Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Valerie Graf-Drasch

Post-Doc
Mail  valerie.graf-drasch@fim-rc.de
Phone +49 711 459 – 24051
Room  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 Agriculture
in: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany, 2022
Christmann, Anne-Sophie
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Schäfer, Ricarda
A Contextualized Acceptance Model for Proactive Smart Services
in: Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, 2022
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Röglinger, Maximilian
Wenninger, Annette
Hosseini, Sabiölla
Digitally Social : Review, Synthesis, and Future Directions for Digital Social Innovation
in: Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Timișoara, Romania, 2022
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Krombacher, Anna
Lindenthal, Anna-Katharina
Oberländer, Anna Maria
Schäfer, Ricarda
Grief in the Digital Age : Review, Synthesis and Directions for Future Research
in: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany, 2022
Blaß, Marlene
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Schick, Doreen
How to Design More Empathetic Recommender Systems in Social Media
in: Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022
Bonenberger, Lukas
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Lanzl, Julia
Life is a Journey in Smart and Sustainable Districts
in: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany, 2022
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Meindl, Oliver
Voucko-Glockner, Hannes
Task Structure as a Boundary Condition for Collective Intelligence
in: Personnel Psychology, 2022
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Gimpel, Henner
Barlow, Jordan B.
Dennis, Alan R.
What to say and what to do : the disparity of the communication and investment in sustainability targets, given customer expectations
in: Journal of Business Economics = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2022
Buhl, Hans Ulrich
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Wiethe, Christian
Designing smart and sustainable irrigation : A case study
in: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021
Gimpel, Henner
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Hawlitschek, Florian
Neumeier, Kathrin
Handlungsempfehlungen für die Gestaltung mobiler Apps in smarten und nachhaltigen Quartieren
in: HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2021
Bonenberger, Lukas
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Meindl, Oliver
Information Systems for Sustainable Use of Water in Smart Cities : A Review and Call for Future Research
presented at: SIGGreen Pre-ICIS 2020 Workshop, Online, 2020
Gimpel, Henner
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Hawlitschek, Florian
Neumeier, Kathrin
Tackling Scarcity with Smartness : Sustainable Water Systems in Smart Cities
presented at: Pre-ICIS 2020 Workshop, online, 2020
Gimpel, Henner
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Hawlitschek, Florian
Neumeier, Kathrin
When does it pay off to integrate sustainability in the business model? : A Game-Theoretic Analysis
in: Electronic Markets, 2020
Gimpel, Henner
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Kammerer, Alexander
Keller, Maximilian
Zheng, Xinyi
Facilitating like Darwin : Supporting Cross-Fertilisation in Crowdsourcing
in: Decision Support Systems, 2020
Gimpel, Henner
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Laubacher, Robert J.
Wöhl, Moritz
A comprehensive model for individuals’ acceptance of smart energy technology : a meta-analysis
in: Energy Policy, 2020
Gimpel, Henner
Graf, Vanessa
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Supporting citizens’ political decision-making using information visualization
in: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Marrakech, Morocco, 2020
Graf, Vanessa
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Tiefenbeck, Verena
Weitzel, Robin
Fridgen, 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, Valerie
Gimpel, Henner
Barlow, Jordan B.
Individual’s sustainable behaviour along the life cycle of IT
in: Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Portsmouth, UK, 2018
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Graf, Vanessa
Baumbach, Sandra
Schafranek, Melissa
The Impact of Sustainability on Consumers’ Technology Approval : Taking Smart Energy-Saving Systems as an Example of Application
presented at: 4th Conference on Energy Informatics & Management, Netherland, Rotterdam, 2016
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Gimpel, Henner
Brands as Friends : An Investigation into Consumers’ Motivations to form Relationships with Brands in Online Social Networks
presented at: 78. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des VHB, München, Germany, 2016
Gimpel, Henner
Graf-Drasch, Valerie
Semmler, Jakob