Markus Rohde, apl. Prof. Dr., studied psychology and sociology at the University of Bonn and is a founding member of the International Institute for Socio-Informatics and co-editor of the International Report on Socio-Informatics (IRSI).

Since 2004 he has worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Information Systems and New Media at the University of Siegen, and since 2008 as head of the Community Informatics department.

Since 1991, university research on the topics of “software-ergonomic design of networked systems” and “organizational and technical development”; since 1994, voluntary work as editor of the political science journal Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen; from 1994 to 1997, freelance organizational consultant and lecturer in vocational training, consulting work for medium-sized service companies, production companies and non-profit organizations; from 1997 to 2001, managing director of AGENDA CONSULT GmbH; from 2002 to 2004, project manager at IISI.

In 2004, he also worked as a research assistant at the Usability Engineering Competence Center for the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FhG-FIT) in Sankt Augustin.

In early 2007 he received a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Roskilde, Denmark. His work focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), organizational and collaborative learning, virtual teams, non-governmental organizations and (new) social movements.

2023

Weibert, Anne, Konstantin Aal, Sarah Rüller, Markus Rohde, und Volker Wulf. 2023. „Crafting Home with E-Textiles: Accessing Concepts of the Home in a Socially and Culturally Diverse Setting“. Digital Culture & Society 9 (1): 213-22. https://doi.org/10.14361/dcs-2023-0111.

2022

Aal, K.; Boulus-Rodje, N.; Rohde, M. 2022. „Media, Technologies, Cooperation – Rethinking Publics and Publicness in the MENA Region“, International Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 31(2-3).

Pinatti de Carvalho, A. F.; Saeed, S.; Reuter, C.; Rohde, M.; Randall, D.; Pipek, V.; Wulf, V. 2022. „Understanding Nomadic Practices of Social Activist Networks Through the Lens of Infrastructuring: the Case of the European Social Forum“, Computer Supported Cooperative Work. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09442-7.

Rüller, S.; Aal, K.; Holdermann, S.; Tolmie, P.; Hartmann, A.; Rohde, M; Zillinger, M.; Wulf, V. 2022. „‚Technology is Everywhere, we have the Opportunity to Learn it in the Valley’: The Appropriation of a Socio-Technical Enabling Infrastructure in the Moroccan High Atlas“, International Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 31(2-3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-021-09401-8.

Rüller, S.; Aal, K.; Tolmie, P.; Hartmann, A.; Rohde, M.; Wulf, V. 2022. „Speculative Design as a Collaborative Practice: Ameliorating the Consequences of Illiteracy through Digital Touch“, ACM Transactions Computer-Human Interaction 29(3): Article 23, 58 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3487917.

Tadic, B.; Rohde, M.; Wulf, V.; Randall, D. 2022. „Design Evolution of a Tool for Privacy and Security Protection for Activists online: Cyberactivist“, International Journal of Human-Computer-Interaction: 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2041894.

Wulf, V.; Randall, D.; Aal, K.; Rohde, M. 2022. „The Personal is the Political: Internet filtering and Counter Appropriation in the Islamic Republic of Iran“, International Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 31: 373-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09426-7.

2021

Weibert, A.; Aal, K.; Rohde, M.; Wulf, V. 2021. „Scaling local experiences to global challenges: insights from grounded design and value sensitive design“, Ethics Inf Technol 23: 33–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9470-8.

Wulf, V.; Weibert, A.; Aal, K.; Rüller, S.; Rohde, M. 2021. „The Praxeological Research Programme of Socio-Informatics – the Siegen School“, Acta Informatica Pragensia 10(3): 333-348. https://doi.org/10.18267/j.aip.171.

2019

Saeed, S.; Pipek, V.; Rohde, M.; Reuter, C.; Pinatti de Carvalho, A. F.; Wulf, V. 2019. „Nomadic Knowledge Sharing Practices and Challenges: Findings from a Long-term Case Study“, IEEE Access. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.

Publikationen mit wissenschaftlicher Qualitätssicherung und Buchveröffentlichungen

2014

Zweig, K. A.; Neuser, W.; Pipek, V.; Rohde, M.; Scholtes, I. (Hrsg.) 2014. Socioinformatics – The Social Impact of Interactions between Humans and IT. Heidelberg: Springer.

2011

Cuel, R.; Morozova, O.; Rohde, M.; Simperl, E.; Siorpaes, K.; Tokarchuk, O.; Wiedenhöfer, T.; Yetim, F.; Zamarian, M. 2011. „Motivation Mechanisms for Participation in Human-driven Semantic Content Creation“, International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining 1(4): 331-349.

Lewkowicz; M.; Rohde, M. (Hrsg.) 2011. „Special Issue on Socially embedded collaborative practices“, International Journal on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 20(4-5): 227-229.

Saeed, S.; Rohde, M.; Wulf, V. 2011. „Analyzing Political Activists’ Organization Practices: Findings from a Long Term Case Study of the European Social Forum“, International Journal on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 20(4-5): 265-304.

Wulf, V.; Rohde, M.; Pipek, V.; Stevens, G. 2011. „Engaging with Practices: Design Case Studies as a Research Framework in CSCW“. In: Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2011), New York, NY: ACM-Press, 505-512.

2007

Fischer, G.; Rohde, M.; Wulf, V. 2007. „Community-based learning: The core competency of residential, research-based universities“, International Journal on Computer-Supported Learning (2)1: 9-40.

Rohde, M. 2007. „Integrated Organization and Technology Development (OTD) and the Impact of Socio-Cultural Concepts“. In:  A CSCW Perspective, Datalogiske skrifter 110, University of Roskilde: Department of Computer Science. Dissertationsschrift.

Rohde, M.; Klamma, R.; Jarke, M.; Wulf, V. 2007. „The Reality is our Laboratory: Communities of Practice in Applied Computer Science“, International Journal on Behaviour and Information Technology 26(1): 81-94.

2004

Rohde, M. 2004. „Find what binds. Building social capital in an Iranian NGO community system“. In Huysman, M.; Wulf, V. (Hrsg.): Social Capital and Information Technology, Cambridge: MIT Press, 75-112.

Rohde, M.; Reinecke, L.; Pape, B.; Janneck, M. 2004. „Community-building with Web-Based Systems – Investigating a Hybrid Community of Students“, International Journal on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 13(5-6): 471-499.