Annamina Rieder, Ph.D.
Annamina Rieder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Management Information Systems
Simon Fraser University
Beedie School of Business
Email:
Address:
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5A 1S6, Canada
Date of Birth:
March 27th, 1994
Hello! I'm Annamina
Welcome to my professional website!
I am an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Originally from Switzerland, I have traded cheese for seafood, cows for bears, and the Alps for the Canadian Rockies. I hold a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Management from the University of St.Gallen, where I also completed a postdoc before moving to Canada. My academic path has taken me through institutions in Switzerland, Denmark, Japan, and now British Columbia.
My research explores how individuals interact with agentic technologies—systems that operate with varying degrees of autonomy—and how such systems can be designed to support behavior change and broader societal goals. I pursue two main streams of inquiry: first, understanding how users adapt to and co-create with systems like recommendation algorithms, generative AI, or wearable devices in domains ranging from health and dating to visual art. Second, I examine how digital interventions such as nudges and persuasive technologies can be designed to promote sustainable, healthy, and ethical behavior. My work combines qualitative research, agent-based modeling, design science, and field experiments, and has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and conferences.
As an educator, I bring extensive teaching experience across undergraduate, graduate/Master’s, and executive levels. I’ve taught courses on IT strategy, digital transformation, research methods, and digital nudging at Simon Fraser University and the University of St.Gallen.
Alongside my academic work, I advise organizations across sectors on the effective and ethical design of digital technologies. This includes working with sustainability startups, government agencies, and multinational corporates in fields such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, and public infrastructure. Outside of work, I spend as much time as I can in the outdoors—rock climbing, ice climbing, and chasing alpine routes in the mountains.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
since 2023
Assistant Professor
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Beedie School of Business
Burnaby / Vancouver, Canada
2021 - 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF ST.GALLEN
Institute of Information Management
School of Management
St. Gallen, Switzerland
2021 / 2022
COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Visiting Scholar
Department of Digitalization
Frederiksberg, Denmark
2018 - 2021
Research Associate
UNIVERSITY OF ST.GALLEN
Institute of Information Management
School of Management
St. Gallen, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2018 - 2021
UNIVERSITY OF ST.GALLEN
Ph.D. in Management
summa cum laude
2019
COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Visiting Ph.D. Student
2016 - 2018
UNIVERSITY OF ST.GALLEN
Master in Business Innovation
2016
HOSEI UNIVERSITY TOKYO
Bachelor in Business Administration
2013 - 2016
UNIVERSITY OF ST.GALLEN
Bachelor in Business Administration
Researching Technology for Humanity
As a society, we are facing a range of existential challenges—from declining public health to the accelerating climate crisis and the erosion of trust in digital platforms. Information technology has the potential to help us address these issues. Through my research on technology for humanity, I seek to better understand how digital systems can be designed and used to effectively promote individual well-being and collective resilience.
My core research areas revolve around the interaction between humans and agentic systems, digital nudging and behavioral design, and the societal implications of algorithmic decision-making. I am particularly interested in exploring these topics in domains that carry high humanistic relevance: digital health, sustainability, online platforms, and creativity. By focusing on these areas, I seek to uncover how technology can support healthier behaviors, more sustainable practices, meaningful and trustworthy interactions, and new forms of human–AI co-creation in the arts.
In my work, I combine qualitative research with agent-based modeling, design science, and field experiments to examine the dynamics of IT use and influence. This methodological variety allows me to explore both individual-level experiences and system-level effects across digital contexts.
Human Interactions
with Agentic Systems
I study how individuals interact with systems that operate autonomously—such as matching and recommendation algorithms, generative AI, and wearable technologies. This includes how users adapt to these systems, navigate tensions between human and machine agency, and co-create with them in domains ranging from health tracking to online dating and visual arts. My work also examines how such interactions reshape professional practices, creativity, and institutional norms.
Nudging and
Behavioral Design
I design and evaluate digital interventions aimed at influencing individual and collective behavior. Drawing on design science and experimental methods, I collaborate with industry partners to create digital nudges and persuasive systems that support goals like sustainability, health promotion, and mental well-being. These projects explore how digital nudges can guide user choices while preserving autonomy, translating theoretical insight into actionable design principles and real-world artifacts.
Algorithmic Systems
and Social Dynamics
I examine how algorithmic infrastructures—such as content recommendation, ranking, or collaborative filtering algorithms—influence behavior and collective outcomes in digital environments. This includes research on misinformation propagation, user engagement, and ethical system design, often involving agent-based modeling to capture both individual-level interactions and emergent dynamics.
Current Projects
Generative AI in visual arts
Collaborators: Ilias O. Pappas (University of Agder & Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Norway), Terri Griffith (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Algorithmic interactions on multi-agent platforms
Collaborators: Fumi Kurihara (University of St.Gallen, Switzerland), Ioanna Constantiou (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
Misinformation propagation
Collaborators: Saurav Chakraborty (University of Louisville, USA), Sandeep Goyal (University of Louisville, USA)
Nudging for sustainable behavior
Collaborators: Vincent Beermann (Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany), Jan vom Brocke (University of Münster, Germany), Falk Uebernickel (Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany)
Blended therapy solutions
Collaborators: Ekaterina Jussupow (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany), Fumi Kurihara (University of St.Gallen, Switzerland)
Wearables for health behavior change
Collaborators: Christiane Lehrer (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark), Yeliz Eseryel (East Carolina University, USA)
Selected Academic Publications
Journal articles
Rieder, A., Chakraborty, S., Goyal, S., & Berndt, D. (2024). A critical realist approach to agent-based modeling: Unlocking prediction in non-positivist paradigms. Journal of Information Technology.
Rieder, A., Chakraborty, S., Goyal, S., Onuchowska, A., & Berndt, D. (2024). Freedom of speech or freedom of reach? Strategies for mitigating malicious behavior in online social networks. Decision Support Systems 182, 114235. (Shared first-author with S. Chakraborty and S. Goyal; listed alphabetically on paper)
Haki, K., Rieder, A., Buchmann, L., & Schneider, A.W. (2023). Digital nudging for technical debt management at Credit Suisse. European Journal of Information Systems 32(1), 64–80. Stafford Beer Medal 2024, highly commended
Rieder, A., Eseryel, U.Y., Lehrer, C., & Jung, R. (2021). Why users comply with wearables: the role of contextual self-efficacy in behavioral change. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction 37(3), 281–294.
Lehrer, C., Eseryel, U.Y., Rieder, A., & Jung, R. (2021). Behavior change through wearables: the interplay between self-leadership and IT-based leadership. Electronic Markets 31(4), 747–764.
Rieder, A., & Jung, R. (2020). Are wearables the key to personal health? [German original title: Wearables als Schlüssel zur individuellen Gesundheit?]. Controlling 32 (5), 4–10.
Rieder, A., Woerner, W., & Jung, R. (2020). Technology adoption with a gentle poke: How to systematically design digital nudges [German original title: Mit einem kleinen Schubs zur Technologieadoption: Digitale Nudges systematisch designen]. Controlling 32, 114–119.
Mirsch, T., Jung, R., Rieder, A., & Lehrer, C. (2018). Improving user experience and organizational success through digital nudging [German original title: Mit Digital Nudging Nutzererlebnisse verbessern und den Unternehmenserfolg steigern]. Controlling 30(5), 12–18.
Conference papers
Jussupow, E., *Kurihara, F., Rieder, A., & Schueckes, M. (2024). Forming professional and IT identities: A longitudinal case study of using an information system for blended psychotherapy. Proeedings of the 45th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Bangkok, Thailand.
*Kurihara, F., Rieder, A., & Constantiou, I. (2024). Rethinking affordances for next-generation information systems. TREO Forum (extended abstract), 32nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Paphos, Cyprus.
*Beermann, V., Rieder, A., Uebernickel, F., & vom Brocke, J. (2024). Disentangling the problem space: A validated problem statement for sustainability support systems. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Trollhättan, Sweden.
Chakraborty, S., & Rieder, A. (2023). Can Artificial Intelligence Boost Developers’ Productivity? An Effective Use Perspective of GitHub’s Co-Pilot. TREO Forum (extended abstract), 44th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Hyderabad, India.
*Beermann, V., & Rieder, A. (2023). Algorithmic nudging to save resources: Proposal of a longitudinal field experiment. Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Kristiansand, Norway.
*Beermann, V., Rieder, A., & Uebernickel, F. (2022). Green nudges: how to induce pro-environmental behavior using technology. Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark.
*Beermann, V., Rieder, A., Ebbers, M., Bicker, K., Poerschke, V, & Uebernickel, F. (2022). Loss aversion nudges to improve heating behaviors and reduce carbon emissions. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Minneapolis, USA. AOM best paper award
*Schabert, K., *Raschle, L., *Fredholm, A., *Pedrazzoli, L., *Settelen, G., Rieder, A., & Jung, R. (2022). Backfiring of digital nudges: experimental study on reactance with scarcity nudges [German original title: Backfiring von Digital Nudges: Experimentelle Studie zur Reaktanz durch Scarcity- Nudges]. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
Rieder, A., Lehrer, C., Eseryel, U.Y., & Jung, R. (2021). The generative mechanisms behind technology-enabled health behavior change. Proceedings of the 29th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), virtual conference.
Rieder, A., *Vuckic, S., Schache, K., & Jung, R. (2020). Technostress from persuasion: wearable users’ stressors strains, and coping. Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), virtual conference.
Rieder, A., Lehrer, C., & Jung, R. (2020). Affordances and behavioral outcomes of wearable use. Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), virtual conference.
Rieder, A., & Rhyn, M. (2020). Situational self-efficacy and behavioral responses to wearable use. Proceedings of the 28th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), virtual conference.
Rieder, A., Lehrer, C., & Jung, R. (2019). How behavior change support systems influence self-efficacy: a qualitative study using wearables. Proceedings of the 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm, Sweden.
Rieder, A., Lehrer, C., & Jung, R. (2019). Understanding the habitual use of wearable activity trackers. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, Siegen, Germany, pp. 1002–1016.
(* Supervised Ph.D. and master’s students)
Teaching
Undergraduate
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BUS 468: Managing Information Technology for Business Value (Simon Fraser University)
Graduate
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7,025 IC: Digital Nudging (University of St.Gallen)
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8,033 IC: User Behavior (University of St.Gallen)
Executive Education
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BUS 621: Information Technology and Organizational Transformation (EMBA, Simon Fraser University)
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Digital Nudging: Executive MBA in Business Engineering; Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Digital Innovation and Business Transformation; Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Innovation and Information Technology (University of St.Gallen)
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Customized in-house programs (Hasso Plattner Institute)
Service
Track Chair
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European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS):
Cognition and Human Behavior in IS Track (2024, 2025, 2026) -
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS):
Intelligent Technologies for a Better Future Mini Track (2025)
Associate Editor
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International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS):
Digital Strategy and Transformation (2025)
IT Implementation and Adoption (2024)
Conference Theme Track (2023)
User Behavior, Engagement, and Consequences Track (2022) -
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS):
Cognition and Human Behavior in IS Track (2022, 2023)
Reviewer
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Journal of the Association for Information Systems
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Journal of Strategic Information Systems
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European Journal of Information Systems
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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International Journal of Medical Informatics
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Electronic Markets
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Information Systems
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International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
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Information Systems Frontiers
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Business & Information Systems Engineering
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Journal of Service Management Research (Best Reviewer 2024)
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International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
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European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
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Hawaii Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS)
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International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST)
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Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)
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International Workshop on Behavior Change Support Systems
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International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI)