Biography

After studying industrial engineering at TU Darmstadt, Prof Dr Michael Klafft initially worked for the "Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme" in Stuttgart, where he dealt with issues such as mobile data collection and use in the production environment. He then moved to the Institute for Information Systems at HU Berlin, where he also completed his doctorate. Here, his work focussed on questions of technology acceptance in ubiquitous computing and Internet-based procurement platforms for consumers. Since 2007, Klafft has worked for various Institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, of which he was a member of the Scientific and Technical Council from 2010 to 2011. In teaching, Klafft initially represented the subject of business informatics as a professor at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. In March 2015, he moved to the Jade University of Applied Sciences in Wilhelmshaven, where he holds a professorship for Information Systems and Digital Media and is currently Chair of the Institute for Media Economics and Journalism. His current research focus is on risk and crisis communication using digital media.

Selected literature

Bizer, Johann, Kai Dingel, Benjamin Fabian, Oliver Günther, Markus Hansen, Michael Klafft, Jan Möller and Sarah Spiekermann. TAUCIS: Technology Assessment of Ubiquitous Computing and Informational Self-Determination. Kiel: Independent Centre for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ULD), 2006.

Klafft, Michael. "Warning the population in the event of a disaster." Sicherheitskritische Mensch-Computer-Interaktion - Interaktive Technologien und soziale Medien im Krisen- und Sicherheitsmanagement. Edited by Christian Reuter. Springer Vieweg, 2018. 319-336.

Klafft, Michael and Holger Ziekow. "Requirements Engineering for and Assessment of a VR-based Training Application for Small and Medium-Sized Disaster Management Agencies." Environmental Informatics - Techniques and Trends. Adjunct Proceedings of the 32nd EnviroInfo Conference. Edited by Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Dieter Kranzlmüller, Volker Weinberg, Jens Weismüller and Volker Wohlgemuth. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2018. 139-144.

Klafft, Michael, and Jan-Philip Kaul. "Communication of route changes in navigation systems due to severe weather forecasts." Emergency Preparedness 49.2 (2018): 31-35.

Reuter, Christian, Konstatin Aal, Frank Beham, Alexander Boden, Florian Brauner, Frank Fiedrich, Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Stefan Geisler, Klaus Gennen, Dominik Herrmann, Marc-André Kaufhold, Michael Klafft, Myriam Lipprandt, Luigi Lo Iacono, Thomas Ludwig, Stephan Lukosch, Tilo Mentler, Simon Nester, Volkmar Pipek, Jens Pottebaum, Gebhard Rusch, Stefan Sackmann, Stefan Stieglitz, Christian Sturm, Melanie Volkamer, and Volker Wulf. "The future of safety-critical human-computer interaction." Safety-critical human-computer interaction. Edited by Chistian Reuter. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2018. 621-630.

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