The University of Liechtenstein is well represented in the latest ranking of the most research-intensive economists in the German-speaking world: Jan vom Brocke made it into the top 20 and Stefan Seidel was among the top under 40-year-olds.

The German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche has once again compiled a ranking of the 100 most research-intensive economists in the German-speaking world by evaluating the number of publications of 2,800 researchers between 2014 and 2018.

Jan vom Brocke, who has been Hilti Chair of Business Process Management at the University of Liechtenstein since 2007, made it into the top 20. But his outstanding achievements go far beyond the past four years: in the ranking of academic lifetime achievements, vom Brocke was ranked 48th.

Klaus Tschütscher congratulated vom Brocke on his distinction as an internationally recognized researcher. “As a professor at our university, Jan vom Brocke is also sending an important and strong signal for Liechtenstein as a place for university-level studies and research,” said the president of the University Council.

His sentiments were echoed by Klaus Risch, member of the Hilti Foundation's Board of Trustees: “Jan vom Brocke is the poster child for successful collaboration between university and business, combining high-level research with practice-oriented topics.”

Stefan Seidel, who is now Chair of Information Systems and Innovation at the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Liechtenstein and one of Brocke’s former doctoral students, was ranked 45th in the “Jungen Wilden” category of the most research-intensive economists under the age of 40. The top ranked economist in this category was Jan Recker from the University of Cologne, a former guest academic at the Institute of Information Systems.

Also in the top 20 of the overall ranking is Sascha Kraus from Utrecht University, who conducted research at the Institute of Entrepreneurship at the University of Liechtenstein until February 2018.The German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche has once again compiled a ranking of the 100 most research-intensive economists in the German-speaking world by evaluating the number of publications of 2,800 researchers between 2014 and 2018.


Jan vom Brocke, who has been Hilti Chair of Business Process Management at the University of Liechtenstein since 2007, made it into the top 20. But his outstanding achievements go far beyond the past four years: in the ranking of academic lifetime achievements, vom Brocke was ranked 48th.

Klaus Tschütscher congratulated vom Brocke on his distinction as an internationally recognized researcher. “As a professor at our university, Jan vom Brocke is also sending an important and strong signal for Liechtenstein as a place for university-level studies and research,” said the president of the University Council.

His sentiments were echoed by Klaus Risch, member of the Hilti Foundation's Board of Trustees: “Jan vom Brocke is the poster child for successful collaboration between university and business, combining high-level research with practice-oriented topics.”

Stefan Seidel, who is now Chair of Information Systems and Innovation at the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Liechtenstein and one of Brocke’s former doctoral students, was ranked 45th in the “Jungen Wilden” category of the most research-intensive economists under the age of 40. The top ranked economist in this category was Jan Recker from the University of Cologne, a former guest academic at the Institute of Information Systems.

Also in the top 20 of the overall ranking is Sascha Kraus from Utrecht University, who conducted research at the Institute of Entrepreneurship at the University of Liechtenstein until February 2018.

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