Lennart Hofeditz | Team of the Research Group Digital Communication and Transformation

PhD StudentLennart Hofeditz, M.Sc.

Address: Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg
Office: LE 326
Phone: +49 203 379 2436
E-Mail: lennart.hofeditz@uni-due.de

Research Interest

Innovative virtual collaboration and socio-technical systems
Ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems
Anthropomorphic machines (eg., virtual assistants / conversational agents and virtual influencers) in organizations
Research data management & Open Science
Meaningful use of bots in crisis communication

Academic Qualification

01/2020 - 03/2020	RISE_SMA Visiting Scholar in the Discipline of Business Information Systems at the University of Sydney Business School
Since 04/2019	PhD Candidate, University of Duisburg-Essen
10/2015 - 11/2018	M.Sc. in Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University Duisburg-Essen
05/2018 - 11/2018	Semester abroad, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
10/2012 - 09/2015	B.Sc. in Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University Duisburg-Essen

Professional background

Since 12/2020	IT Project Manager at the Competence Center Connected Organization, University of Duisburg-Essen
Since 04/2019	Research Associate, Research Group Digital Communication and Transformation, University of Duisburg-Essen
03/2019	Research Assistant, Research Group Digital Communication and Transformation, University of Duisburg-Essen
Since 05/2018	Freelancer in User Experience Consulting
03/2017 - 04/2018	Corporate Communications Assistant, ElectronicPartner Handel SE, Düsseldorf
Since 04/2017	Freelancer in TV productions
12/2014 - 12/2016	Student employee TV productions Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Duisburg

Engagement and Fellowships

10/2019 - 10/2020	"Expat Pilot" for exchange students
Since 05/2019	Member of the Association for Information Systems
05/2018 - 11/2018	PROMOS-Scholarship program of the DAAD
01/2016 - 01/2018	Student representative for Applied Cognitive and Media Science
Since 10/2013	Unified Sports - Special Olympics Deutschland (Basketball team with disabled people)

Publications

Journal Articles

Hofeditz, L., Clausen, S., Rieß, A., Mirbabaie, M., & Stieglitz, S. (2022). Applying XAI to an AI-based System for Candidate Management to Mitigate Bias and Discrimination in Hiring. Electronic Markets (ELMA), Forthcoming.
Mirbabaie, M., Brendel, A. B., & Hofeditz, L. (2022). Ethics and AI in Information Systems Research. Communication of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), 44, 123–150. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.044XX. Forthcoming.
Stieglitz, S., Hofeditz, L., Brünker, F., Ehnis, C., Mirbabaie, M., & Ross, B. (2022). Design principles for conversational agents to support Emergency Management Agencies. International Journal of Information Management (IJIM), 63, 102469. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102469.
Stieglitz, S., Möllmann, N. R. J., Mirbabaie, M., Hofeditz, L., & Ross, B. (2022). Recommendations for Managing AI-Driven Change Processes: When Expectations Meet Reality. International Journal of Management Practice (IJMP), forthcoming.
Hofeditz, L., Löffler, U., & Strathmann, C. (2021). Herausforderungen und Handlungsempfehlungen für die VR- basierte Zusammenarbeit mit digitalen Nomad*innen und anderen Remote-Arbeitenden. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik (HMD), https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-021-00825-w.
Mirbabaie, M., Hofeditz, L., & Schmid, L. (2021). Ausgestaltungs- und Anwendungspotenziale von Virtual und Augmented Reality Technologien im Kontext von Coworking Spaces. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik (HMD), https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-021-00818-9.
Mirbabaie, M., Hofeditz, L., Frick, N. R. J., & Stieglitz, S. (2021). Artificial intelligence in hospitals: providing a status quo of ethical considerations in academia to guide future research. AI & SOCIETY, Published online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01239-4
Brendel, A. B., Mirbabaie, M., Lembcke, T., & Hofeditz, L. (2021). Ethical Management of Artificial Intelligence. Sustainability, 13(4), 1974; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041974.
Mirbabaie, M., Stieglitz, S., Brünker, F., Hofeditz, L., Ross, B., & Frick, N. R. J. (2020). Understanding Collaboration with Virtual Assistants – The Role of Social Identity and the Extended Self. Business & Information Systems Engineering (BISE), Published online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-020-00672-x
Stieglitz S., Wilms K., Mirbabaie M., Hofeditz L., Brenger B., López A., et al. (2020) When are researchers willing to share their data? – Impacts of values and uncertainty on open data in academia. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0234172.

Conference Articles

Hofeditz, L., Erle, L., & Timm, L., Mirbabaie, M. (2023). How Virtuous are Virtual Influencers ? – A Qualitative Analysis of Virtual Actors ’ Virtues on Instagram. In: Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui: AIS Electronic Library. Forthcoming.
Rießkamp, J., Hofeditz, L., Mirbabaie, M., & Stieglitz, S. (2023). Approaches to Improve Fairness when Deploying AI-based Algorithms in Hiring – Using a Systematic Literature Review to Guide Future Research. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui: AIS Electronic Library. Forthcoming.
Hofeditz, L., Nissen, A., Schütte, R., & Mirbabaie, M. (2022). Trust Me, I’m an Influencer! - A Comparison of Perceived Trust in Human and Virtual Influencers. In: Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Timisoara, Romania. (nominated as Best Paper).
Brünker, F., Hofeditz, L., Basyurt, A. S., Stieglitz, S. (2022). ‘We’re all in this toGather’ – A Virtual World for Improving Knowledge Exchange and Social Interaction for Digital Work. In: Proceedings of the 30th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Timisoara, Romania. (nominated as Best Paper).
Hofeditz, L., Mirbabaie, M., Erle, L., Knoßalla, E., & Timm, L. (2022). Automating Crisis Communication in Public Institutions – Towards Ethical Conversational Agents That Support Trust Management. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Nürnberg, Germany.
Hofeditz, L., Harbring, M., Mirbabaie, M., & Stieglitz, S. (2022). Working with ELSA – How an Emotional Support Agent Builds Trust in Virtual Teams. In: Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui: AIS Electronic Library.
Hofeditz, L., Mirbabaie, M., Luther, A., Mauth, R., & Rentemeister, I. (2022). Ethics Guidelines for Using AI-based Algorithms in Recruiting: Learnings from a Systematic Literature Review. In: Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui: AIS Electronic Library (nominated as Best Paper).
Hofeditz, L., Mirbabaie, Mi., Stieglitz, S., & Holstein, J. (2021). DO YOU TRUST AN AI-JOURNALIST? A CREDIBILITY ANALYSIS OF NEWS CONTENT WITH AI-AUTHORSHIP. In: Proceedings of the 29th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). Marrakech, Morocco: AIS Electronic Library.
Hofeditz, L., Mirbabaie, M., & Stieglitz, S. (2020). Virtually Extended Coworking Spaces – The Reinforcement of Social Proximity , Motivation and Knowledge Sharing Through ICT. In: Proceedings of the 31th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Wellington, New Zealand.
Hofeditz, L., Ross, B., Wilms, K., Rother, M., Rehwald, S. et al. (2020). How to Design a Research Data Management Platform? Technical, Organizational and Individual Perspectives and Their Relations. In: Yamamoto S., Mori H. (eds) Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting with Information. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12185. Springer, Cham.
Hofeditz, L., Ehnis, C., Bunker, D., Brachten, F., & Stieglitz, S. (2019). Meaningful Use of Social Bots? Possible Applications in Crisis Communication During Disasters. In: Proceedings of the 27^th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm/Uppsapa, Sweden.
Brachten, F., Stieglitz, S., Hofeditz, L., Kloppenburg, K. & Reimann, A. (2017). Strategies and Influence of Social Bots in a 2017 German state election. In: Proceedings of the 28th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Hobart/Tasmania, Australia. Paper 207.