Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Valerie Graf-Drasch
Post-Doc
valerie.graf-drasch@fim-rc.de
+49 711 459 – 24051
Room: 570G
Universität Hohenheim
Dr. Valerie Graf-Drasch is a co-head at the Research Center Finance & Information Management (FIM) and the Branch Business & Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT. She is also co-founder and head of the internal “Smart District & Mobility Unit.” This relates to a project and team portfolio of publicly funded research projects and industry projects in the area of Digital Sustainability. Additionally, Dr. Graf-Drasch is a post-doctoral researcher in digital management at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hohenheim.
In practice, research and teaching, Dr. Graf-Drasch is primarily concerned with issues at the interface of digitalization and sustainability. These include digital sustainable business models and transformations, the design of sustainable smart cities and districts, and the incentivization of individual sustainable behavior.
In her research, Dr. Graf-Drasch uses a broad range of methods, including quantitative methods (especially meta-analyses, exploratory factor analyses, and regression models) and qualitative methods. Dr. Graf-Drasch regularly publishes in internationally renowned journals and conferences.
Valerie Graf-Drasch received her doctorate with summa cum laude from the University of Augsburg in June 2020. Previously, she graduated from the elite network program Finance and Information Management (Master of Science with honors) at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Augsburg in 2016.Rewards:
2018: Best Complete Research Paper at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Baumbach, S.; Graf-Drasch, V.; Graf, V.; Schafranek, M. (2018): Individuals’ sustainable behaviour along the life cycle of IT. Presented at the European Conference on Information Systems, Portsmouth, UK)
2016: Best master thesis within the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
Farm Life in the City : A Taxonomy for Smart Urban Agriculturein: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany, 2022 | Christmann, Anne-SophieGraf-Drasch, ValerieSchäfer, Ricarda | |
A Contextualized Acceptance Model for Proactive Smart Servicesin: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 2022 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieRöglinger, MaximilianWenninger, AnnetteHosseini, Sabiölla | |
Digitally Social : Review, Synthesis, and Future Directions for Digital Social Innovationin: Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Timișoara, Romania, 2022 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieKrombacher, AnnaLindenthal, Anna-KatharinaOberländer, Anna MariaSchäfer, Ricarda | |
Grief in the Digital Age : Review, Synthesis and Directions for Future Researchin: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany, 2022 | Blaß, MarleneGraf-Drasch, ValerieSchick, Doreen | |
How to Design More Empathetic Recommender Systems in Social Mediain: Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022 | Bonenberger, LukasGraf-Drasch, ValerieLanzl, Julia | |
Life is a Journey in Smart and Sustainable Districtsin: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany, 2022 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieMeindl, OliverVoucko-Glockner, Hannes | |
Task Structure as a Boundary Condition for Collective Intelligencein: Personnel Psychology, 2022 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieGimpel, HennerBarlow, Jordan B.Dennis, Alan R. | |
What to say and what to do : the disparity of the communication and investment in sustainability targets, given customer expectationsin: Journal of Business Economics = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2022 | Buhl, Hans UlrichGraf-Drasch, ValerieWiethe, Christian | |
Designing smart and sustainable irrigation : A case studyin: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 | Gimpel, HennerGraf-Drasch, ValerieHawlitschek, FlorianNeumeier, Kathrin | |
Handlungsempfehlungen für die Gestaltung mobiler Apps in smarten und nachhaltigen Quartierenin: HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2021 | Bonenberger, LukasGraf-Drasch, ValerieMeindl, Oliver | |
Information Systems for Sustainable Use of Water in Smart Cities : A Review and Call for Future Researchpresented at: SIGGreen Pre-ICIS 2020 Workshop, Online, 2020 | Gimpel, HennerGraf-Drasch, ValerieHawlitschek, FlorianNeumeier, Kathrin | |
Tackling Scarcity with Smartness : Sustainable Water Systems in Smart Citiespresented at: Pre-ICIS 2020 Workshop, online, 2020 | Gimpel, HennerGraf-Drasch, ValerieHawlitschek, FlorianNeumeier, Kathrin | |
When does it pay off to integrate sustainability in the business model? : A Game-Theoretic Analysisin: Electronic Markets, 2020 | Gimpel, HennerGraf-Drasch, ValerieKammerer, AlexanderKeller, MaximilianZheng, Xinyi | |
Facilitating like Darwin : Supporting Cross-Fertilisation in Crowdsourcingin: Decision Support Systems, 2020 | Gimpel, HennerGraf-Drasch, ValerieLaubacher, Robert J.Wöhl, Moritz | |
A comprehensive model for individuals’ acceptance of smart energy technology : a meta-analysisin: Energy Policy, 2020 | Gimpel, HennerGraf, VanessaGraf-Drasch, Valerie | |
Supporting citizens’ political decision-making using information visualizationin: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Marrakech, Morocco, 2020 | Graf, VanessaGraf-Drasch, ValerieTiefenbeck, VerenaWeitzel, RobinFridgen, Gilbert | |
Clarifying the Structure of Collective Intelligence in Teams : A Meta-Analysis (Research Poster)in: Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Collective Intelligence (CI), Pittsburgh, USA, 2019 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieGimpel, HennerBarlow, Jordan B. | |
Individual’s sustainable behaviour along the life cycle of ITin: Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Portsmouth, UK, 2018 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieGraf, VanessaBaumbach, SandraSchafranek, Melissa | |
The Impact of Sustainability on Consumers’ Technology Approval : Taking Smart Energy-Saving Systems as an Example of Applicationpresented at: 4th Conference on Energy Informatics & Management, Netherland, Rotterdam, 2016 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieGimpel, Henner | |
Brands as Friends : An Investigation into Consumers’ Motivations to form Relationships with Brands in Online Social Networkspresented at: 78. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des VHB, München, Germany, 2016 | Gimpel, HennerGraf-Drasch, ValerieSemmler, Jakob |