Regular biography
Nina-Birte Schirrmacher is a Dr at The University of Sydney Business School, affiliated with the Discipline of Business Information Systems. She joined the university in January 2025. Schirrmacher completed her Ph.D. in Management of Information Systems at ESSEC Business School, France and Singapore. She previously worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore, and was an Assistant Professor at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research interests include cybercrime, cybersecurity, and blockchain-enabled organizations. Her work has been published at leading IS conferences, and she serves as an Associate Editor for major conferences.
Scholar-generated biography
Nina-Birte Schirrmacher is a researcher at the University of Sydney Business School, specializing in Business Information Systems. Her work explores the intersection of digital technologies, organizational behavior, and governance in decentralized environments. Schirrmacher's research focuses on the socio-cultural dynamics of blockchain platforms, the role of tokens in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and the ethical implications of AI in cybersecurity. She investigates how digital platforms shape organizational practices, including strategies for digital transformation, phishing susceptibility, and the implementation of zero-trust security frameworks. Her studies also examine the governance of collective data ecosystems and the challenges of accountability in decentralized systems.