Judith Helmer M.Sc.
Münster School of Business
Johann-Krane-Weg 23, 48149 Münster, Room: 3rd Floor
Tel: +49 251 83-65595
Short bio
Judith Helmer graduated in "International Management for Service Industries (B.Sc.)" at the University of Applied Sciences Business and Information Technology School (BiTS) in Iserlohn, Germany. After that, she continued her studies in "International Marketing & Sales (M.A.)" at FH Münster and "International Economic Relations (M.Sc.)" at Cracow University of Economics in Poland. During her studies, Judith Helmer was awarded a scholarship for the bachelor's and master's degrees by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Furthermore, she got a scholarship by the BiTS within her bachelor's degree and was sponsored by the Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, for a study abroad semester.
After finishing her master's studies with a thesis on "Leveraging Big Data Analytics Capabilities in German Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises", Judith continues her academic journey as a Research Associate at the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences. In her work, she is undertaking international research projects, lecturing at the university, and supervising business projects on digital transformation, innovation, and marketing.
Complementary to her work as a researcher, Judith is currently doing her PhD in cooperation with the University of Adelaide on the topic of "Shaping Markets through Digital Technologies".
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Position |
Research Associate & PhD Candidate |
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Home country |
Germany |
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Research focus |
Shaping Markets through Digital Technologies |
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Partner university for the PhD |
University of Adelaide, Australia |
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Expected year of graduation |
2024 |
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Teaching classes |
Creativity and Innovation Management. This course aims at developing creativity and innovation skills in bachelor students. International Business Projects. This course is a project work in collaboration with industry partners. Research Seminar. This seminar aims at teaching master students the main principles and steps of scientific working and writing as preparation for the master thesis. |
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Coordinating projects |
1. Erasmus+ Strategic Alliances Project "Managing Digital Transformation" (Project Manager). Aim: Developing a holistic European digital academy of 30 ECTS on "Managing Digital Transformation". Within this academy, students on adcanved levels as well as young aspiring professionals are trained to become responsible digital change agents. Therefore, the academy provides specialised courses on (a) Digital Transformations - A Changing Society, (b) Data-driven World, (c) Boost Your Digital Skills, (d) Reimagine Organisations - Transformation of Business Models, (e) Digital Transformation Leadership, and (f) Digital Transformation Challenges. Join the MDT Academy via this link. 2. REACH EUREGIO Start-Up Center Aim: FROM SCIENCE TO START-UP - The start-up center support students and scientists in realising their early-stage start-up ideas through a comprehensive programme of coaching, scouting, networking, research and teaching. As an academic researcher, I am joining the research team at REACH to push forward research topics as well as teaching and research fundings related to entrepreneurship. Finished projects: Erasmus+ Strategic Alliances Project "Digital Innovation" (Project Manager). Aim: Supporting higher education lecturers in developing and implementing improved and up-to-date courses on Innovation Management to impact not only effective digital skills into service innovation education, but also help digitising new service development in service sector businesses. |
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Awards & Scholarships |
2014-2018: Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (for the Bachelor's and Master's programme) 2015: One-semester-scholarship at the Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia 2014-2015: One-semester-scholarship of BiTS University of Applied Sciences |
Curriculum Vitae:
- Since 2020 - Research Associate at the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre of FH Münster University of Applied Sciences
- 2020 - International Economic Relations (M.Sc.) at Cracow University of Economics, Poland
- 2020 - International Marketing & Sales (M.A.) at FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- 2016 - International Management (B.Sc.) at Business and Information Technology School (BiTS) - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Judith Helmer: "I am passionate about issues related to digital transformation on different levels - in society, markets, ecosystems, business, and individuals. While digital transformation has for long been treated as a buzzword and still partially appears as a black box, my main motivation is to deep dive into scientific knowledge and practical applications to uncover how digital transformation unfolds and how it can be proactively as well as effectively and efficiently applied now and in the future.
Consequently, I am interested in research on market-shaping, digital transformation / digitalisation, and creativity / innovation".
Publications:
- Helmer, Judith, Huynh, Thien-Minh-Thuong, Lobacz, Katarzyna, Kör, Burcu and Wakkee, Ingrid. (2021). Innovating digitally for services: A review of innovation process literature focused on digital innovation and service innovation. Procedia Computer Science, 192, 2797-2806. Link.
- Rossano-Rivero, Sue, Helmer, Judith and Huynh, Thien-Minh-Thuong. (2022). Digital Innovation Audit: Mapping of a Digital Innovation Process for Services based on Scientific Literature and Expert Interviews. Digital Innovation. Link.
- Rossano-Rivero, Sue, Helmer, Judith and Huynh, Thien-Minh-Thuong. (2022). Digital Innovation Whitepaper: Mapping of a Digital Innovation Process for Services based on Scientific Literature and Expert Interviews. Digital Innovation. Link.
- Helmer, Judith. (2020). Big Data Analytics in einem KMU einführen. Digitalradar Münsterland. Link. (20.09.2022).
- Helmer, J., Huynh, T.-M.-T. & Rossano-Rivero, S. (2022) Teaching Digital Innovation Processes for Services in Higher Education. Procedia Computer Science 207, 3469-3478. Link