Dominic Lammert, PhD

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Technical University of Munich

dominic.lammert(at)tum.de

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Hi, I’m Dominic!

I’m fascinated by how society and technology shape each other. Currently, I'm working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the fields of Socio-Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction and Computational Social Science at the Technical University Munich (TUM), together with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer.

My research focus:

Academic Biography

Publications

1. ❤️‍🩹 Digital transformation in healthcare and social support services
  • Lammert, D., Steinert, S., Betz, S., Lammert, J., Tschochohei, M., Wulf, N., & Pfeffer, J. (planned submission: March 2026). Integrating Socio-Cultural Awareness into Ethical AI Design in Healthcare: A Systematic Review. PROSPERO 2025 CRD420251058607
  • Lammert, D., Pfeffer, J., Wulf, N., Betz, S., & Lammert, J. (submitted). Conversational AI in Hereditary Cancer Care: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Responsible Design.
  • Lammert, D. (2025). Culture as a Pathway to Responsible AI in Healthcare Collaboration between China and Europe. The 18th Pujiang Innovation Forum, China-Europe Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Forum, Tongji Hospital, Shanghai. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/e_-kKb4IkLrscw9XcnLosg
  • Lammert, D., Betz, S., Wulf, N., & Porras, J. (2023). “Changing Death”: Initial Insights for Software Practitioners in Thanatopractice. In Karla, J. (Ed.), Human Factors in Aging and Special Needs, 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023), Vol. 88, pp. 113–123. DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1003668
  • Wulf, N., Lammert, D., Betz, S., Popkes, E. E., & Schiller, U. (2022). Digitalisierung des Todes: Perspektiven der Sozioinformatik und Thanatologie auf digitale Systeme der Thanatopraxis. In Schönefeld, D. & Gahlen-Hoops, W. (Eds.), Soziale Ordnungen des Sterbens, transcript Verlag, pp. 341–360. ISBN: 978-3-8394-6154-9


2. 🌏 Intercultural Requirements Engineering for Responsible AI, particular focus on collaboration between EU and China
  • Lammert, D. & Betz, S. (expected 2026). Künstliche Intelligenz und Gesellschaft: Perspektiven und Methoden der Sozioinformatik. In Betz, S. (Ed.), Angewandte Künstliche Intelligenz verstehen und gestalten, Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
  • Scholl, D., Lammert, D., Betz, S., & Pfeffer, J. (2026). "Trusting the Pipeline, Not the AI": Agency and Adoption in AI-Assisted Software Development. AI-HCD 2026: 1st Symposium on Artificial Intelligence throughout the Human-Centered Design Process.
  • Lammert, D., Liu, M., Betz, S., Lammert, J., Pfeffer, J. (2026). Culturally-Aware Artificial Intelligence: Personal Values and Technology Acceptance among AI Researchers in China and Germany. EAI Endorsed Trans IoT. 2026 Jan. 5; Available from: https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/IoT/article/view/10618
  • Lammert, D., Teixeria, A., Matter, D., Meisenbacher, S., Liu, M., Sun, Y., Diesner, J., Wulf, N., & Pfeffer, J. (2025). How culture shapes AI perception: Comparative insights from X and Weibo. International Conference on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Applications (ICCSAIA 2025), Changsha, China.


3. ⚖️ Social, environmental, and economic sustainability in the IT sector
  • Duboc, L., Brooks, I., Ventura, J., Betz, S., Chitchyan, R., Lammert, D., Oyedeji, S., Penzenstadler, B., Porras, J., Seyff, N., Shamshiri, H., Uys, W., & Venters, C. (2026, submitted). Sustainability in Agile Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review.
  • Lammert, D., Betz, S., Ritter, M., & Wulf, N. (2024). The Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on Software Companies—A Survey. Intelligent Sustainable Systems, WorldS4 2024, ISBN: 978-981-97-8694-7.
  • Lammert, D., Betz, S., Porras, J., & Oyedeji, S. (2024). Sustainability in the Software Industry: A Survey Study on the Assessment, Responsibility, and Motivation of Software Practitioners. Engineering Intelligent Systems (EIS), Vol. 32(1), pp. 77–84, ISSN: 1472-8915.
  • Lammert, D. (2024). Bridging Academic Software Sustainability Design With Corporate Business Planning. Dissertation, LUT University, Finland. ISBN: 978-952-412-053-1.
  • Lammert, D., Betz, S., & Porras, J. (2023). The Business-oriented Extension of the Sustainability Awareness Framework – A Design Science Study. In Nagar, A. K. et al. (Eds.), Intelligent Sustainable Systems, WorldS4 2023, LNNS, Vol. 817, pp. 47–64. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-7886-1_5
  • Brooks, I., Seyff, N., Betz, S., Lammert, D., Porras, J., Duboc, L., et al. (2023). Assessing Sustainability Impacts of Systems: SusAF and the SDGs. Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, Vol. 1829, pp. 205–219. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_10
  • Lammert, D., Abdullai, L., Betz, S., & Porras, J. (2023). Sustainability for Artificial Intelligence Products and Services – Initial How-to for IT Practitioners. HICSS 2023, pp. 6570–6579. Handle: 10125/103428
  • Seyff, N., Betz, S., Lammert, D., Porras, J., Duboc, L., et al. (2022). Transforming Our World through Software: Mapping the Sustainability Awareness Framework to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. ENASE 2022, pp. 417–425. DOI: 10.5220/0011063200003176
  • Lammert, D., Betz, S., & Porras, J. (2022). Software Engineers in Transition: Self-Role Attribution and Awareness for Sustainability. HICSS 2022, pp. 7794–7803. Handle: 10125/80279
  • Lammert, D., Betz, S., Wulf, N., & Musitova, P. (2022). Softwareentwicklung im Umbruch: Rollenselbstzuschreibung und Nachhaltigkeitsbewusstsein von Softwareentwickler:innen. Zugluft, Vol. 3, Furtwangen University, pp. 46–51. ISSN: 2702-5934.
  • Lammert, D. (2021). The Connection between the Sustainability Impacts of Software Products and the Role of Software Engineers. ENASE 2021, pp. 294–299. DOI: 10.1145/3463274.3463346
  • Oyedeji, S., Shamshiri, H., Porras, J., & Lammert, D. (2021). Software Sustainability: Academic Understanding and Industry Perceptions. ICSOB 2021, pp. 18–34. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91983-2_3


Teaching

In my teaching, I focus on the intersection of digital technologies, society, and sustainability. I design learning environments that combine technical skills, critical reflection, and real-world application.

Core teaching areas and selected courses

Area Selected courses
Socio-Informatics & Digital Society
  • Digitalization
  • Introduction to Socio-Informatics
  • Online Memorials, Virtual Cemeteries, and AI Memory Avatars – A Socio-Technical Analysis
AI, Ethics & Responsible Technology
  • Introduction to the Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
  • Participatory Software Design
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
  • Sustainability in Software Development
  • Software Certification Using Sustainability as a Case Study
  • Software-as-a-Service Concepts for Sustainable Software Development
Programming & Computational Methods
  • Introduction to Programming for Non-Computer Scientists (Blended Learning)
  • Introduction to Python
  • Advanced Computational Methods (in Computational Social Science)
Entrepreneurship & IT Product Design
  • Content meets Tech: Development of Digital Media Products
  • From Airbnb to Zoom: The Social, Environmental, and Economic Sustainability of Digital Products and Services
  • Startup Camp Herder (in cooperation with Verlag Herder)

Teaching Formats & Methods

Practice & Impact

Selected Research & Innovation Grants

Research

Industry

Contact

Always happy to exchange ideas or hear from colleagues! Get in touch via:
✉️ dominic.lammert (at) tum.de and/or 💼 LinkedIn