Dr Kenan Degirmenci

Chief Investigator

PhD (Leibniz Universitat Hannover)

Kenan Degirmenci is a Lecturer in Information Systems. He has a strong background in technology adoption with a focus on the energy sector. He analyses individual and organisational behaviours from an energy supply and demand perspective and creates practical solutions to real-world sustainability problems. His research covers various areas including human-centred artificial intelligence (AI), service innovation for consumer energy resources (e.g., electric vehicles, home battery storage, rooftop solar panels), and systems thinking addressing sociotechnical interactions and data-driven decision-making.

He published in high-quality journals such as Information & Management, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Computer Information Systems, AI & Society, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Sustainable Cities and Society, Landscape and Urban Planning, Urban Climate, and Journal of Urban Technology. His research has been widely cited and influenced research, practice, and policy such as the UK Government Office for Science, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Yahoo Finance, and the World Health Organization (WHO).

He is a co-editor of the book Electric Vehicles in Shared Fleets, where he led the section on decision support systems. He has extensive experience in editorial roles as associate editor at leading conferences in the information systems field, including the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), and the International Conference on Business Informatics. He is currently the Secretary of the Special Interest Group in Green Information Systems (SIG Green) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS).

He received several awards such as the Best Conference Paper Award at Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), the Colleague of the Year Award at QUT’s School of Information Systems, and the QUT Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence as part of the Information Systems Learning & Teaching Team. He is the Deputy Academic Lead in Learning & Teaching and passionate about supporting students to achieve their full potential. He is an accredited PhD supervisor, and he actively recruits PhD and MPhil research students.

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