Professor Alexander Richter erforscht die transformativen Auswirkungen von Informationstechnologien am Arbeitsplatz. Aktuell befasst er sich insbesondere mit Szenarien der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Menschen und künstlicher Intelligenz, wobei der Organisationskontext, adaptive Praktiken und ethische Überlegungen eine große Rolle spielen.
Er hat mehr als 100 Artikel in führenden akademischen Zeitschriften und Konferenzen veröffentlicht, die über 9000 Mal zitiert wurden. Seine Arbeiten wurden mehrfach mit Best Paper Awards ausgezeichnet und von vielen großen Nachrichtenportalen aufgegriffen. Darüber hinaus publiziert er regelmäßig in praxisorientierten Fachmedien und in Zusammenarbeit mit Führungskräften aus der Wirtschaft.
Professor Richter hat zahlreiche Projekte eingeworben und geleitet, die von der Europäischen Union sowie nationalen Regierungen und Organisationen in Deutschland, der Schweiz, Dänemark, Australien und den USA finanziert wurden.
Richter, A., Leyer, M., Black, S., & Davern, M. (2026). Tensions: A lens for provoking debate on contemporary information systems developments. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 30. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v30.6676
Wang, B., Ciriello, R. F., & Richter, A. (2026). Digital sovereignty. Business & Information Systems Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-026-01018-9
Richter, A., Pfeiffer, J., Hinz, O., & Reijers, H. (2026). Value-centric AI – Designing sociotechnical systems before legitimacy fails. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 68(5), 971–976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-026-01017-w
Müller, W., Leyer, M., Schneider, S., Nolte, F., & Richter, A. (2026). Ready for human–AI collaboration? The impact of technology readiness on expert status, usage and usage expectations. Behaviour & Information Technology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2026.2706665
Richter, S., Richter, A., & Franklin, D. (2026). Sticky narratives: How micro-influencers engage and retain their audience through storytelling. Australasian Marketing Journal, 34(1), 103–116. https://doi.org/10.1177/14413582251340442
Leyer, M., Wichmann, J., Müller, W., Do Khac, L. T., & Richter, A. (2026). Human-AI perception: Not much different, but some distinct novelties. The Bottom Line. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/BL-08-2025-0181
Richter, S., Richter, A., & Trier, M. (2026). Narratives of the future - Exploring human-AI collaboration. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 58, 828–853. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.05833
Koch, M., & Richter, A. (2025). Case studies for human–computer interaction: Lessons from a call for cases. i-com, 24(3), 473–476. https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2025-0056
Richter, S., Mohammadhossein, N., Richter, A., & Trier, M. (2025). Augmented reality and the metaverse: Speculating about the future. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 29. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v29.5429
Bartsch, S., Behn, O., Benlian, A., Brownsword, R., Bücker, S., Düwell, M., Formánek, N., Jungtäubl, M., Leyer, M., Richter, A., Schmidt, J.-H., & Will-Zocholl, M. (2025). Governance of high-risk AI systems in healthcare and credit scoring. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 67, 563–581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-025-00944-4
Mohammadhossein, N., Richter, A., Richter, S., & Thatcher, J. B. (2025). Navigating augmented reality: A practice‑oriented guide to identifying and overcoming implementation obstacles. Business Horizons, 69(2), 229–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2025.03.003
Do Khac, L. T., Leyer, M., Wichmann, J., & Richter, A. (2025). Divisional perspectives on trust in generative AI: An empirical study of senior decision-makers. Enterprise Information Systems. https://doi.org/10.1080/17517575.2025.2481557
Richter, A., & Schwabe, G. (2025). “There is no ‘AI’ in ‘TEAM’! Or is there?” – Towards meaningful human-AI collaboration. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 29. https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v29.5753
Rimbeck, M., Stumpf-Wollersheim, J., & Richter, A. (2024). Unfolding IoT adoption: A status quo bias perspective. Business & Information Systems Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12599-024-00891-6
Wagner, D., Richter, A., & Oertel, B. (2024). Wie gesund ist meine Community? – Kennzahlen zur Erfolgsmessung von Online Communities. WiST - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, (7–8), 47–50. https://doi.org/10.15358/0340-1650-2024-7-8-46
Hacker, J., Trier, M., & Richter, A. (2024). Unfolding the contextual nature of enterprise social media use – a morphogenetic approach. European Journal of Information Systems, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2024.2339217
Richter, A., Koch, M., & Prilla, M. (2024). CSCW – past, present and future. i-com, 23(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2024-0023
Richter, A., & Richter, S. (2024). Hybrid work – a reconceptualisation and research agenda. i-com, 23(1), 71–78. https://doi.org/10.1515/icom-2023-0027
Mohammadhossein, N., Richter, A., & Lukosch, S. (2024). Augmented reality in learning settings: A systematic analysis of its benefits and avenues for future studies. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 54, 29–49. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.05402
Richter, S., & Richter, A. (2023). What is novel about the Metaverse? International Journal of Information Management, 73, 102684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102684
Dwivedi, Y. K., Kshetri, N., Hughes, L., Slade, E. L., Jeyaraj, A., Kar, A. K., Baabdullah, A. M., Koohang, A., Raghavan, V., Ahuja, M., Albanna, H., Albashrawi, M. A., Al-Busaidi, A. S., Balakrishnan, J., Barlette, Y., Basu, S., Bose, I., Brooks, L., Buhalis, D., … Wright, R. (2023). Opinion paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 71, 102642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102642
Kaiser, C., Stocker, A., Viscusi, G., Fellmann, M., & Richter, A. (2021). Conceptualising value creation in data-driven services: The case of vehicle data. International journal of information management, 59, 102335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102335
Richter, A. (2020). Locked-down digital work. International Journal of Information Management, 55, 102157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102157
Leyer, M., Richter, A., Nolte, F., Sudeeptha, I., & Müller, W. (2026). Nutzung von KI-Anwendungsfällen für Innovationen von Dienstleistungen. In M. Bruhn & K. Hadwich (Eds.), Digitale Serviceinnovationen: Band 1: Künstliche Intelligenz, Servicegestaltung, Innovationsdesign (pp. 41–64). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-52045-8_2
Sudeeptha, I., Müller, W., Leyer, M., Richter, A., & Nolte, F. (2025). Use cases for prospective sensemaking of human-AI-collaboration. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 431–440. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.052
Latto, C., Richter, A., & Tate, M. (2025). Human-AI teams’ impact on organizations: A review. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 152–161. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.019
Zheng, J., Hong, Y., & Richter, A. (2025, January 6). Artificial trailblazing: How human‑AI collaboration transforms organizational innovation practices. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 312–321. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.038
Sudeeptha, I., Müller, W., Richter, A., Leyer, M., & Nolte, F. (2024). Obstacles to human-AI collaboration (Paper No. 1801). In ICIS 2024 Proceedings: Practitioner‑Oriented Research. Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2024/practitioner/practitioner/2/
Nuswantoro, B., & Richter, A. (2024). Visibility artifacts in hybrid work. In ICIS 2024 Proceedings (Paper No. 2170). Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2024/digtech_fow/digtech_fow/8
Martin, T., & Richter, A. (2024). Adding AI for inclusion (impact) to inclusive AI. European Conference on Information Systems 2024, Technology, Research, Education, and Opinion (TREO) papers, 68. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_ecis2024/68
Müller, W., Richter, S., Leyer, M., & Richter, A. (2024). Metaverse, ubi es? A transaction cost-based analysis of the state of the art of smart contracts in the metaverse. Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-57). https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-57/in/metaverse/2
Zeiher, S., Richter, A., & Wagner, D. (2023). Towards domain-specific knowledge on digital transformation: The case of the furniture industry. ECIS 2023 Research Papers, Paper 317. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2023_rp/317
Hentschel, R., Richter, A., & Strahringer, S. (2021). Guidance for Cloud Service Selection: Evaluation of a Cloud Broker Platform. Twenty-Ninth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021) Research Papers. 73.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2021_rp/73
Tykholoz, Y., Wagner, D., & Richter, A. (2020). Use Cases of Enterprise Social Software in Consulting: A Practice Perspective. In T. Köhler, E. Schoop, & N. Kahnwald (Eds.), Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien. Von hybriden Realitäten zu hybriden Gemeinschaften. Proceedings of the 23rd Workshop GeNeMe'20 (pp. 342-352). TUDpress. https://doi.org/10.25656/01:22408
Richter, A., & Wagner, D. (2014). Leadership 2.0: Engaging and supporting leaders in the transition towards a networked organization. Proceedings of the 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (574-583). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2014.78
Nuswantoro, B., & Richter, A. (2023, October). Hybrid literature search: Hermeneutic meets systematic [Conference presentation]. Forty-Fourth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2023). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21058.96960
Zagst, M., Richter, A., & Wagner, D. (2014). Überzeugen, Sensibilisieren und Coachen von Führungskräften. In A. Richter (Ed.), Vernetzte Organisation (260-270). de Gruyter Oldenbourg.
Richter, A. (2021, May 12). How COVID-19 Changed the Way We Work. Science@Lunch, Munich Business School.