Markus Weinmann is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Information Systems. He holds a doctorate from the Technical University of Braunschweig and has been a visiting researcher at several universities, including City University of Hong Kong and Queensland University of Technology.
His research has been published in leading journals (e.g.,
MIS Quarterly), won prestigious awards (e.g.,
European Research Paper of the Year), and has been featured by premier media outlets (e.g.,
The Wall Street Journal and
Der Spiegel) (
Academic CV).
ResearchMarkus’ research concerns "Online Behavior and Analytics," in particular, how people judge, decide, and behave in online environments. Areas of application include crowdfunding (e.g., Kickstarter), crowdsourcing (e.g., Transfermarkt), and online ratings (e.g., TripAdvisor). He usually uses laboratory or Internet-based experiments to collect data.
Research Interests- Online Behavior
- Behavioral Economics
- Web-based Experiments
- Online Judgment & Decision Making
- Consumer Behavior
Selected Publications"Beyond Crowd Judgments: Data-Driven Estimation of Market Value in Association Football," together with O. Müller and A. Simons,
European Journal of Operational Research (263:2): pp. 611-624, 2017.
"How Is Your User Feeling? Inferring Emotion Through Human-Computer Interaction Devices," together with M. Hibbeln, J. L. Jenkins, C. Schneider, and J. S. Valacich,
MIS Quarterly (41:1): pp. 1-21, 2017.
Teaching Markus teaches “Decision Theory,” where students learn how to make decisions (online), and “Systems Analysis and Design,” where students learn to design online systems.
