Engagement

My academic engagement extends across disciplinary leadership, editorial service, conference organisation, doctoral development, international mentoring, knowledge exchange, and public-facing contributions on the societal implications of digital technologies.

I am President of the UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS), having previously served as a Director of the Board for over a decade. Through this role, I have contributed to the strategic development of the Information Systems community in the UK and internationally, including conference leadership, doctoral development, research and teaching grant development, early career researcher support, governance, and the Academy’s digital transformation. I also created the UKAIS PhD Thesis Competition and Early Career Researcher Grant, both designed to support doctoral candidates and early career researchers. I also developed and led the UKAIS mentorship programme, supporting early career researchers working in Information Systems across different international contexts.

I am also Associate Editor of Surveillance & Society, the leading international journal in surveillance studies, and a Board Member of the Surveillance Studies Network. I previously served on the journal’s editorial board, and I lead the Surveillance Studies Network mentorship programme for international doctoral candidates and early career researchers working on surveillance-related topics. Through my roles in UKAIS and the Surveillance Studies Network, I have mentored 16 doctoral candidates and early career researchers from around the world.

My editorial and reviewing activity includes journal editorships, guest editorships, and conference associate editor roles. I have served as Guest Editor for special issues in the Journal of Enterprise Information Management and the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, and as Associate Editor for tracks at the International Conference on Information Systems. I have also reviewed for leading international journals, conferences, and grant schemes across Information Systems, surveillance studies, digital technologies, organisation studies, and related fields.

Conference organisation and academic community-building are also central to my engagement work. I have served on over 40 international conference committees, including roles as Conference Chair, Doctoral Consortium Chair, Track Chair, Programme Committee Member, Scientific Committee Member, Conference Committee Organiser, and Doctoral Consortium Mentor. These roles span conferences and workshops associated with UKAIS, the Surveillance Studies Network, the International Conference on Information Systems, the European Conference on Information Systems, the Australasian Conference on Information Systems, the International Association for Development of the Information Society, the International Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society, the Operational Research Society, and the International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues.

My wider engagement includes invited talks, international keynote invitations, doctoral workshops, research development activities, and knowledge exchange with external partners. I have delivered workshops on publishing from the PhD, academic writing, teaching practice, digital technology adoption, research impact, and qualitative research development. I have also contributed to Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and other collaborative projects focused on digital systems, organisational change, and the social and ethical implications of technology.

My public and external engagement includes providing expert evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications on the societal implications of digital technologies, presenting on digital workplace surveillance to external audiences, and contributing to discussions with public, private, and governmental stakeholders. Across these activities, my engagement work is connected by a commitment to strengthening academic communities, supporting doctoral candidates and early career researchers, and contributing critical expertise on the role of digital technologies in organisations and society.