Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgeniia Filippova-Karlusch

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgeniia Filippova-Karlusch


Professional work experience
  • 09/2020 - present
    Associate Professorship at the Department Business & Management - MCI Management Center Innsbruck
  • 01/2020 - 06/2020
    Scientist at the Center for Innovation Systems and Policy - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
  • 06/2018 - 12/2019
    Senior Scientist at the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  • 05/2016 - 05/2018
    Researcher & Lecturer at Department for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  • 05/2016 - 12/2019
    Lecturer & Advisor at i2c Innovation Incubation Center - TU Technical University of Vienna
  • 05/2016 - 05/2018
    Research Fellow within the STREAM Project - CERN
  • 12/2015 - 04/2016
    Research Assistant at K1-Gründerservice - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 03/2013 - 08/2014
    Business Development - Tumplare Corporation
  • 09/2011 - 04/2013
    Co-Founder - Aftek Ltd
Education
  • 02/2016 - 04/2020
    Dr. - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
    PhD
  • 01/2014 - 12/2016
    MSc. - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Master in Economics
  • 01/2008 - 12/2013
    Dipl.-Ök. - St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
    Diploma in Financial Management
Teaching (faculty internships etc.)
  • 10/2018 - present
    Medical University Vienna
    Business Modelling
  • 08/2018 - 08/2018
    Kyoto Institute of Technology
    Entrepreneurship Summer School - Module 'FinTech & Blockchain'
  • 06/2018 - present
    national and international
    Invited talks and keynotes on Blockchain (Austrian Innovation Forum; Banken Challenge 2025; Moving Forward Conference; Workshop at the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research; CEE Fundrising Conference; Raiffeisen Conference on Sustainable Investing, etc.)
  • 05/2016 - present
    WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
    FinTech & Blockchain Lab, Entrepreneurship
  • 05/2016 - 12/2019
    TU Technical University of Vienna
    Technology Leveraging, Lean Start-Up, Business Modelling
Practice related research and developmental project
  • 01/2020 - 12/2020
    scientific supervision (Work Package on Strategic Foresight) - Quantum Flagship (European Union)
    CiViQ (Quantum Key Distribution Technology)
  • 01/2019 - 12/2019
    scientific supervision - OeNB Austrian National Bank
    Blockchain for securities' settlement
  • 01/2016 - 12/2018
    scientific supervision (Work Package 'Technology Valorisation') - CERN
    EU-Project STREAM ('Smart Sensor Technologies and Training for Radiation Enhanced Applications and Measurements')
Competitive Research Award
  • 01/2019 - 12/2019
    International Conference on Blockchain in San Diego (ICBC 2019)
    Best Paper Award
  • 01/2019 - 12/2019
    WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
    High Potentials Award for a research stay at the University of Zurich
  • 01/2016 - 12/2016
    European Commission
    Marie-Curie PhD Fellowship
  • 01/2014 - 12/2014
    DAAD
    Full Scholarship for Master Programm in Germany (DAAD-ERP)
  • 01/2014 - 12/2014
    ERANET
    Eranet-Plus full scholarship for Master Programm in Germany
  • 01/2007 - 12/2007
    Bank Intesa Sanpaolo
    Scholarship of the Bank Intesa Sanpaolo for exchange year in Italy (AFS-Intercultura)
Editorial board service
  • 01/2019 - 12/2019
    Frontiers in Blockchain: Guest Associate Editor for 'Blockchain for Good'
Other
  • 01/2019 - 12/2019
    Research stay at the University of Zurich
  • 01/2018 - 12/2018
    Research visit at Stanford Entrepreneurship Hub
  • 01/2017 - 12/2017
    Research stay at the MIT Sloan Schoola of Management
  • 01/2017 - 12/2017
    Research visit Aalto University, Design Factory
  • 01/2016 - 12/2016
    Research stay at the University of Warwick (Department of Economics)
Positions in professional/academic societies
  • 01/2019 - present
    Member - IEEE
Board membership with significant responsibilities
  • 10/2020 - present
    World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies
Chapters in books
  • Filippova, E. (2020, Mai). FinTechs - Revolution des Bankenwesens? In Foresight und Technilfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring von Zukunftsthemen für das Österreichische Parlament (2020, Mai). Projektbericht Nr. ITA-AIT-12 | ISSN: 1819-1320 | ISSN-Online: 1818-6556, https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/092_fintechs.pdf
Peer reviewed academic/professional meeting proceedings
  • Filippova-Karlusch, Evgeniia and Summer, Jakob Vincent, "Adoption of Smart Home Speakers: Study of User Acceptance Factors" (2022). AMCIS 2022 Proceedings. 3. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2022/sig_adit/sig_adit/3
  • Filippova, E. (2019, August). Blockchain Materialization as a General Purpose Technology: A Research Framework. In European Conference on Parallel Processing (pp. 216-227). Springer, Cham.
  • Filippova, E., Scharl, A., & Filippov, P. (2019, June). Blockchain: an empirical investigation of its scope for improvement. In International Conference on Blockchain (pp. 1-17). Springer, Cham.
  • Filippova, E. (2019, June). Empirical Evidence and Economic Implications of Blockchain as a General Purpose Technology. In 2019 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
Presentation of a paper at a conference, workshop or seminar
  • Filippova E., Franke N. (2017, July). Everyone is a designer - radical innovation to foster user creativity in toolkits. Presentation at the International Open and User Innovation Conference, Innsbruck.
  • Filippova E., Vannuccini S. (2017, June). Biotechnology as a possible GPT: empirical investigation. Paper presented at the European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, Strasbourg.
  • FilippovaE., Mehner B. (2016, December). Technology Competence Leveraging of CMOS-based technologies. Presentation at the Aalto Design Factory Workshop.
Other intellectual contributions
  • http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Cryptocurrency_Uses_Cases_2020.pdf
Supervised bachelor theses
  • Kovacs Mate (2024): Internet of Things - basierte Geschäftsmodellimplikationen zur Nachhaltigkeit bei Start-Ups
  • Dehnert Peter (2023): Dimensions of Trust in the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
  • Duelli Mattias (2022): How to Influence Entrepreneurial Intention - An Analysis of People's Personality Traits, Risk Tolerance and Opportunity Recognition
  • Baumgartner Jasmin (2021): Artifical Intelligence (AI) in Strategic Marketing: A Qualitative Analysis on the Perceived Barriers of Adopting AI in Strategic Marketing in Austrian SMEs
  • Achenrainer Alexander (2021): Verwendung von Kryptowährungen in Anbetracht der zugrunde liegenden Motivationsfaktoren
Supervised master theses
  • Hansson Anders Emil (2025): Examining Factors That Influence QR Payment Adoption Amongst Students in Tyrol
  • Mena Richard (2024): Digitalization Success Factors for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Start-Ups Entering the Scaling Phase
  • Gaspari Micol (2023): Corporate Entrepreneurship: Success Factors of Scaling Exit Opportunities in Ambidextrous Organizations
  • Martin John (2023): Blockchain Implementation in the Luxury Watch Industry
  • Baumgartner Hanna (2023): Drive the Digitalization - Organizational Adoption of ABCD Technologies
  • De Bianchi Francesca (2023): Blockchain Technology and Food Supply Chain - The Impact on Consumers' Purchasing Habits
  • Göring Fabian Fips (2023): The Adoption of Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador: A Perceived Risk Perspective
  • Müller Elisabeth (2023): Antecedents of Information Privacy Concerns in the Context of Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantitative Study in Austria
  • Báča Michal (2022): Key Account Management Practises Within the Organization Operating With a Multi-Sided Platform Business Model: A Case Study of Palfinger Structural Inspection GmbH
  • Rasinger Lukas (2022): Blockchain-Enabled Data Management in the Financial Sector: Qualitative Analysis of the Adoption Process in the Austrian Market
  • Rabensteiner Lukas (2022): The Mitigation of the Risk of Money Laundering in Relation to Crypto-Assets in Banks
  • Masarwa Katharina (2022): Digitalization in Healthcare Sector - With a Special View on the Perspective of Employees in Private Fertility Clinics
  • Summer Jakob (2022): Adoption of Smart Home Speakers: Explorational Study of User Acceptance Factors
  • Margreiter Florian (2022): The Value of Artificial Intelligence in the Recruiting Industry
  • Bachmann David (2022): Artificial Intelligence as a General-Purpose Technology
  • Fink Christoph (2022): Beyond the Hype - A Twitter Sentiment Analysis on Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Technology
  • Thalhofer Natalie (2021): Organizational Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in SMEs in the DACH Region - Status Quo and Relevant Determinants
  • Uher Lukas (2021): Driving User Adoption in Two-Sided Platforms Towards Critical Mass: Analysis of Strategies in European Companies
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