Prof. Dr. Daniel Schnurr

Daniel Schnurr is a professor of information systems and holds the Chair of Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification at the University of Regensburg. Previously, he led the Data Policies research group at the University of Passau. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2016, where he also completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Information Engineering and Management. He was a visiting student at the Singapore Management University and the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Daniel Schnurr has served as a research associate at the Chair of Information & Market Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and as a post-doctoral researcher at the Chair of Internet and Telecommunications Business at the University of Passau.

His research explores the technical, economic, and societal implications of new machine learning methods and data as a crucial competitive factor and driver of innovation in digital markets. Daniel Schnurr has published in leading scholarly journals on Information Systems and Economics, such as Management Science, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Industrial Economics, Business and Information Systems Engineering, Information Economics and Policy, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, and Telecommunications Policy. He regularly serves as an organizer of international conferences and is a frequent reviewer for academic journals and funding organizations.

Since 2022 Daniel Schnurr has also been a Research Fellow of the Centre at Regulation in Europe (CERRE), a Brussels-based think tank. In this role, he has contributed to several policy reports on the regulation of cloud computing, digital platforms and the data economy.

Refereed journal articles

Fast, V. & Schnurr, D. (2025).
Data Donations for Digital Contact Tracing: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Monetary Incentives. Information Systems Research. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2021.0575 (external link, opens in a new window) [Article (external link, opens in a new window)]
[VHB: A+; ABS: Grade 4*; FT50] 

Fast, V., Schnurr, D., & Wohlfarth, M. (2023).
Regulation of Data-driven Market Power in the Digital Economy: Business Value Creation and Competitive Advantages from Big Data. Journal of Information Technology, 38(2), 202–229.
doi:10.1177/02683962221114394 (external link, opens in a new window) [Preprint] (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: A; ABS: Grade 4]

Kr?mer, J. & Schnurr, D. (2022).
Big Data and Digital Markets Contestability: Theory of Harm and Data Access Remedies. Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 18(2), 255–322.
doi:10.1093/joclec/nhab015 (external link, opens in a new window) [Preprint (external link, opens in a new window)]

Kr?mer, J., Schnurr, D., & Wohlfarth, M. (2019).
Winners, Losers, and Facebook: The Role of Social Logins in the Online Advertising Ecosystem.
Management Science, 65(4), 1678-1699.
doi:10.1287/mnsc.2017.3012 (external link, opens in a new window) [Article] (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: A+; ABS: Grade 4*; FT50] 

Horstmann, N., Kr?mer, J., & Schnurr, D. (2018).
Number Effects and Tacit Collusion in Experimental Oligopolies.
Journal of Industrial Economics, 66(3), 650-700.
doi:10.1111/joie.12181 (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: A; ABS: Grade 3]

Kr?mer, J., & Schnurr, D. (2018).
Margin Squeeze Regulation and Infrastructure Competition. 
Information Economics and Policy, 45, 30-46.
doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2018.09.001 (external link, opens in a new window)
[ABS: Grade 2]

Kr?mer, J., & Schnurr, D. (2018).
Is There a Need for Platform Neutrality Regulation in the EU? 
Telecommunications Policy, 42(7), 514-529.
doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2018.06.004 (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: C; ABS: Grade 1]

Kr?mer, J., & Schnurr, D. (2014).
A Unified Framework for Open Access Regulation of Telecommunications Infrastructure: Review of the Economic Literature and Policy Guidelines. 
Telecommunications Policy, 38(11), 1160-1179.
doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2014.06.006 (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: C; ABS: Grade 1]

Invited journal articles

Schauer, A., & Schnurr, D. (2023)
Data Brokers: Intermediaries for More Efficient Data Markets?
TechREG Chronicle, October 2023, 1-9 [Article (external link, opens in a new window)]

Kr?mer, J., Schnurr, D., & Wohlfarth, M. (2018).
Trapped in the Data-Sharing Dilemma.
MIT Sloan Management Review, 60(2), 22-23. [Article] (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: C; ABS: Grade 3; FT50]

Kr?mer, J., & Schnurr, D. (2016).
Microeconomically Founded Information Systems Research.
In Bichler, M., & Frank, U. (Eds.), Theories in Business and Information Systems Engineering. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 58(4), 291-319.
doi:10.1007/s12599-016-0439-z (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: B; ABS: Grade 2]

Refereed articles in proceedings

Schauer, A., Schikowski, N., & Schnurr, D. (2025). Algorithmic Management with Human Oversight: An Experimental Analysis. Short Paper. 33rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2025), Amman, Jordan. [Article (external link, opens in a new window)]
[VHB: B]

F?rster, M., Hagn, M., Hambauer, N., Jaki, P. K. V., Obermeier, A. A., Pinski, M., ... & Schnurr, D. (2025). A Taxonomy for Uncertainty-Aware Explainable AI. Short Paper. 33rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2025), Amman, Jordan. [Article (external link, opens in a new window)]
[VHB: B]

Sachs, N. & Schnurr, D. (2022).
Privacy Risks in Digital Markets: The Impact of Ambiguity Attitudes on Transparency Choices. 43rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2022)  Copenhagen, Denmark. [Article (external link, opens in a new window)]
[VHB: A]

Schauer, A. & Schnurr, D. (2022).
Competition Between Human and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Markets: An Experimental Analysis. Short Paper. 43rd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2022). Copenhagen, Denmark. [Article (external link, opens in a new window)]
[VHB: A]

Fast, V., & Schnurr, D. (2021).
Incentivising the Adoption of COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: A Randomised Controlled Online Experiment on the German Corona-Warn-App.
Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference (CPR 2021). Virtuelle Konferenz.

Fast, V., Schnurr, D., & Wohlfarth, M. (2021).
Data-driven Competitive Advantages in Digital Markets: An Overview of Data Value and Facilitating Factors. 
16th International Conference on Wirtschafts?informatik (WI 2021). Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland (Virtuelle Konferenz).
[VHB: C]

Fast, V., & Schnurr, D. (2020).
The Value of Personal Data: An Experimental Analysis of Data Types and Personal Antecedents. Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020). Hyderabad, India (Virtuelle Konferenz). [Article] (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: A]

Haberer, B., & Schnurr, D. (2018).
An Economic Analysis of Data Portability and Personal Data Markets. Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2018). San Francisco, USA. [Article] (external link, opens in a new window)
[VHB: A] 

Monographs and invited book chapters

Schnurr, D. (2025).
Data Access Remedies: Economic Trade-offs, Data Privacy and Regulatory Implementation. In Ioannidou, M. and Mantzari, M. (Eds.), Research Handbook in Competition Law and Data Privacy. Forthcoming. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Schnurr, D. (2025).
European Data Regulation: Between Data Protection and Free Flow of Data in a Global Digital Economy. In L. Hornuf & M. Denga (Eds.). Regulatory Competition in the Digital Economy: Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Platforms. Forthcoming. Springer. [Link (external link, opens in a new window)]

Schnurr, D. (2023).
Global Data Economics: Principles, Strategies and Policies. In Hennemann, M. (Ed.), Global Data Strategies - A Handbook (pp. 25-50), C.H.BECK Verlag. [Link] (external link, opens in a new window)

Fast, V., Schnurr, D., & Wohlfarth, M. (2019).
Marktmacht durch Daten: Eine Analyse aus ?konomischer Perspektive. In Specht, L., Werry, N. & Werry, S. (Eds.), Datenrecht in der Digitalisierung, Erich Schmidt Verlag. [Link] (external link, opens in a new window)

Schnurr, D. (2016).
Open Access to Telecommunications Infrastructure and Digital Services: Competition, Cooperation and Regulation. doi:10.5445/IR/1000061756 (external link, opens in a new window)

Policy reports

Schnurr, D. (2025). 
Effective Implementation of Requirements for High-Risk AI Systems Under the AI Act: Transparency and Appropriate Accuracy. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Issue Paper. 02/2025. [Link (external link, opens in a new window)]

Manganelli, A., & Schnurr, D. (2024).
Competition and Regulation of Cloud Computing Services. Economic Analysis and Review of EU Policies. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Report. 3/2024. [Link (external link, opens in a new window)]

Broughton Micova, S., Schnurr, D., Calef, A., & Enstone, B. (2024).
Cross-Cutting Issues for DSA Systemic Risk Management: An Agenda for Cooperation. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Report. 06/2024. [Link (external link, opens in a new window)]

Broughton Micova, S. & Schnurr, D. (2024). 
Systemic Risk in Digital Services: Benchmarks for Evaluating the Management of Risks to Electoral Processes. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Report. 05/2024. [Link (external link, opens in a new window)]

Schnurr, D. (2022).
Switching and Interoperability between Data Processing Services in the Proposed Data Act. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Report, 12/2022. [ (external link, opens in a new window)Link (external link, opens in a new window)] (external link, opens in a new window)

Broughton Micova, S., Kr?mer, J., & Schnurr, D. (2020).
The Role of Data for Digital Markets Contestability: Case Studies and Data Access Remedies. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Report, 09/2020. [Link] (external link, opens in a new window)

Kr?mer, J., Schnurr, D., de Streel, A. (2017).
Internet Platforms and Non-Discrimination. Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) Policy Report, 12/2017. [Link] (external link, opens in a new window)

VHB: Ranking nach VHB-JOURQUAL 3
ABS: Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Quality Guide June 2021
FT50: Financial Times Top 50 Journals used in FT Business School Research Ranking (2018)