Professor Robert Davison named AIS Fellow

Professor Robert Davison from the Department of Information Systems, was awarded the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Fellow Award at the 2019 International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS) held in Munich, Germany from 15-18 December 2019.

The AIS Fellow Award recognises scholars or practitioners with outstanding contributions to the information systems discipline in terms of research, teaching and service. AIS Fellows have also made significant global and local contributions, and serve as role models and inspirations to colleagues and students within the information systems discipline.

Professor Davison’s research focuses on the use and misuse of information systems, especially with respect to problem solving, guanxi formation and knowledge management, in Chinese organisations. He has published over 200 articles in a wide variety of premier journals and conferences. He is particularly known for his scholarship in the domain of action research. Within the AIS, Professor Davison chaired the research ethics committee for many years. He currently chairs the IFIP’s WG 9.4 (Social Implications of Computing in Developing Countries) and is the Editor-in-Chief of both the Information Systems Journal and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries.

The College of Business gives its hearty congratulations to Professor Davison for his exceptional achievements.