Short Bio

Raffaele Fabio Ciriello serves as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Business IT Department of the IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark) since April 2017. He holds a PhD (2017) and M.Sc. (2014) in Informatics from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and a B.Sc. (2011) in Information Systems from the University of Stuttgart (Germany). 

Raffaele's focus on digital innovation in research and teaching has led him to collaborate closely with many different companies, such as Avaloq, Netcetera, KPMG, Deloitte, and Danske Bank, among others. Besides, he has gained industry experience by working as a software engineer for the leading Swiss banking software provider Avaloq. 

In his dissertation, Raffaele studied innovation practices in the Swiss software industry. His current research focuses on digital innovation practices and blockchain social networks. Raffaele has to date authored over 20 academic articles, which have appeared in European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), and Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), among others.

Raffaele has won the ITU Award for Teaching Excellence (2018), he has been admitted to junior faculty symposia and doctoral consortia of leading conferences (ICIS2017, ICSE2017, WI2015, ICIS2014), and he received the Alma Mater award for outstanding theses (2012).

He lives in Copenhagen with a wonderful wife, a beautiful baby boy, and an incredibly lazy cat.

Current Teaching Activities

Bachelor/Master Thesis

• I offer multiple thesis projects in the area of understanding and designing blockchain social networks. Contact me for further info!

Open Office hours for students:

• Every Thursday 13:00-14:00 (by appointment)

Courses and Seminars:

• Process Innovation, 15 ECTS, Spring, Master in Digital Innovation Management (DIM)

Selected Publications

Ciriello, R.F., Richter, A., 2019. Scenario-Based Design Theorizing: The Case of a Digital Idea Screening cockpit. In: Business and Information Systems Engineering.

Ciriello, R.F., Beck, R., Thatcher, J.., 2018. The Paradoxical Effects of Blockchain Technology on Social Networking Practices. Full Paper, in: 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2018). San Francisco, California.

Ciriello, R.F., Richter, A., Schwabe, G., 2018. Digital Innovation. In: Business and Information Systems Engineering. 

Ciriello, R.F., Richter, A., Schwabe, G., 2018. The Paradoxical Effects of Digital Artefacts on Innovation Practices. In: European Journal of Information Systems.

Ciriello, R.F., Richter, A., Schwabe, G., 2017. From Process to Practice: Towards a Practice-Based Model of Digital Innovation. Full Paper, in: 38th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2017). Seoul, South Korea.

Ciriello, R.F., Richter, A., Schwabe, G., 2017. When Prototyping Meets Storytelling. Practices and Malpractices in Innovating Software Firms. Full Paper, in: 39th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2017). Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ciriello, R.F., Richter, A., 2015. Idea Hubs as Nexus of Collective Creativity in Digital Innovation. Full Paper, in: 36th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2015). Fort Worth, USA.