The Digital Transformation Research Group
The Digital Transformation Research Group is a cross-division research group based in Alliance Manchester Business School with links to other Schools across The University of Manchester
The group’s research concentrates around research themes that are driven by the transformative potential of digital technologies including mobile apps and digital platforms, artificial intelligence systems, blockchain and new financial technologies, the Internet of Things, cloud infrastructures and many more. The group is multidisciplinary in nature, with members coming from information systems, computer science, operations research and decision sciences, marketing and strategy.
The focus on the transformative potential of digital technologies is aligned with the University of Manchester’s Digital Futures initiative to engage in emerging research areas and to support Greater Manchester's ambitions to become a leading digital city.
The Digital Transformation Research Group has direct links with some of the key digital initiatives across The University of Manchester, including Fintech and our Data Visualisation Observatory.
Group Members
Academics
- Panos Constantinides
- Nikolay Mehandjiev
- Tahir abbas Syed
- Markos Zachariadis
- Mayur Joshi
- Brian Nicholson
- Nadia Papamichail
- Christos Begkos
- Paolo Quattrone
- Richard Heeks
- Rotimi Ogunsakin
- Panagiotis Sarantopoulos
- Pedro Sampaio
- Sung Hwan Chai
- Fahian Huq
- Heiner Evanschitzky
- Aseem Pahuja
- Eric Beulen
- Tommy Chan
PhD students
- Alaa Almirabi
- Amir Ashrafi
- Efthymios Rizopoulos
- Gerardo Quinones
- Hizal Hanis Bin Hashim
- Kathleen Kennedy
- Lavinia Rognone
- Maram Alalwan
- Md Rifayat Islam
- Rawan Alhazmi
- Sharon Wandili
- Shuyu Li
- Tiantian Wang
- Tiantian Xian
- Vasileios Karountzos
- Xinyue Wang
- Zainab Atia
Seminar Series
The Digital Transformation Research Group at AMBS is privileged to host academic experts presenting their latest research on digital transformation and related topics. Upcoming and past seminars appear below.
2022/23
Date | Venue | Topic | Speaker | Detail |
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11/10/2022, 1pm - 2.30pm |
AMBS 3.049 |
Safeguarding against the Turing Trap with Augmented Human-Machine Learning |
Panos Constantinides Panos is Professor of Digital Innovation and Digital Learning Lead for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School. Previously, he held positions at the Warwick Business School (WBS), Lancaster University's Management School (LUMS), and the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD. His research focuses on the transformative potential of digital technology, including digital platforms, infrastructures and artificial intelligence. Panos currently serves as a Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly and a Senior Editor at Information & Organization. He has previously served as Senior Editor for the ISR Special Issue on Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age, which examined the digital transformation of platform ecosystems across various sectors. |
AMBS 3.049 |
10/11/2022, 12pm - 2.00pm |
Online |
Algorithmic Interactions in Open Source Work |
Maha Shaikh Maha is Reader in Digital Innovation at King’s College London. Her primary area of research is open source software development. The theoretical issues driving her research include the dynamics of learning and organizing in open source collectives, material agency, digital and open innovation, and algorithmic work. Prior to joining King’s College London, she was an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Warwick Business School. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for MISQ and as an editorial board member for the Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, and Information and Organization. Previously she served as an Associate Editor for Information Systems Research (ISR) – 2018-2021. |
Zoom Meeting ID: 995 9424 5610 Passcode: DT2022 |
06/12/2022, 2.00pm - 4.00pm |
AMBS 4.017 |
Reorganisation and Participation in Decentralized Platform Ecosystems: Evidence from Blockchain Forking |
Dr. Ying-Ying Hsieh Dr. Ying-Ying Hsieh is Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College Business School. She is also an Associate Centre Director of the Center for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering at Imperial College London. With a focus on organisation theory and strategy, Ying-Ying's research unpacks the coordination and governance mechanisms within blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). At a higher level, her research investigates how technological innovation enables novel forms of organising. Her research settings revolve around the context of the cryptocurrency industry (e.g., Bitcoin) and more broadly, the financial technology (FinTech) industry, with theoretical underpinnings of organization design and entrepreneurial strategy. Her recent work explores the adoption/diffusion and change of DAOs. |
AMBS 4.017 |
07/12/2022, 11.30am - 2.00pm |
AMBS 4.014 |
Encouraging Eco-Driving with Post-Trip Visualized Storytelling: An Experiment Combining Eye-Tracking and a Driving Simulator |
Dr. Ben Choi Ben Choi is an assistant professor in Information Technology and Operations Management at the Nanyang Technological University. Ben received his B Sci and PhD in Information Systems from the National University of Singapore. He has been named the Reviewer of the Year at the Journal for the Association of Information Systems (2020) and MIS Quarterly (2016). He has published multiple papers in premier information systems journals including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. His research interests focus on human-computer/robotic interactions, data visualizations, sustainability, and information privacy using various methods (i.e., lab/field experiments, surveys, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and physiological measurements, such as computer vision, GSR, and eye-tracking). |
AMBS 4.014 |
15/02/2023 |
AMBS Penthouse |
Prophets without Profits: What Next for Crypto-Asset Regulation? |
Professor Wendy Currie Professor Wendy Currie works at the University of Bradford |
AMBS Penthouse |
18/05/2023 |
AMBS Penthouse |
Brown Bag Seminar |
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AMBS Penthouse |
06/06/2023 |
AMBS Penthouse |
The Seesaw of Visibility: How Organizations Struggle for Dignity when Managing the Visibility of Personal Data |
Professor Marta Stelmaszak Professor Marta Stelmaszak works at Portland State University |
AMBS Penthouse |
2021/22
Date | Venue | Topic | Speaker | Detail |
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28/01/2022, 1pm - 2.30pm |
Online |
Data network effects |
Robert Wayne Gregory |
Zoom Meeting |
17/02/2022, 11am - 12.30pm |
AMBS Penthouse |
Digital Oil: Machineries of Knowing |
Eric Monteiro |
Room TBC |
17/03/2022 |
In-person, |
Biding Their Time: The Influences of Executive Compensation and Board Cybersecurity Intensity on SEC Data Breach Notification |
Jason Thatcher |
AMBS Penthouse |
01/04/2022, 11.30am - 1pm |
Online |
TBC |
Andrew Burton-Jones |
Zoom Meeting
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19/05/2022 |
In-person, |
The Digital X Phenomena |
Abayomi Baiyere |
Room TBC |
26/05/2022, 11am - 1pm |
In-person, |
AI, management, and the impact of supervisory agents on social exchange |
Nick Berente |
Room TBC |
PhD Workshops
PhD workshops are run in joint by external academic experts and the academics affiliated with the Digital Transformation Research Group. The aim of these PhD workshops is to engage our PhD students on a number of academic practices, from applying different methodologies, writing papers for journals, presenting at conferences, reviewing and giving feedback to colleagues and applying for academic jobs. Forthcoming workshops appear below.
2021/22
Date | Venue | Topic | Speaker | Detail |
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28/01/2022, 3pm - 4.30pm |
Online |
Phenomenon-based Theorising |
Robert Wayne Gregory |
Zoom Meeting |
18/02/2022, 11am - 12.30pm |
AMBS Penthouse |
Interactive PhD Event with Student Presentations |
Eric Monteiro
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Room TBC |
18/03/2022 |
In-person, AMBS Penthouse |
Interactive PhD Event with Student Presentations |
Jason Thatcher |
AMBS Penthouse |
01/04/2022, 1.30pm - 3pm |
Online |
TBC |
Andrew Burton-Jones |
Zoom Meeting
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20/05/2022 |
In-person, |
The Digital X Phenomena |
Abayomi Baiyere |
Room TBC |
27/05/2022, 11am - 12.30pm |
In-person, |
AI, management, and the impact of supervisory agents on social exchange |
Nick Berente |
Room TBC |