Benjamin Butz, M.Sc.
External PhD student
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About
Benjamin Butz has been an external doctoral candidate at the Chair of Media Communication at Chemnitz University of Technology since 2024. He also works as a research assistant at the Institute for Innovation Research and Management at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. His research focuses on the diffusion of innovations in the healthcare sector and knowledge and technology transfer.
Teaching and research focus areas
- Health communication (eHealth)
- Technology acceptance and diffusion of innovations
- Knowledge and technology transfer
- Methods: quantitative and qualitative empirical social research
Publications
- Butz, B., & Karnowski, V. (2025). The Unforeseen Catalyst?: A Qualitative Approach to Exploring the Diffusion of Telepsychotherapy through Compulsion. European Journal of Health Communication, 6(3), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2025.301
- Voss, J., Butz, B., & Ettl, K. (2024). What’s driving them? A qualitative approach to explore women entrepreneurs’ motivations in STEM. International Journal Of Gender And Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijge-09-2023-0241
- Butz, B., Jussen, A., Rafi, A., Lux, G., & Gerken, J. (2022). A Taxonomy for Augmented and Mixed Reality Applications to Support Physical Exercises in Medical Rehabilitation—A Literature Review. Healthcare, 10(4), 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10040646
- Butz, B., Kloep, L., & Kriegesmann, B. (2022). User experience reevaluation and diffusion of technology in the context of compulsory usage illustrated by the example of telepsychotherapy—a literature review. Digital Health, 8, 205520762211344. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221134448
Talks & Posters
- Butz, B., Voß, J., & Karnowski, V. (2023, November). Factors influencing psychotherapists’ adoption of telepsychotherapy during and after a period of compulsory confrontation – a qualitative approach. European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), 15. –17. 11. 2023.