Prof. Dr. Thomas Gegenhuber

Thomas Gegenhuber holds a doctoral degree in business administration from Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz. As part of his doctoral studies, funded by grants from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, he visited the University Alberta, FU Berlin and the University of Edinburgh. Under the umbrella of digital transformation, Thomas researches novel forms of organizing, crowdsourcing, various types of openness (open strategy, open innovation, and open government) and (cultural) entrepreneurship in a digital economy. Thomas’ work appears in international journals such as Long Range Planning, Business & Society, Government Information Quarterly and Information & Organization. Furthermore, he is a frequent speaker at academic as well as practitioner-oriented conferences. Moreover, Thomas currently serves as an expert advisor for the 3rd gender equality report of the German Federal Government, which focuses on digitalization.

Pro. Dr. Thomas Gegenhuber is Professor for Socio-Technical Transitions at the Johannes Kepler University Linz as of 01.09.2021. He is associated with the Leuphana Institute of Management and Organization as a visiting professor and continues existing projects.

Prof. Gegenhuber no longer accepts Bachelor and Master thesis supervisions.