Martin J. Eppler is a Swiss organizational theorist, Professor of Media and Communication management at the University of Saint Gallen, and director of its Institute for Media and Communication Management, known for his contributions in the field of knowledge management, specifically information overload and Information Quality Management, and knowledge visualization.
Education
Eppler received his Master in Management from the University of Saint Gallen in 1996, and had also studied at the Boston University and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy Europe. In 1998 he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Management from the University of Geneva with the thesis, entitled "Informative Action: An Analysis of Information Overload in Management." Back at the University of Saint Gallen he received his habilitation for Management, with emphasis on Information and Communication Management, in 2003.
Career
Eppler started his academic career as lecturer and project manager at the University of Geneva in 1996, while also working as consultant for the Geneva Knowledge Group. In 1998 he moved back to the University of Saint Gallen, where he was appointed Senior Lecturer and Vice Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management. In 2003 he was appointed Professor of Information and Communication Management at the University of Lugano, and since 2009 he is Professor of Media and Communication management at the University of Saint Gallen, and director of its Institute for Media and Communication Management with Miriam Meckel and Vincent Kaufmann.
Eppler has been Visiting professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) Beijing in 2007, at the Aalto University in 2010, and at the Universidad del Pacifico Graduate School in 2011.
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Membership
He is member of the Editorial Board of the reviews "OrganisationsEntwicklung," and the "Journal of Universal Knowledge Management, and was member until 2009 of "Studies in Communication Sciences," and "Information & Management.".