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BA/MA-student Assistant for the “ClearDebt” Research Project (IT Management × Healthcare) (m/f/d)

20-30 % (Start: immediate or by arrangement)

Your tasks

Want to help shape the next generation of hospital IT? Passionate about technical debt, IT governance, and digital nudges? Join us to build a proof of concept for Swiss hospitals.

  • Co-design and develop metrics to measure technical debt in hospital IT.
  • Support analysis of interviews/workshops with CIOs and IT teams from Swiss hospitals.
  • Prepare data and visualizations (labels, dashboards, nudges) for research and practice.
  • Assist project coordination with our practice partner BEG Consulting and participating hospitals.

Your profile

  • Late Bachelor or Master student at HSG, ideally in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Data Science.
  • Reliable, structured, and proactive-even with complex topics.
  • Strong analytical mindset and interest in the research–practice interface.
  • Very good German and English skills.
What is technical debt (quickly explained)? Technical debt is the hidden cost ofshort-term IT decisions. A quick patch might work today, but it often increases complexity, maintenance effort, and security risk tomorrow. Example: choosing a workaround instead of a clean modernization makes the System harder to maintain in the long run.

The Institute of Information Systems and Digital Business (IWI-HSG) has been conducting application- and design-oriented research at the interface between business and IT for more than 30 years.

Send application by October 15, 2025 to Prof. Dr. Andreas Hein with CV, max. 5 sentences on why you're a strong fit and current transcript.

Duration: 4-6 month, with option to extend
We are looking forward to your online-application stating the job ID
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Inspirational Work Environment

Inspirational Work Environment

Executive Education

Executive Education

Network

Network

Family & Career

Family & Career

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities

Fit and Healthy

Fit and Healthy

Inspirational Work Environment

Inspirational Work Environment

At the HSG, as Europe's leading business university, we operate in an entrepreneurial environment where you will meet highly qualified, ambitious experts - both regionally and internationally. For example, you benefit from a modern IT infrastructure and, in our library via HSGswisscovery, from nationwide access to the wealth of scientific information available.

Executive Education

Executive Education

We support internal and external executive education opportunities. Our internal executive education programme offers you a practical, dedicated and didactically mature transfer of knowledge in the form of seminars, e-learning, coaching and collegial advice. We support task-specific external training and executive education financially as well as with regard to the time required.

Network

Network

We promote our culture of cross-functional collaboration and create space for forging valuable relationships - also with external partners. Regular exchanges and internal events help to strengthen these relationships and make them long-lasting.

Family & Career

Family & Career

We provide our employees with flexible work time models with a variable number of hours per week. As a family-friendly employer, we offer part-time positions, 16 weeks of maternity leave and a subsidised crèche, as well as support with childcare during the vacations.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunities

The University enables equal opportunities for all employees and students. This applies to degree courses and work, as well as academic careers, university management positions and the reconciliation of studies, work and private commitments. We are committed to this with various measures in the areas of teaching, research, administration and the Presidency.

Fit and Healthy

Fit and Healthy

We help you stay fit and healthy. In addition to our diverse range of sports activities at the university, most of which are free of charge, and campaign weeks for corporate health management, we also offer you fruit in the workplace. In our canteen you will find a wide selection of freshly prepared meals - from vegetarian to fish dishes - at discounted prices.

Further information on working at the HSG can be found here.

For job-related questions

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hein
Assistent Professor IT-Management

Be part of a project that sets new standards for sustainable hospital IT. I look forward to welcoming you to the ClearDebt team at IWI-HSG.


Christina Brem
Administrative Assistant

If you are seeking a varied and rewarding position within a highly motivated team, you have found the right place.

Your place of work

University of St.Gallen

«A place where knowledge is created» - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'500 researchers, educators and professional staff.