Curriculum Vitae:

Academics

• Since 06/2025 – External Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Duisburg-Essen
• 02/2017 – 06/2021 – PhD in Information Systems, University of Zurich
• 04/2014 – 12/2016 – M.Sc. in Information Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen
• 04/2011 – 03/2014 – B.Sc. in Information Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen
• Studies abroad
  • University of Warsaw (2015–2016)
  • Hawai’i Pacific University (2015)
  • University of Economics Wroclaw (2013)

Work Experience

• Since 12/2024 – Programs Manager, Starknet Foundation, Singapore
• 08/2024 – 10/2024 – Voting Power Distribution Lead, Optimism Foundation, Zurich
• 01/2022 – 06/2024 – Committee Chair, Technical Advisory Committee, Tezos Foundation, Zug
• 09/2021 – 06/2024 – Managing Director of Operations, Tezos Foundation, Zug
• 04/2021 – 08/2021 – Senior Consultant, EY Switzerland, Zurich
• 09/2017 – 12/2020 – Co-initiator / Governance Lead, cardossier, Zurich
• 10/2014 – 10/2016 – Assistant / Intern, PwC, Duisburg
• 09/2013 – 12/2014 – Scientific Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen

Honours and Awards:

• Best Paper Award, HICSS 2019, Internet and the Digital Economy Track,Maui, Hawaii, USA.
• Fellow of CHAIS (Doctoral Consortium), Zurich, Switzerland.
• Fellow of HICSS (Doctoral Consortium), Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Fields of Research:

• Blockchain/DLT/Open-Source Governance
• Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
• Commons Governance
• Blockchain Use Cases

Publications

Conference Publications (peer-reviewed)

Ziolkowski, R., & Schwabe, G. (2022). Mine, Yours,… Ours? Managing Stakeholder Conflicts in an Enterprise Blockchain Consortium. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, USA.https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/211820/

Schmid, R., Ziolkowski, R., & Schwabe, G. (2022). Together or not? Exploring stakeholders in public and permissionless blockchains. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, USA.https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-55/os/blockchain/12/

Ziolkowski, R., Miscione, G., & Schwabe, G. (2020b). Exploring Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Towards Shared Interests and ‘Code is Constitution.’ Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems, Hyderabad, India. 

Miscione, G., Goerke, T., Klein, S., Schwabe, G., & Ziolkowski, R. (2019b). Hanseatic Governance: Understanding Blockchain as Organizational Technology. Proceedings of the Fortieth International Conference on Information Systems, Munich, Germany. 

Miscione, G., Ziolkowski, R., Zavolokina, L., & Schwabe, G. (2018). Tribal Governance: The Business of Blockchain Authentication. Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2018.566

Ziolkowski, R., Miscione, G., & Schwabe, G. (2018). Consensus through Blockchains: Exploring Governance across inter-organizational Settings. Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-177370 

Ziolkowski, R., Parangi, G., Miscione, G., & Schwabe, G. (2019, January 8). Examining Gentle Rivalry: Decision-Making in Blockchain Systems. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, USA.http://hdl.handle

Journal Publications (peer-reviewed)

Karger, E., Brée, T., Ziolkowski, R., Jagals, M., & Ahlemann, F. (2024). Blockchain in Smart Cities: A Bibliometric Analysis and Overview. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 21(03), 1–31.https://ideas.repec.org/a/wsi/ijitmx/v21y2024i03ns0219877024500251.html

Bauer, I., Ziolkowski, R., Hacker, J., & Schwabe, G. (2023). Why Blockchain: A Socio-technical Perspective on the Motives of Business Consortia Members to Engage with Blockchain Technology. Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice, 2(2), 1–27.https://doi.org/10.1145/3573893

Ziolkowski, R., Miscione, G., & Schwabe, G. (2020a). Decision Problems in Blockchain Governance: Old Wine in New Bottles or Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes? Journal of Management Information Systems, 37(2), 316–348. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2020.1759974

Other Publications

Ziolkowski, R. (2021). Exploring Blockchain Governance. Dissertation, University of Zurich, Switzerland. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/211448/

Miscione, G., Richter, C., & Ziolkowski, R. (2020). Authenticating deeds/organizing society: Considerations for Blockchain-based Land Registries. In W. De Vries (Ed.), Responsible and Smart Land Management Interventions: An African Context (pp. 133–147). CRC Press: Taylor & Francis.

Miscione, G., Goerke, T., Klein, S., Schwabe, G., & Ziolkowski, R. (2019a). From authentication to ‘Hanseatic governance’: Blockchain as organizational technology. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) seminar series organized by the Department of Management, London, UK. https://researchrepository.ucd.ie/handle/10197/10575