Christian

Christian Ziegler is a Tech Lead at StableLab, analyzing Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. Prevously, he worked as researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he wrote his doctoral thesis on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. In 2018, he co-founded Blockcurators GmbH, which specializes in social wallets and social media marketing scaling to 60k MAU, single-handedly developing the software, before EOL. His previous peer-reviewed published scientific research includes a A Taxonomy of DAOs, scoring methodologies for DAOs, a network analysis of DAOS, a classification of DAO proposals using LLMs, a token based communication system, and a research agenda for DAOs.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ziegler, Christian, and Welpe, Isabell M., “A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations” (2022). ICIS 2022 Proceedings. 1. https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2022/blockchain/blockchain/1/
Ziegler, Christian, and Syeda Rabab Zehra, “Decoding Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: A Content Analysis Approach to Understanding Scoring Platforms.” Journal of Risk and Financial Management 16.7 (2023): 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm16070330
M. Lamby, V. Zieglmeier, and C. Ziegler, “Trusting a Smart Contract Means Trusting its Owners: Understanding Centralization Risk,” 2023 5th Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services (BRAINS), Paris, France, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/BRAINS59668.2023.10316813.
Pytel, N., Ziegler, C., & Winkelmann, A. (2024). “From Dissonance to Dialogue: A Token-Based Approach to Bridge the Gap Between Manufacturers and Customers”. ACM Trans. Manage. Inf. Syst.. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3639058
Ziegler, Christian; Praski, Marcin; Fadeev, Dmitry; Wagner, Thomas; and Matout, Hassan, “A Network Analysis of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations” (2024). ECIS 2024 Proceedings. 8. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track16_fintech/track16_fintech/8

Ziegler, Christian, and DuPont, Quinn. (2023). “Navigating the Research Landscape of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: A Research Note and Agenda.” arXiv:2312.17197
Christian Ziegler, Marcos Miranda, Guangye Cao, Gustav Arentoft, & Doo Wan Nam. (2024). “Classifying Proposals of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Using Large Language Models.” arXiv:2401.07059

Welpe, Isabell. M. Ziegler, Christian. “Web3: Wie Ihre Organisation in 10 Jahren aussehen wird - wenn es sie dann noch gibt.” (2022). IM. Die Fachzeitschrift für Information Management und Consulting. Saarbrücken, August-Wilhelm Scheer Institut Digital Research. Heft 02

Applied Strategy and Organization (SS23, WS22/23, SS23; Administration)
Starting a cutting-edge web3 business: Trends in web3, sustainable decentralized business models (SS22)
Governance in Decentralized Environments: How DAOs reshape the Organizational Landscape (WS22/23)
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, Web3, Blockchain and the Metaverse (SS23)
Leading the Decentralized Revolution: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations in Practice (WS24/25)

Tech Lead at StableLab, analyzing DAOs
Holds a Master of Science in Informatics from TUM and enjoys technology deep dives.
Co-Founder of the PretzelDAO, Organizer of EthMunich.
Alumni of START Munich and very well connected in the Munich startup space.
Co-Founder and CTO of Blockcurators GmbH developing CoinKit and Cashrain.
Enjoys (DeFi-)Games, Bouldering, Skiing, and Conferences in his free time.

Global DeFi Conference - “Blockchainification of Fortune 500s - How incumbent firms need to adapt their business”, online (28.03.2022, recording)
muc.xyz - “What makes a DAO a DAO”, Munich (28.05.2022, recording)
Behavioral & Empirical Work in Progress: BEWIP Seminar - “A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - Research insights”, Munich (28.06.2022)
Bluezone Campus - “Metaverse, NFTs and more”, Munich (30.08.2022)
UCL CBT Open Seminars - “A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and an Analysis of their Success Factors”, online (29.09.2022, recording)
Blockchain Bundesverband “Bundesblock” Arbeitsgruppe DAO - “A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations”, online (18.10.2022)
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) - “A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations”, Copenhagen (14.12.2022, online recording, onsite no recording)
UCL Center for Blockchain Technologies - “Call for Proposals 2022 Awards Showcase - A Taxonomy of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and an Analysis of their Success Factors”, London (13.02.2023, recording, website)
TUM Blockchain Salon - “Decentralized Autonomous Organizations”, Munich TUM IAS (12.05.2023, website)
European DAO Workshop 2024 (DAWO24) - “Classifying Proposals of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Using Large Language Models”, Winterthur (04.07.2023, Website)

How to Spot the Next Unicorn NFTs, Tokens, Coins, DAOs, and More
IDP, Simon Schnückel & Simon Berger link
How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Disrupt Traditional Organizations - A Quantitative Study
Master’s Thesis of Renzhi Liu link
An Empirical Assessment of DAOs to Determine Their Most Important Features
Master’s Thesis of Ahmed Blej link
An Empirical Analysis of Business Models in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
Master’s Thesis of Laxman Bhusal link
An Empirical Analysis of Investments in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
Master’s Thesis of Shivani Verma link
The Potential Impact of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations on the Biotech Ecosystem
Master’s Thesis of Konstantin Amm link

EthAmsterdam, Amsterdam, 22-24. April 2022
Global DeFi Conference, Online, 28. April 2022
DLD22, Munich 22, 20-22. May 2022
muc.xyz, Munich, 27-28. May 2022
Private Capital in Blockchain, Heilbronn, 13. July 2022
EthCC [5], Paris, 19-21. July 2022
Bluezone Campus, Munich, 30. Aug. 2022
Crypto Assets Conference, Frankfurt, 18-19. Oct. 2022
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, 9-14. Dec. 2022
Algorand ACE Conference, Barcelona, 10-12. Jan. 2023
Crypto Assets Conference, Frankfurt, 29-30. March 2023
TUM Blockchain Salon, Munich, 11-12. Mai 2023
EthCC[6], Paris, 17-20. July 2023
EthMunich, Munich, 11-13. August 2023
EthBerlin 2024, Berlin, 25-26. May 2024
ECIS 2024, Cyprus, 13-19. June 2024
DAWO24, Winterthur, 4-5. July 2024
EthCC[7], Bruxelles, 8-11. July 2024

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