Dr. Christian Ziegler is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Uhrwerk.AI, building sovereign, robust AI workflows that operate directly within enterprise systems such as ERP, email, DMS, and specialized software. Uhrwerk AI focuses on production-grade AI for European companies, with EU-hosted and on-premise deployments designed around customers’ existing permissions, data, and approval processes.
Previously, he served as Chief Technology Officerat StableLab, a leading provider of decentralized governance solutions.
Before joining StableLab, he worked as a researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he earned his doctorate (Dr.) with summa cum laude for his research on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. In 2018, he co-founded Blockcurators GmbH, specializing in social wallets and social-media products that scaled to approximately 60,000 monthly active users, with Christian developing the software before EOL.
His peer-reviewed scientific research includes 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/. [VHB, A]
- 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. [B-]
- 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. [Unrated]
- 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. [VHB, B]
- 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. [VHB, B]
- Christian Ziegler, Marcos Miranda, Guangye Cao, Gustav Arentoft, & Doo Wan Nam. (2024). “Classifying Proposals of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Using Large Language Models.” DAWO24 Proceedings Dawo/2024/01, Winterthur. arXiv:2401.07059. [Unrated]
Pre-Prints
- Ziegler, Christian, and DuPont, Quinn. (2023). “Navigating the Research Landscape of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: A Research Note and Agenda.” arXiv:2312.17197
Further Publications
- 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
Teaching at the Technical University of Munich
- 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)
- Leading the Decentralized Revolution: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations in Practice (WS25/26)
Misc
- Holds a Master of Science in Informatics from TUM and enjoys technology deep dives.
- Holds a doctorates degree (summa cum laude) from TUM on Decentralized Autonomous Organisations
- 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, previously developed CoinKit and Cashrain.
- Former CTO of StableLab, the leading delegate of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
- Enjoys (DeFi-)Games, Bouldering, Skiing, and Conferences in his free time.
- Visited 29 out of 195 countries
Selected Talks
- 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)
- code.talks 2024 - “The Next Level of Computing Power and File Storage On-Chain”, Hamburg (20.09.2024, Website)
- TUM Blockchain Conference 2025 - “Data-Driven Growth: Accelerating Web3 and DAO Growth through Quantitative Analytics” & “DeFi 101”, Munich (11.09.2025, 12.09.2025, Website, Grown Recording, DeFi Intro Recording)
Selected Conference and Hackathon Attendance
- 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
- code.talks, Hamburg, 19-20. September 2024
- DEVCON, Bangkok, 12-15. Nov 2024
- EthCC[8], Cannes, 30. June - 4 July 2025
- TUM Blockchain Conference, 11-12. September 2025
- code.talks, Hamburg, 5-6. November 2025; “Vote for Laws, Not Politicians: How AI Agents Are Redefining DAO Governance”