Dr. Liudmila Zavolokina
Associated Researcher

Digital Society Initiative
University of Zurich
Rämistrasse 69
CH-8001 Zürich
Email: zavolokina AT ifi.uzh.ch
Personal website:www.zavolokina.com
Connect: LinkedIn
Short CV
- since 2024: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the Department of Information Systems, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- since 2024: Research associate at the Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich, Switzerland (part-time, 20%)
- 2021 - 2024: DIZH Postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 2020 - 2021: Business-IT Consultant at Ergon Informatik AG, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2020 - 2021: Postdoctoral researcher at the Information Management Research Group, University of Zurich, Switzerland (part-time, 20%)
- 2015 - 2019: Doctoral researcher at the Information Management Research Group, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2013 - 2015: Business analyst at CRIF LLC, Russia, Moscow
- 2011 - 2013: Master of Science - Applied Mathematics and Informatics at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Russia, Moscow
- 2006 - 2011: Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics and Informatics at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Russia, Moscow
Research Interests
- Digital resilience
- Digital platforms and ecosystems
- Data-driven intelligence
- Blockchain and its applications
Research Projects
Open Theses and Master Projects
Check available topics at our page: Theses
Supervised theses
Last updated: 06.2021, for more recent theses, check this webpage: Publications
Bachelor
- Fabian Leisibach, Daten und Datenaustausch innerhalb des Blockchain-basierten Cardossiers
- Sukirthan Sundaralingam, Understanding the Market: How the Internet and Blockchain Changes the Market for “Lemons”
- Noah Zani, Blockchain Car Dossier: Wie kann man die Blockchain Technologie für Endnutzer vertrauenswürdig machen?
- Oliver Brennwald, Operative Geschäftsprozesse innerhalb des Blockchain-basierten Cardossiers
- Nitharsan Yoganathan, What are the characteristics of a trustworthy blockchain project?
- Joachim Baumann, Potenziale des Blockchain-basierten Car Dossiers für Gebrauchtwagenhändler in der Schweiz
- Raphael Koch, Potenzial einer Blockchain-basierten Lösung zur Bekämpfung von Uhrenfälschungen in der Schweizer Uhrenindustrie
Master
- Li Man Wai, Blockchain Technology in International Trade and Finance - State of the Art
- Geetha Parangi, Blockchain Governance types in different application domains
- Luis André Pinheiro Oliveira, Car Coins: The Case for Implementing Tokens in the Blockchain-based Car Dossier Application
- Florian Spychiger, Consistent and Self-Sustaining Incentives in a Blockchain-Based Solution to the Lemons Problem
- Manuel Schlegel, Unsqueezing the Bitter Lemon: Reducing Information Asymmetries and Enhancing Trust through Reputation Mechanisms and Blockchain Technology: Case of the Used Car Market in Switzerland
- Silvan Imhof, Blockchain Car Dossier: What is there for State Organizations?
- Christine Graff, Image Data on the Car Dossier: An Explorative Study
- Marjan Shabani, Strategic Agility - How to adopt strategic agility?
Teaching
Involvements
- Reviewed for major IS conferences (AMCIS, ECIS, ICIS, HICSS, WI) and journals (JIT, JMIS, JAIS, ISJ, Electronic Markets, BISE, IEEE TEM, ISeBM)
- 2024 - Minitrack co-chair "Minitrack on Design, Implementation, and Management of Digital Government Policies and Strategies" at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
- 2024 - present - Member of the editorial board, BISE Journal
- 2023 - present - Member of the editorial board, Communications of the Association for Information Systems
- 2022 - Associate editor, Track “Financial Technologies (FinTech) und Blockchain”, International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik
- 2021 - Associate editor, Track “Blockchain, DLT, and Fintech” at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
- 2018 - 2023 - Minitrack co-chair "Blockchain technology" at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
- 2017 - 2023 - Associate editor, Tracks "Financial Technology (FinTech) and the Digitization of Financial Service", "The Token Economy – Blockchain Applications beyond FinTech", “Blockchain and Fintech track” at the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Publications
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Publications
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2023
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Toward Government as a Platform: An Analysis Method for Public Sector Infrastructure. In: 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, Padeborn, 18 September 2023 - 21 September 2023. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), online.
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Data-Driven Governance in Crises: Topic Modelling for the Identification of Refugee Needs. In: 24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, Gdansk, Poland, 11 July 2023 - 14 July 2023. ACM Digital library, 1-11.
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Mediating the Tension between Data Sharing and Privacy: The Case of DMA and GDPR. In: 31st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2023), Kristiansand, Norway, 11 Juni 2023 - 16 Juni 2023, online.
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“This Could Be The Day I Die”: Unpacking Interpersonal and Systems Trust in a Local Sharing Economy Community. In: CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 23 April 2023 - 28 April 2023. ACM, 1-7.
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Promoting Inclusiveness and Fairness through NFTs: The Case of Student-Athletes and NILs. In: CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Hamburg Germany, 23 April 2023 - 28 April 2023. ACM, 1-9.
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Designing for Trust in Blockchain Platforms. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(3):849-863.
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Federated learning as a solution for problems related to intergovernmental data sharing. In: 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui (HI), USA, 3 January 2023 - 6 January 2023.
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Do collaborative platforms create public value in public services? An explorative analysis of privately-owned public service platforms in Italy. In: 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, 4 July 2023 - 8 July 2023, 1-45.
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Citizens' expectations about achieving public value and the role of digital technologies: It takes three to tango!. In: 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui (HI), USA, 3 January 2023 - 6 January 2023. University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1941-1950.
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2022
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Incentivizing Data Quality in Blockchain-Based Systems – The Case of the Digital Cardossier. Distributed Ledger Technologies : Research and Practice, 1(1):1-27.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Help Used-Car Dealers Survive in a Data-driven Used-Car Market?. In: DESRIST 2022: 17th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, St Petersburg, FL, USA, 1 June 2022 - 3 June 2022, University of South Florida.
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User-centricity and Public Values in eGovernment: Friend or Foe?. In: Thirtieth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022), Timișoara, Romania, 18 June 2022 - 24 June 2022, ECIS.
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2021
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How can we reduce information asymmetries and enhance trust in ‘The Market for Lemons’?. Information Systems and e-Business Management, 19(3):883-908.
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Dealers of Peaches and Lemons: How Can Used Car Dealers Use Trusted Car Data to create value?. In: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, 4 January 2021 - 7 January 2021. HICSS, 5409-5418.
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2020
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Blockchain for business: redefining trust. ergon: SMART insights 2020 magazine.
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Potential and limits of Blockchain technology for networked businesses. Electronic Markets, 30(2):189-194.
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Buyers of ‘lemons’: How can a blockchain platform address buyers’ needs in the market for ‘lemons’?. Electronic Markets, 30(2):227-239.
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Is there a market for trusted car data?. Electronic Markets, 30(2):211-225.
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Management, Governance and Value Creation in a Blockchain Consortium. MIS Quarterly Executive, 19(1):1-17.
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Value Creation From a Decentralized Car Ledger. Frontiers in Blockchain, 2:30.
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Designing for trust in blockchain platforms : from exploring to making it real : the case of the Swiss "market of lemons". 2020, University of Zurich, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
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2019
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Buyers of Lemons: Addressing Buyers’ Needs in the Market for Lemons with Blockchain Technology. In: 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2019), Maui, Hawaii, 8 January 2019 - 12 January 2019, HICSS.
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Exploring Blockchain Value Creation: The Case of the Car Ecosystem. In: 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, 7 January 2019 - 11 January 2019, HICSS.
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Why should I trust a blockchain platform? Designing for trust in the digital car dossier. In: Tulu, Bengisu; Djamasbi, Soussan; Leroy, Gondy. Extending the Boundaries of Design Science Theory and Practice: : 14th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2019, Worcester, MA, USA, June 4-6, 2019, proceedings. Cham: Springer, 269-283.
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2018
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Incentivizing Data Quality in Blockchains for Inter-Organizational Networks – Learning from the Digital Car Dossier. In: International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, USA, 12 December 2018 - 16 December 2018, ICIS.
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To Token or not to Token: Tools for Understanding Blockchain Tokens. In: International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, USA, 12 December 2018 - 16 December 2018, ICIS.
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Tribal Governance: The Business of Blockchain Authentication. In: 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2018), University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 3 January 2018 - 6 January 2018, HICSS.
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Blockchain Technologies from the Consumers’ Perspective: What Is There and Why Should Who Care?. In: 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2018), Hawaii, 4 January 2018 - 6 January 2018, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
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