Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna)
Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff holds the Chair of Information Systems & Society at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). She is a scientist, lecturer and author in the field of digital ethics, IT innovation, digital privacy and future studies. After advisory functions in various committees of international organizations such as the EU Commission or the OECD, she vice-chaired the development of the first global standard for ethical IT system design (ISO/IEEE 24748-7000) for the IEEE from 2016-2021. She has written two re-known textbooks: ‘Value-based Engineering’ (VBE) (De Gruyter, 2023) and ‘Ethical IT Innovation’ (Tailor & Francis, 2016), the non-fiction book ‘Digitale Ethik’ (Droemer, 2019; forthcoming in English in 2025) and over 100 scientific articles. In 2024, she was ranked among the top 2% cited scientists in her field worldwide by Stanford University. Sarah founded the VBE Academy in 2024, which provides a global education programme for cyber ethics professionals.