Founders
Dr. Yves Pigneur is a professor at the University of Lausanne since 1984, and has held visiting professorships at Georgia State University, University of British Columbia, National University of Singapore, and HEC Montreal. He is the former editor-in-chief of the academic journal Systemes d’Information & Management (SIM). Together with Alexander Osterwalder, they invented the Business Model Canvas and authored in 2010 “Business Model Generation”.
Dr. Stéphanie Missonier is a Professor in Information Systems at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. She has received her PhD from the University of Nice, Sophia Antipolis, France. Her research adopts an interdisciplinary perspective for designing innovative artefacts that aim at supporting team collaboration in different projects – including IT projects – through increasing the quality of their conversation. She will be a visiting scholar at Stanford, invited through the SCANCOR network. She is a member of AIM, Swiss Chapter of the AIS and has published in international outlets such as the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Organizational Studies and International Journal of Project Management (IJPM).
PhD Student(s)
Alicia Roschnik is an Information Systems graduate from HEC Lausanne. Under Prof. Missonier’s supervision, she is currently doing her PhD which focuses on organisational culture change in the context of Agile transformations. Follow her research on ResearchGate
Former members
Dr. Satu Iho first followed a career as an IT consultant and specialist. Satu has now finished her PhD under the supervision of Pr. Missonier. Her research focused on the evolving role of the IT function, especially in terms of organising for IT exploration and digital innovation.
Dr. Dina Elikan has completed her PhD at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Her research focused on the development of visual collaborative tools for co-designing solutions to wicked problems and looked at the particular problem of startup and SME brand identity.
Dr. Hazbi Avdiji is a PostDoc at the University of St-Gallen in Switzerland. Their research mainly focuses on the social, cognitive, and linguistic aspects in team collaboration.