Doctoral Candidate

Manfred Schoch completed his Abitur at the Carl-Benz-Gymnasium in Ladenburg, Germany in 2007. He then proceeded to work for the Daimler AG in Mannheim, Germany as part of a 2.5 year vocational training program and received his degree in International Business Assistance from the German Chamber of Commerce. After that, he continued his academic education with an undergraduate degree in Business Information Systems at the University of Augsburg, Germany, which he completed in 2014. During his subsequent graduate studies, he spent one semester in the MBA program of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He then received his graduate degree in Information-oriented Business Administration in 2017 from the University of Augsburg. During his studies, Manfred Schoch was able to gain substantial practical experience within Germany and abroad. The companies he worked for include Mercedes-Benz Direct (London, UK), Allianz BV (Munich, Germany), and the Bank of New York Mellon (Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Parallel to his studies he also worked at interactivelabs as a Social Media Analyst, and at the Research Center FIM as a research assistant, both in Augsburg, Germany. Since April 2017 he has been a Doctoral Candidate and Teaching Assistant at the Research Center FIM.

As part of his research, Manfred Schoch focuses on topics within the realm of Communication and IT-supported Collaboration. His research deals with Social Software in general, and the use of it within organizations in particular.​​​