Judith Helmer

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

Adelaide Business School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


I am a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide and an academic researcher at the FH Münster University of Applied Sciences. My research interests are in the areas of market-shaping, digitalisation, and innovation.

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide and an academic researcher at the FH Münster University of Applied Sciences. My research interests are in the areas of market-shaping, digitalisation, and innovation.

Date Position Institution name
2020 - ongoing Academic Researcher FH Münster University of Applied Sciences

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
French Can understand spoken
German Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2019 - 2020 Cracow University of Economics Poland International Economic Relations (M.Sc.)
2018 - 2020 FH Münster University of Applied Sciences Germany International Marketing and Sales (M.A.)
2013 - 2016 Business and Information Technology School Germany International Management (B.Sc.)

Date Title Institution name Country
2015 Study-Abroad Scholarship Victoria University Australia
2014 Semester Scholarship Business and Information Technology School Germany
2014 Study Scholarship German Academic Scholarship Foundation -

Year Citation
2025 Helmer, J., Hawa, J., & Plewa, C. (2025). Digital technology as market shaper: A typology of digital technology roles for shaping markets. Electronic Markets, 35(1), 21 pages.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3

Year Citation
2021 Helmer, J., Huynh, T. -M. -T., Łobacz, K., Kör, B., & Wakkee, I. (2021). Innovating digitally for services: A review of innovation process literature focused on digital innovation and service innovation. In Procedia Computer Science Vol. 192 (pp. 2797-2806). Elsevier BV.
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In my position as an academic researcher at FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, I am holding the following teaching and supervision activities in Münster:

Creativity and Innovation Management

  • This course aims at developing creativity and innovation skills in bachelor students.
  • Within the course, students learn about theoretical foundations of creativity and innovation and work on their own innovation challenge by applying the Design Thinking methodology in an international team.
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International Business Projects

  • This course is a project work in collaboration with industry partners.
  • Within the course, I am supervising a group of bachelor and master students working on a project given by the collaboration partner. The project usually involves a specific task given by the industry partner. Students investigate the task by conducting scientific research and presenting the results and recommendations to the industry partner.

Research Seminar

  • The research seminar is a one-week intensive seminar for master students to prepare them for writing their master thesis.
  • Within the seminar, the students learn about the basics of scientific work. Based on the theoretical knowledge, they are supervised in conducting a study and writing a research paper.

Transfer Modules, Bachelor Theses, and Master Theses

  • I supervise transfer modules as the primary supervisor.
  • I supervise bachelor theses and master theses as the secondary supervisor.

Date Event Name Event Type Institution Country
2022 - 2022 10th UIIN Conference Conference University Industry Innovation Network Netherlands
2021 - 2021 25th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems Conference KES International -
2021 - 2021 2nd Annual IACIS Europe Conference - Management & Information Technology Conference International Association for Computer Information Systems -
2021 - 2021 8th International Scientific Conference - New trends in management and production engineering - regional, cross-border and global perspectives Conference WSB University, Faculty of Applied Sciences Poland

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