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Dr Marten Risius
Dr

Marten Risius

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Overview

Background

Marten Risius is Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia. He graduated in psychology summa cum laude from the University of Osnabrueck, Germany and was the first psychologist to graduate from the House of Finance at the Goethe University Frankfurt, where he received his PhD in Information Systems summa cum laude. Afterwards, he worked as postdoctorate at the University of Mannheim, Germany, where he managed the research alliance "ForDigital" between the University of Mannheim and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Subsequently, he worked as an assistant professor (tenure-track) at Clemson University, SC, USA prior to joining UQ. Marten is also a research fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin, Germany.

His research interests are in the areas of social media and blockchain technologies. He applies business analytics to solve managerial and societal issues (e.g., centralization, echo-chambers, fake news). His articles have been published in several journals (e.g., SMJ, JSIS, JIT, I&M, MISQE, BISE, CAIS) and peer-reviewed conference proceedings (ICIS, ECIS, AMCIS, PACIS).

His dissertation thesis was recognized as the best publication in the entire field of Business Administration from a young researcher in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by the VHB (German Academic Association for Business Research), received the TARGION award for the best practice-oriented research on strategic information management, was honored as the best dissertation from the Frankfurt Chamber of Commcerce, and was a finalist for the Schmalenbach-Award.

He serves as Associate Editor at ICIS, ECIS and WI, as Session Chair at PACIS, and as reviewer for various international journals (e.g., ISR, JAIS, JSIS, ISJ, DSJ, BISE, ISeB, Electronic Markets, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice) and conferences (e.g., ICIS, ECIS, HICSS, AMCIS, PACIS, WI, MKWI). In his free time he serves as member of the young jury for the DVPT Start-Up Future Awards.

Availability

Dr Marten Risius is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, unknown

Research interests

  • Social Media - Managerial and Societal Issues

    Identify and evaluate individual and organizational social media management strategies, advance social media analytics, and address topics such as echo chambers and fake news.

  • Blockchain - Managerial and Societal Issues

    Identify blockchain use-cases, ICO types, and blockchain affordances as well as the role of cryptocurrencies and centralization tendencies in blockchain technologies.

Research impacts

His work has been covered by public media sites such as The Boston Globe and is frequently featured on his blockchain channel at China Finance Online.

Works

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54 works between 2014 and 2024

1 - 20 of 54 works

2024

Conference Publication

Hate speech detection with generalizable target-aware fairness

Chen, Tong, Wang, Danny, Liang, Xurong, Risius, Marten, Demartini, Gianluca and Yin, Hongzhi (2024). Hate speech detection with generalizable target-aware fairness. KDD '24: 30th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Barcelona, Spain, 25-29 August 2024. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3637528.3671821

Hate speech detection with generalizable target-aware fairness

2024

Book Chapter

Blockchain technology and strategic leadership

Risius, Marten and Benedict, Gayan (2024). Blockchain technology and strategic leadership. Handbook of Research on Strategic Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (pp. 167-195) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802208818.00014

Blockchain technology and strategic leadership

2024

Conference Publication

Navigating Implicit Hate Speech - A Scoping Review

Xie, Hetiao (Slim), Namvar, Morteza, Risius, Marten and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2024). Navigating Implicit Hate Speech - A Scoping Review. European Conference on Information Systems, Paphos, Cyprus, 13-19 June 2024. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.

Navigating Implicit Hate Speech - A Scoping Review

2024

Other Outputs

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough

Risius, Marten and Karanasios, Stan (2024, 03 20). Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough The Conversation

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet – regulating only 6 major platforms won’t be nearly enough

2024

Other Outputs

Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?

Karanasios, Stan and Risius, Marten (2024, 02 29). Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this? The Conversation

Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?

2024

Journal Article

Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain

French, Aaron M. and Risius, Marten (2024). Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 28 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/10864415.2023.2295071

Redefining the Customer Service Relationship Through Blockchain

2024

Journal Article

"Trigger Warning: This Study Contains Extremist Content." Research Strategies for Investigations of Online Extremism and Terrorism

Blasiak, Kevin M., Risius, Marten and Matook, Sabine (2024). "Trigger Warning: This Study Contains Extremist Content." Research Strategies for Investigations of Online Extremism and Terrorism. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 55 (1), 257-278. doi: 10.17705/1cais.05510

"Trigger Warning: This Study Contains Extremist Content." Research Strategies for Investigations of Online Extremism and Terrorism

2024

Conference Publication

EVM-Vale: formal verification of EVM bytecode using vale

Cumming, Daniel, Utting, Mark, Cassez, Franck, Dong, Naipeng, Bayat Tork, Sadra and Risius, Marten (2024). EVM-Vale: formal verification of EVM bytecode using vale. 7th International Symposium, SDLT 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 November - 1 December 2023. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-0006-6_3

EVM-Vale: formal verification of EVM bytecode using vale

2023

Conference Publication

A Review of Hate Speech Detection: Challenges and Innovations

Xie, Hetiao (Slim), Namvar, Morteza and Risius, Marten (2023). A Review of Hate Speech Detection: Challenges and Innovations. Digit 2023, Hyderabad, India, December 10, 2023. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.

A Review of Hate Speech Detection: Challenges and Innovations

2023

Journal Article

The digital augmentation of extremism: reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective

Risius, Marten, Blasiak, Kevin M., Wibisono, Susilo and Louis, Winnifred R. (2023). The digital augmentation of extremism: reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective. Information Systems Journal, 34 (3), 931-963. doi: 10.1111/isj.12454

The digital augmentation of extremism: reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective

2023

Journal Article

On the performance of blockchain-based token offerings

Risius, Marten, Breidbach, Christoph F., Chanson, Mathieu, von Krannichfeldt, Ruben and Wortmann, Felix (2023). On the performance of blockchain-based token offerings. Electronic Markets, 33 (1) 32, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s12525-023-00652-5

On the performance of blockchain-based token offerings

2023

Other Outputs

Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing: White paper

Andreassen, Tor W., Archibald, Gordon, Beekhuyzen, Jenine, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Brea, Edgar, Breidbach, Christoph, Burchill, Keith, Burgers, Henri, Cao, Selina, Coote, Len, Coram, Brendan, Cunningham, Claire, Feast, George, Field, Mitch, Ford, Jerad, Fouche, Leon, Gain, Alexandria, Gooding, Glen, Goyeneche Ramirez, David, Green, Teegan, Gschwind, Daniel, Hall, Thomas, Hartley, Nicole, Heinz, Daniel, Hine, Damian, Indulska, Marta, Kapernick, Brett, Kastelle, Tim, Ko, Ryan ... Zhang, Wenlu (2023). Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing: White paper. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/aed4918

Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing: White paper

2023

Conference Publication

Understanding the current state of knowledge and future directions of doxing research: a social cognitive theory perspective

Fang, Yuan, Risius, Marten and Cheung, Christy M.K. (2023). Understanding the current state of knowledge and future directions of doxing research: a social cognitive theory perspective. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2023), Maui, HI, United States, 3-5 January 2023. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. doi: 10.24251/hicss.2023.672

Understanding the current state of knowledge and future directions of doxing research: a social cognitive theory perspective

2023

Conference Publication

Introduction to adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems minitrack of the collaboration systems and technologies track

Cheung, Christy M.K., Risius, Marten, Lee, Matthew K.O. and Wagner, Christian (2023). Introduction to adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems minitrack of the collaboration systems and technologies track. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2023), Maui, HI, United States, 3-5 January 2023. Honolulu, HI, United States: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Introduction to adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems minitrack of the collaboration systems and technologies track

2022

Conference Publication

Verification of EVM Bytecode with Vale

Cumming, Daniel Keith, Utting, Mark, Dong, Naipeng, Cassez, Frank, Tork, S. B. and Risius, Marten (2022). Verification of EVM Bytecode with Vale. 6th Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology 2022 (SDLT 2022), Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 22 November 2022.

Verification of EVM Bytecode with Vale

2022

Other Outputs

What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it?

Risius, Marten and Blasiak, Kevin Marc (2022, 11 03). What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it? The Conversation

What is shadowbanning? How do I know if it has happened to me, and what can I do about it?

2022

Book Chapter

The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains

Spohrer, Kai and Risius, Marten (2022). The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains. Digitalization Across Organizational Levels: New Frontiers for Information Systems Research. (pp. 181-208) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-06543-9_8

The Affordances of Blockchain Platforms: Why Service Providers Use Blockchains

2022

Journal Article

Values and ethics in information systems: a state-of-the-art analysis and avenues for future research

Spiekermann, Sarah, Krasnova, Hanna, Hinz, Oliver, Baumann, Annika, Benlian, Alexander, Gimpel, Henner, Heimbach, Irina, Köster, Antonia, Maedche, Alexander, Niehaves, Björn, Risius, Marten and Trenz, Manuel (2022). Values and ethics in information systems: a state-of-the-art analysis and avenues for future research. Business and Information Systems Engineering, 64 (2), 247-264. doi: 10.1007/s12599-021-00734-8

Values and ethics in information systems: a state-of-the-art analysis and avenues for future research

2022

Conference Publication

Introduction to the minitrack on adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems

Cheung, Christy, Lee, Matthew, Wagner, Christian and Risius, Marten (2022). Introduction to the minitrack on adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems. 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2022), Maui, HI United States, 3-5 January 2023. Honolulu, HI United States: University of Hawaiʻi. doi: 10.24251/HICSS.2022.013

Introduction to the minitrack on adversarial coordination in collaboration and social media systems

2021

Conference Publication

How fact-checking affects news engagement on social media platforms: a multi-method study

Guohou, Guohou, Wattal, Sunil, Risius, Marten and Thatcher, Jason (2021). How fact-checking affects news engagement on social media platforms: a multi-method study. Workshop on Information Systems Economics (WISE 2021), Austin, TX United States, 16-17 December 2021.

How fact-checking affects news engagement on social media platforms: a multi-method study

Funding

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    Algorand Centre of Excellence (ACE) on Sustainability Informatics for the Pacific (administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Empowering Users to Protect their Personal Privacy on Social Media
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2020
    Review of Terrorist and Violent Extremist Use of the Internet, Including Social Media Platform Services and Tools
    Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
    Open grant

Supervision

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