Dr. André Ullrich

About

André Ullrich heads the research group "Digitalisation, Sustainability and Participation" at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and is currently doing his habilitation on responsible and sustainable digitalisation.

He studied business administration in Potsdam and Moscow and did his doctorate in Business Information Systems on the characteristics of changeable systems at the University of Potsdam. There he also set up and managed the learning factory in the Industry 4.0 Center. He was a visiting researcher at the Universities of Stellenbosch, Queensland University of Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He then worked as part of a junior research group on transformative potentials of digitally networked production for people, the environment and technology as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam.

His work focuses on the opportunities and risks of digitalisation for the socio-ecological transformation of companies and society.

Research Group: Digitalization, Sustainability, and Participation

Memberships, committees and functions

• Member of the committee, scientific advisor. Lotto, Hessisches Ministerium für Arbeit, Integration, Jugend und Soziales, Hessen, Liga der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege in Hessen (from January 2026 until November 2026) www.hessischer-sozialpreis.de
• Member Institute Council. Weizenbaum Institute (since March 2023)
• Member Working group „Sustainability“ (Nachhaltigkeit). Weizenbaum Institute (since February 2023)
• Member Section "Education in the Digital Transformation" with the thematic focus on sustainability for the years 2023 and 2024. Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Digital Summit Platform "Learning Systems | Digital Competencies" (from January 2023 until December 2024)
• Spokesperson Research Group Leaders. Weizenbaum Institute (since December 2022)
• Membership Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VBH) https://www.vhbonline.org/
• Membership Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und digitale Gesellschaft e.V. https://www.widg.de/
• Membership German Informatics Society
• Membership Association for Information Systems (AIS) https://aisnet.org