Shan-Ling Pan
School of Information Systems and Technology Management - PhD Information Systems, University of Warwick | MBA International Business, University of Texas | MA China Studies, University of London
Professor Shan L Pan is AGSM Scholar and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School. He is the founding Director of the Digital Sustainability Hub (DS Hub), a knowledge hub that he recently created. DS hub specialises in the research and education of digital sustainability, with a specific aim to contribute to achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Shan’s research interest is the enabling roles of digital technologies in innovation and sustainability. As a phenomenon-based researcher, using qualitative methods, Shan has documented some of the most valuable digital transformations best practices arising from businesses, cities, remote villages, and government agencies in its rapid development of the last two decades. As an action design science researcher, he is particularly interested in the designs of digital technologies that address sustainability challenges. He frequently travels to developing economies where he studies the indigenous practices of information systems.
Shan has published widely in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of the AIS, Information Systems Journal, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Communications of ACM, and among others.
From This Author
Future ready research design: A framework for business impact
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Six ways to leverage AI for sustainable development
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Building a greener future: how Lendlease manages sustainability
Lendlease's sustainability framework covers a range of environmental and social impact focus areas that are core to its business operations
How sustainable are the links in the world’s food supply chains?
The resilience and sustainability of food supply chains are increasingly important in the face of challenges such as climate change and geopolitical shocks
Disrupting the food chain
The Business of Supply (episode 2): It's rare that we look down at our plates and consider where our food comes from – that is until it’s gone
Digital sustainability: technology solutions to climate change
Digital sustainability is playing an important role in combating climate change, and researchers can assist citizens, communities and organisations in meeting the challenge
How Singapore is improving food innovation, sustainability and productivity
Singapore is embracing a range of initiatives to help improve its food security and food supply, with one approach around food innovation already delivering tangible benefits
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Robots enabled by AI are working well with patients and medical staff in China
How collaboration in a sandbox is helping to save Indian tigers
A new methodology that helps business with research starts with what an end-user hopes to achieve – as demonstrated in a partnership with the Karnataka State Forest Department
China insight: Rural villages e-trade for themselves
E-commerce on Taobao brings social gains along with new income for neglected communities