Darius-Aurel Frank

Associate Professor at Aarhus University

Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

About

Darius-Aurel specializes in marketing, strategy, and innovation, with a focus on life with technology in the future. In his role as Associate Professor at Aarhus University, he explores future applications of artificial intelligence, robots, and spatial computing, and their effects on consumers' behavior. Darius-Aurel is passionate about generating actionable insights for research, business, and society, contributing to the development of a more sustainable and human-centric future.

Experience

  • Aarhus BSS - Aarhus University (Full-time · 9 yrs 5 mos)
    • Associate Professor
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

      Facilitating interdisciplinary research collaboration and developing innovative educational programs that prepare students for real-world challenges focused on life with technology in the future as well as its impact on society, consumers, and businesses.

    • Assistant Professor
      Feb 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Building research and teaching competences in marketing, strategy and innovation with a special interest in consumer responses to innovative technologies.

    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Feb 2020 - Jan 2023 · 3 yrs

      Leading consumer research on adoption of innovative technologies more broadly, uncovering psychological drivers, mechanisms and boundary conditions.

  • Research Affiliate at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    Collaborating on cutting-edge research at the intersection of consumer behavior and virtual worlds in partnership with the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics – Expert Practice: Immersive Technologies.

  • Co-Founder at Danish Innovation Index
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    The world's first consumer-based ranking of the most innovative firms in Denmark.

  • Executive Partner at Avivum – Strategy & Marketing
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

  • Visiting Researcher at The Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University
    Jan 2019 - May 2019 · 5 mos

    Hosted by Dan Ariely