PhD candidate Pooria Jafari obtained the academic grade of PhD in Business Economics on 20 March 2024, defending his thesis ‘Investigating a roadmap for digital work practices based on a maturity model approach’. Prof. dr. Amy Van Looy of UGent Business Informatics was his supervisor. The UGent Business Informatics research group congratulates Dr. Jafari for this nice achievement and wishes him all the best.