
  22. ↑ "Prof. vom Brocke appointed to the e-Skills Commission of the European Union" (in en). https://www.uni.li/en/news/prof-vom-brocke-appointed-to-the-e-skills-commission-of-the-european-union. 
  23. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke". https://digital-summit.eu/en/speakers/jan-vom-brocke/. 
  24. ↑ "Sage Policy Profiles - Discover and track the impact of your research on government policy" (in en-GB). https://policyprofiles.sagepub.com/profile/22898/jan-vom%20brocke. 
  25. ↑ Baker, Neal. "Research Guides: FT50 Journals: Introduction" (in en). https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/ft50. 
  26. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2015) (in en). Handbook on Business Process Management 1: Introduction, Methods, and Information Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3. ISBN 978-3-642-45099-0. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3. 
  27. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2015) (in en). Handbook on Business Process Management 2: Strategic Alignment, Governance, People and Culture. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45103-4. ISBN 978-3-642-45102-7. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-45103-4. 
  28. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2015) (in en). BPM - Driving Innovation in a Digital World. Management for Professionals. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14430-6. ISBN 978-3-319-14429-0. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-14430-6. 
  29. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2018). Business Process Management Cases: Digital Innovation and Business Transformation in Practice. Management for Professionals. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58307-5. ISBN 978-3-319-58306-8. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-58307-5. 
  30. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2021) (in en). Business Process Management Cases Vol. 2: Digital Transformation - Strategy, Processes and Execution. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-63047-1. ISBN 978-3-662-63046-4. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-662-63047-1. 
  31. ↑ vom Brocke, Jan, ed (2025) (in en). Business Process Management Cases Vol. 3: Implementation in Practice. Cham: Springer. ISBN 9783031807930. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031807923. 
  32. ↑ "Publications | Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke | Department of Information Systems". https://www.wi.uni-muenster.de/department/bpm/people/jan-vom-brocke/publications. 
  33. ↑ "SAP Podcasts | Episode 16: Business Needs Process Science - Process Transformers | Guest: Jan vom Brocke" (in en-US). 2025-02-11. https://podcast.opensap.info/process-transformers/2025/02/11/episode-16-business-needs-process-science/. 
  34. ↑ Brocke, Jan; Simons, Alexander; Niehaves, Bjoern; Niehaves, Björn; Riemer, Kai; Plattfaut, Ralf; Cleven, Anne (January 2009). "AIS eLibrary | Reconstructing the Giant: On the Importance of Rigour in Documenting the Literature Search Process". https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2009/161/. 



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