Academic Profile

Sven-Volker Rehm

PD Dr.-Ing. habil. rer. pol.

Scholar in Information Systems · Management · Systems Sciences

Sven-Volker Rehm is a scholar with more than 25 years of experience in academic and applied research at the intersection of information systems, management, and systems sciences. His work explores how intelligence, communication, and organization emerge and evolve in complex socio-technical systems, combining theoretical inquiry, empirical investigation, and design-oriented research.

His scholarly contributions span digitally enabled innovation, organizational transformation, networked collaboration, and emerging forms of collective and hybrid intelligence. Grounded in cybernetics and systems thinking, his current research addresses the implications of artificial intelligence for organizational and societal communication, collective agency, and governance.

Academic Career & Qualifications

Rehm has held academic appointments in Germany and France. He was Associate Professor of Information Systems at EM Strasbourg Business School (2018–2023) and previously served as Acting Professor (2016–2018) and Assistant Professor (2007–2016) at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. He was also appointed TUM Global Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Munich (2020–2021). He remains affiliated with WHU as Privatdozent (Senior Lecturer) in Information Systems.

He holds a Diploma in Engineering Cybernetics (2000) and a doctorate in Engineering Sciences (2007, summa cum laude) from the University of Stuttgart, as well as a habilitation in Business Administration (2014) from WHU.

Research Leadership & Teaching

Throughout his career, Rehm has initiated and led interdisciplinary research involving academic, industrial, and public-sector partners across Europe. His experience includes major European research programmes, notably AVALON and SmartNets, addressing digitally enabled innovation, collaboration, and the design of networked organizational systems.

He has taught extensively at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, covering information systems, digital transformation, innovation management, and management cybernetics. His teaching emphasizes active, research-led learning and the integration of conceptual inquiry with practical organizational challenges.

At EM Strasbourg, he served as Academic Director of the Data Culture Certificate Programme (2019–2023), developing a comprehensive online curriculum subsequently integrated into the school's Programme Grande École.

Editorial Leadership & Scholarly Service

Rehm is Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Collective Intelligence Perspectives, a transdisciplinary open-access journal established to advance systemic perspectives on collective intelligence. He serves on the Editorial Board of MIS Quarterly Executive and co-edits the Springer Nature Handbook of Hybrid Intelligence.

He is Executive Chairman of the Society for Managerial and Social Cybernetics (GWS e.V.), supporting interdisciplinary scholarly exchange and the advancement of cybernetic and systems-oriented perspectives on organizations and society.

His scholarly service includes editorial appointments, international peer reviewing, research assessment, doctoral mentoring, and the organization of academic conferences and symposia.

Academic & Professional Engagement

Rehm is Founding Director of the Collective and Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (CAIR Institute) and founder of DeepDynamIQ, an initiative exploring AI-supported qualitative system simulation. Both activities reflect his interest in connecting scholarly inquiry with emerging methods and practical challenges in complex socio-technical systems.

He welcomes interdisciplinary research collaboration, academic exchange, teaching opportunities, and selected professional engagements.

Research · Publications · Contact

Researcher identifier: ORCID 0000-0002-9785-6707