Bio:

Academics

• 04/2021 - 08/2023: Study of Information Systems (degree: Master of Science), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
• 10/2016 - 06/2020: Study of Information Systems (degree: Bachelor of Science), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Work Experience

• Since 08/2023: Research Assistant at the Chair of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
• Since 05/2023: Lecturing of digitization workshops
• 03/2023 - 07/2023: Research Aide at the Chair of Information Systems and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
• 01/2022 - 02/2023: Research Aide at the Chair of Information Systems and Strategic IT Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Honours and Awards:

• Nominated for the Vint Cerf Best Student Paper Award of the the 20th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2025)  for the publication From Stress to Success: Designing a Diagnosis and Intervention Platform for Knowledge Workers

Publications:

• Korn, Falco; Kolender, Dennis; Ziolkowski, Rafael; Karger, Erik; Ahlemann, Frederik: Mind The Mess: A Matrix Of Personal Knowledge Management Challenges Across The Knowledge Lifecycle. In: ECIS 2026 Proceedings. 1st Edition. Association for Information Systems (AIS), Milan, Italy, 2026. Abstract Details Citation

  Knowledge workers struggle to manage, retrieve, and apply knowledge across fragmented digital environments. Existing research is either dated or fragmented along either specific knowledge management challenges or domains. This study investigates limitations of personal knowledge management (PKM) through 27 semi-structured expert interviews with experienced knowledge workers. In our inductive study, we identify 50 first-order PKM challenges, which we organize into ten second-order themes and four aggregate dimensions that capture their underlying nature. Our categorization distinguishes cognitive, behavioral, technical, and information-related dimensions and maps all challenges onto four canonical knowledge management processes which enables a systematic diagnosis of where and why PKM breaks. In doing so, our study contributes to a more granular empirical catalogue of PKM challenges and a conceptual foundation for designing and evaluating future PKM solutions.

• Karger, Erik; Jeppe, Arne; Ziolkowski, Rafael; Korn, Falco; Hackel, Tobias; Harr, Michael; Brée, Tim; Ahlemann, Frederik: Artificial intelligence for wildfire detection and management. In: Discover Artificial Intelligence, Vol2026 (2026), No 6. doi:10.1007/s44163-026-01087-5 Details Citation
• Korn, Falco; Karger, Erik; Ahlemann, Frederik: Mapping The Research Landscape Of Virtual Coaches: What Is To Come?. In: IEEE Access, Vol2025 (2025), No 13, p. 107093-107111. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3581440 Details Citation
• Korn, Falco; Karger, Erik; Ahlemann, Frederik; Schkolski, Alexandar: From Stress to Success: Designing a Diagnosis and Intervention Platform for Knowledge Workers. In: DESRIST 2025: Local Solutions for Global Challenges (2025), p. 281-295. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93976-1_18 Details Citation

Reviewing and consulting activities:

• Reviewer for IEEE Access
• Reviewer for the 34th European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS 2026)
• Reviewer for the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2025)
• Reviewer for 20. Internationale Tagung der Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2025)