Doctoral Candidate
Dr. Vanessa Graf
Doctoral Candidate
vanessa.graf@fim-rc.de
+49 821 598 – 4858
Bldg. I1 Room 2204
University of Augsburg
Dr. Vanessa Graf studied the Bachelor’s degree program in Economics and Social Sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from 2010 to 2013. From 2013 to 2016, she studied in the Elite Network Bavaria the elite program Finance & Information Management at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Augsburg with a focus on Business Information Systems. Dr. Vanessa Graf completed her studies in 2016 with the title “Master of Science with honors”. In December 2016, she started as a research assistant in the department of Prof. Dr. Henner Gimpel at the Research Center Finance & Information Management (FIM) and the Project Group Business &Information Systems Engineering of the Fraunhofer FIT. On November 30, 2020, Dr. Vanessa Graf, was successfully awarded her doctorate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Augsburg. The colloquium took place physically in compliance with a strict hygiene plan and distance rules. In her dissertation entitled “Investigating the potential of digital technologies for sustainable development”, she investigated the interface of sustainability and information systems, with a main focus on social sustainability. Dr. Vanessa Graf successfully defended her doctoral thesis with the best grade “summa cum laude”.
Dr. Vanessa Graf has been on part-time parental leave since the birth of her daughter in 2019 and was still able to complete her doctorate in a total time of less than four years.
Award
2018 Best Complete Research Paperder European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (Baumbach, S.; Graf, 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)
In her research, Ms. Graf’s main focus is on the use of digital innovations to increase the well-being of society. Specifically, Ms. Graf’s research projects investigate how the use of ICT and other forms of digital technologies can contribute to meeting social challenges such as gender equality or poverty alleviation. In doing so, Ms. Graf focuses in particular on a multidisciplinary approach. In concrete terms, this means that Ms. Graf chooses methods that also consider contributions from other disciplines, or that she forms interdisciplinary research teams, for example. Regarding her methodological interest, Ms. Graf is broadly positioned. A strong interest in qualitative research methods, as well as bibliometric methods, is particularly noteworthy. Furthermore, Ms. Graf is interested in the broad application of Natural Language Processing (NLP), especially in the context of methodological extensions.
Inclusiveness in a Digitizing World – Investigating ICT and Women’s Empowermentin: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), A Virtual AIS Conference, Marrakesch, Marokko, 2020 | Graf, Vanessa | |
Supporting citizens’ political decision-making using information visualizationin: Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), A Virtual AIS Conference, Marrakesch, Marokko, 2020 | Graf, VanessaGraf-Drasch, ValerieTiefenbeck, VerenaWeitzel, RobinFridgen, Gilbert | |
A comprehensive model for individuals' acceptance of smart energy technology : a meta-analysisin: Energy Policy, 2019 | Gimpel, HennerGraf, VanessaGraf-Drasch, Valerie | |
Individual's sustainable behaviour along the life cycle of ITpresented at: 26th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Portsmouth, UK, 2018 | Graf-Drasch, ValerieGraf, VanessaBaumbach, SandraSchafranek, Melissa |