Biographical sketch

• Current position: Assistant professor at the Institute for Organization Studies, WU Vienna

• 2017-2024: Teaching and research associate at the Institute for Organization Studies, WU Vienna

• 2023: Visiting scholar at the Chair of Digital Social Science, University of Hamburg

• Master studies of International Business Administration at University of Zurich, BI Norwegian Business School and University of Vienna

• Bachelor studies of Culture and Economy: History at University of Mannheim

Research interests

Thorsten’s research explores how digitalization and technological change are reshaping the contemporary organizational landscape. He examines how the increasing pervasiveness of digital technologies influences organizations, networks, and institutions, transforming organizational processes, value chains, and business models. To study digital phenomena, Thorsten employs a diverse range of quantitative and qualitative research methods, with a particular focus on social and semantic network analysis.

Keywords:

Organization and management theory, organizational institutionalism, organizational fields, technological change, digital transformation, social and semantic network research, qualitative and mixed methods

Selected publications

• Koch, Thorsten, Windsperger, Josef. 2017. Seeing through the network: Competitive advantage in the digital economy. Journal of Organization Design. 6 (6)

Courses

SBWL Organisation: Grundkurs 2 - Organisationsanalyse und -gestaltung

Standards wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und Zitierens

Kompetenzfeld Organizational Governance und Corporate Communication