Michael Wessel holds the Chair for Business Information Systems, esp. E-Commerce and Digital Business at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. He is also an Associate Professor of Digitalization and Information Systems at the Department of Digitalization of Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark. He received his doctorate from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.

His current research projects, which are mainly empirical and quantitative, include the management of digital platforms, the design of consumer-oriented e-commerce solutions, the development of digital and data-based business models, the potential of digital entrepreneurship, and the interaction between humans and AI/algorithms.