Meet Cisco Chair, Dr Nadine Ostern

Dr. Nadine Ostern holds the Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail

In this position, she leads a team of researchers focusing on identifying contemporary, tech-enabled trust opportunities across various industries, including retail and finance. Her research specifically focuses on designing trust experiences (TX design) and strategies in data- and technology-enabled environments, including AI, blockchain, and video analytics.

Nadine previously held various academic roles in Europe, including at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, the Technical University of Darmstadt, and Bern University of Applied Sciences. Nadine studied Business Administration and Economics in Germany at Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Freiburg. Her doctoral thesis, conducted at the University of Freiburg, is titled ‘Distributed Ledgers for the Prevention of Accounting Fraud.’

Nadine’s research has been published in leading academic journals, including Information & Management and Business & Information Systems Engineering, and is regularly presented at renowned conferences in the field of information systems and management, such as the International Conference on Information Systems, the European Conference on Information Systems, and the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.

The Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail is one of six research chairs that Cisco is funding across Australia as part of its National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN). The work of the Chair is supported by Innovation Central Brisbane, CFE’s industry engagement hub facilitating demand-driven projects engaging academics and students across all of QUT’s faculties and research centres.

 


Read more about Nadine’s new role at QUT and the Cisco partnership on the QUT News site