ABOUT THE DATA STUDIES GROUP
Meet the members.
The Data studies group is home to researchers from numerous disciplines, including information systems, computer science, sociology and economics, that center their research around data as a phenomenon. The group was established by early career scholars but membership is open to all, in effort to attract and unite a diversity of perspectives to get smarter together and better understand how data is reshaping business and society.
Researchers
Olivia Benfeldt
Assistant professor
Olivia holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Information Technology. Her research focuses on data governance, and how policies, regulatory frameworks and large-scale infrastructures are enacted in practice.
Anika Schroder
Postdoc
Olivia holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Information Technology. Her research focuses on data governance, and how policies, regulatory frameworks and large-scale infrastructures are enacted in practice.
Maren Gierlich-Joas
Assistant Professor
Maren holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Industrial Engineering. Her research focuses on digital transformation, and how workplace technologies impact transparency, privacy, and empowerment.
Sine Zambach
Assistant Professor
Sine holds a ph.d. in Computer Science and an MSc in Bioinformatics. Her research focuses on citizen data science, data diplomacy in practice, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in education.
Rajani Singh
Assistant Professor
Rajani holds a PhD and an MSc in Mathematics. Her research focuses on game theory, mathematical economics and how to optimize blockchain for security and privacy.
Maike Greve
Assistant Professor
Maike holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Applied Statistics. Her research focuses on large-scale digital health systems, and how to manage the challenges of secure health data sharing through data commons.
Ignacio Descazeaux Godoy
PhD Fellow
Ignacio is doing a PhD in Information Systems. His research focuses on quantum computing, and the impact of emerging technologies on on business and management of information systems.
Members
Data studies is an interdisciplinary research group and home to researchers from various disciplines, including information systems, computer science, sociology and economics that focus their research around data as a phenomenon. The group seeks to attract a diversity of perspectives to get smarter together about how data is reshaping business and society. We welcome scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students interested in understanding data and questioning its impact on social, economic, and organizational life.
Olivia Benfeldt
Assistant Professor
Olivia holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Information Technology. Her research focuses on data governance, and how policies, regulatory frameworks and large-scale infrastructures are enacted in practice.
Rajani Singh
Assistan Professor
Sine Zambach
Assistant Professor
Sine holds a ph.d. in Computer Science and an MSc in Bioinformatics. Her research focuses on citizen data science, data diplomacy in practice, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in education.
Ignacio Godoy-Descaceaux
PhD Fellow
Maike Greve
Assistant Professor
Maike holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Applied Statistics. Her research focuses on large-scale digital health systems, and how to manage the challenges of secure health data sharing through data commons.
Maren Gierlich-Joas
Assistant Professor
Maren holds a ph.d. in Information Systems and an MSc in Industrial Engineering. Her research focuses on digital transformation, and how workplace technologies impact transparency, privacy, and empowerment.
Anika Schroder
Industrial PhD Fellow
Anika holds an MSc in Organizational Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Her research focuses on digital sustainability and how digital technology and data can foster a green transformation in the agri-food industry.