Daniel Schlagwein

Daniel Schlagwein is Professor of Digital Work and Organization at The University of Sydney and leads the Digital Future(s) Research Group. He is the Editor-in-Chief (joint) of the top-ranked Journal of Information Technology (JIT). Daniel is a “Senior Scholar” of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), the leading organization of the field. Daniel is globally recognized for his leading research on digital work. He teaches digital work, digital strategy, and research methods to Master's, MBA, PhD, and industry audiences.

Daniel's research focuses on digital working and organizing – with particular interest in digital nomadism, openness, and crowdsourcing. He leads the ARC Discovery Project on Digital Nomadism (2019-2024, A$390,000). He has edited two special issues and chaired ten research tracks at leading Information Systems (IS) conferences (ECIS, ICIS) on these topics. Daniel has authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers, including 17 papers in the AIS11/FT50, and has been noted in several “top 100 researchers” rankings, such as by AIS (2021) and Wirtschaftswoche (2019). Daniel's research has been featured in TV and print media, including ABC, Australian Financial Review, El País, McKinsey Quarterly, and Wired. He has advised the industry (LEGO, BOSCH) on crowdsourcing and governments (Australia, Thailand) on digital nomadism.

Daniel has received numerous awards, including the AIS Early Career Award (2016), AIS Best IS Paper of the Year (2017), ASIS&T Best Social Computing Paper of the Year (2018), SUPRA Best Supervisor Award (2023), and the ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) award for the best research program in Australia (2023). He has also received recognition for his cutting-edge teaching of technology topics—including having developed “The Crypto Game” to teach blockchain. He has supervised 15 research students to completion.

Website:
https://www.sydney.edu.au/business/about/our-people/academic-staff/schlagwein.html

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/schlagwein/