Research interests

• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR)
• Applications of VR/AR in crisis management
• VR/AR support of collaboration and decision-making processes
• Affordance Theory

Academic qualification

Since 02/2018	PhD Student, University of Duisburg-Essen
10/2015 – 11/2017	M. Sc. in Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University Duisburg-Essen
10/2012 – 09/2015	B. Sc. in Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University Duisburg-Essen

Professional background

Since 02/2018	Research Associate and PhD Student, Research Group Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media, University of Duisburg-Essen
10/2017 – 01/2018	Research Assistant, Research Group Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media, University of Duisburg-Essen
05/2016 – 10/2017	Marketing & Social Media Assistant, NFC21 GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr
04/2015 – 07/ 2016	Student Assistant, Research Group Entertainment Computing, University of Duisburg-Essen (with interruptions)

Publications

Journal Articles

• Radianti, J., Majchrzak, T. A., Fromm, J. & Wohlgenannt, I. (2019). A Systematic Review of Immersive Virtual Reality Applications for Higher Education: Design Elements, Lessons Learned, and Research Agenda. Computers & Education.
• Stieglitz, S., Mirbabaie, M. & Fromm, J. (2017). Understanding Sense-Making on Social Media during Crises: Categorization of Sense-Making Barriers and Strategies. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 9(4).

Conference Articles / Book Chapters

• Fromm, J., Mirbabaie, M. & Stieglitz, S. (2020). A Systematic Review of Empirical Affordance Studies: Recommendations for Affordance Research in Information Systems. In Proceedings of the 28^th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Marakech, Morocco.
• Fromm, J., Mirbabaie, M. & Stieglitz, S. (2020). The Effects of Virtual Reality Affordances and Constraints on Negative Group Effects during Brainstorming Sessions. In Proceedings of the 15^th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Potsdam, Germany.
• Wohlgenannt, I., Fromm, J., Stieglitz, S., Radianti, J. & Majchrzak, T. A. (2019). Virtual Reality in Higher Education: Preliminary Results from a Design-Science-Research Project. In Proceedings of the 28^th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), Toulon, France.
• Redlich, B., Becker, F., Fischer, S., Fromm, J., Gernreich, C., Lattemann, C., Pöppelbuß, J., Siemon, D. & Wilms, K. (2019). Das DETHIS-Verfahren: Design Thinking für das Service-Engineering in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen. In V. Stich, J. Schumann, D. Beverungen, G. Gudergan and P. Jussen (eds.), Digitale Dienstleistungsinnovationen (pp.73-88). Springer Vieweg: Berlin, Heidelberg.
• Mirbabaie, M. & Fromm, J. (2019). Reducing the Cognitive Load of Decision-Makers in Emergency Management through Augmented Reality. In Proceedings of the 27^th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm/Uppsala, Schweden.
• Fromm, J., Mirbabaie, M. & Stieglitz, S. (2019). The Potential of Augmented Reality for Improving Occupational First Aid. In Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI), Siegen, Germany.
• Mirbabaie, M., Fromm, J., Löppenberg, S., Meinig, S. & Reuße, M. (2018). The Potential of Social Media Analytics for Improving Social Media Communication of Emergency Agencies. In Proceedings of the 29^th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Sydney, Australia.
• Stieglitz, S., Mirbabaie, M., Fromm, J. & Melzer, S. (2018). The Adoption of Social Media Analytics for Crisis Management – Challenges and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 26^th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Portsmouth, UK.
• Fromm, J., Melzer, S., Ross, B. & Stieglitz, S. (2018). Trump Versus Clinton – Twitter Communication During the US Primaries. In R. Alhajj, U. H. Hoppe, T. Hecking, P. Brodka and P. Kazienko (eds.), Network Intelligence Meets User Centered Social Media Networks, Lecture Notes in Social Networks (pp. 201-217). Springer: Cham.