Research Interest

Information Systems in Finance
Sustainable Finance
Data Analytics and Machine Learning
Asset Pricing

Projects

Current Teaching

Winter Semester:

eFinance - Informationswirtschaft für den Wertpapierhande

Every Semester:

Seminar in Digital Democracy
Seminar in Business Data Analytics

Academic CV

Since Oct, 2022	Research assistant and PhD student at the Institute for Information Systems at KIT (WIN). Chair of Prof. Weinhardt, Information and Market Engineering (IM), research group "Applied Resonsible AI"
2020-2022	M.Sc. Information Systems (KIT), Master Thesis "Using GHG Emission Data for Portfolio Selection"
2015-2020	B.Sc. Industrial Engineering & Management (KIT), Bachelor Thesis "Forecasting the Occupancy of BEV Charging Stations"

Publications

2025

ESG and Stock Returns: Effects of Research Design Choices - Dataset
Motz, M.
2025, November 13. doi:10.35097/h6rjkv7d2zmavqkg

Reading Between the Green Lines: A Framework for Scalable Greenwashing Detection - Data Set
Motz, M.; Uzun, S.
2025, April 1. doi:10.35097/cske5jzw83k36fsr

Unveiling Green Facades: Detecting Greenwashing Tendencies in Corporate Sustainability Reports
Motz, M.; Uzun, S.; Hariharan, A.; Weinhardt, C.
2025. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Ed.: T. X. Bui, 951–960, University of Hawaii Press

2024

Accessible data lineage: a scoping review on open-source data lineage platforms
Hariharan, A.; Zhang, T.; Motz, M.; Weinhardt, C.
2024. Proceedings of the 45th International Conference on Information Systems

Unveiling Green Facades: Exploring the Confluence of Greenwashing and Fake News
Motz, M.; Koelbel, T.; Hariharan, A.
2024. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2024 Proceedings, Würzburg, 16.09.24-19.09.2024

2023

The impact of active and passive investment on market efficiency: a simulation study
Jaquart, P.; Motz, M.; Köhler, L.; Weinhardt, C.
2023. Journal of Applied Economics, 26 (1), Art.-Nr.: 2188634. doi:10.1080/15140326.2023.2188634

2021

Forecasting BEV charging station occupancy at work places
Motz, M.; Huber, J.; Weinhardt, C.
2021. Informatik 2020 : 50. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik : back to the future, 28. September-2. Oktober 2020, Karlsruhe, Deutschland. Ed.: R. H. Reussner; A. Koziolek Autorin/Autor:, 771–781, Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI). doi:10.18420/inf2020_68