Dr Kenan Degirmenci

Lecturer, Information Systems

Doctor of Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) (Leibniz Universitat Hannover)

Kenan Degirmenci is a Lecturer in the School of Information Systems and part of the Service Science Program. Further, he is the Deputy Academic Lead in Learning & Teaching and the Subject Area Coordinator of the Bachelor of Information Technology course. He received a Doctor of Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from Leibniz University Hannover in Germany. His research focus is on business analysis to examine how digital innovation transforms organisations to improve policy and decision making. More specifically, he focuses on the sustainable energy transition, where he analyses the development and impact of disruptive technologies such as cognitive cyber-physical systems from a consumer, organisational, and societal perspective.

His projects include research funded by the Queensland Government Department of State Development entitled "Local climate research to enable sustainable development", a project funded by the Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) entitled "Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Forum", and an IFE Catapult project entitled "Mitigating urban heat", in which an IoT-enabled wireless sensor network was implemented for environmental monitoring in Hamilton, QLD. Further prior projects include an ARC Discovery Grant funded project entitled "Developing a theory of green information systems" during his time as a postdoctoral research fellow, and a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy entitled "Showcase electric mobility" during his time as a doctoral student at Leibniz University Hannover in Germany in cooperation with industry partner Volkswagen.

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