Overview
Background
Dr Saeed Akhlaghpour is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at UQ Business School. Prior to joining the University of Queensland in 2015, he held academic positions at Middlesex University London (UK), and McGill University (Canada) - where he also obtained his PhD in Management.
Saeed is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He teaches Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and digital strategy and governance in the Master of Business Analytics, Master of Commerce, MBA, and Executive Education programs. Previously, he has taught courses to MBA and undergraduate business students in Brisbane, London, Montreal, and Tehran.
Saeed’s research has been published in top-tier academic outlets, including the American Journal of Sociology, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Information and Organization, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, International Journal of Medical Informatics, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Business Research, and the Best Paper Proceedings of Academy of Management. His articles are cited in the EU policy documents and have received research and impact awards from the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, and the Australasian chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS).
His research interests include:
- Data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity (particularly, organisational response to data breaches, and managing personal health information (PHI))
- Digital health and transformation of healthcare services
- Diffusion, adoption, and governance of digital innovations (particularly, Enterprise Generative AI)
Saeed has been a Chief Investigator in an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Linkage Project studying Digital Hospital implementation in Queensland hospitals and health services. He received the UQ Business School Cross Cross-Disciplinary Research Award in 2021. He is a founding member of the Future of Health and Trust, Ethics, and Governance Alliance research hubs.
He is a Guest Editor of Information and Organization, Section Editor of the Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems (APJIS), and Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Medical Informatics. He chairs the annual DIGIT Workshop of the Special Interest Group on Adoption and Diffusion of Information Technology (SIG ADIT) and co-chairs the Digital Health Care track at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS). He has co-chaired tracks at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS).
Availability
- Associate Professor Saeed Akhlaghpour is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Sharif University of Technology
- Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, Sharif University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, Middlesex University
- Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy
Works
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2023
Other Outputs
Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy
Abeysooriya, Sasenka, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Dowsett, Dallas, Grotowski, Joseph, Holm, Mike, Kim, Dan, Ko, Ryan, Phillips, Andelka M., Slapnicar, Sergeja, Stockdale, David, Swinson, John, Thonon, Geoffroy, Utting, Mark, Walker-Munro, Brendan and Willoughby, Shannon (2023). Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. UQ CYBER and AUSCERT.
2023
Journal Article
Corporate-giving and its impact on consumer evaluations: a meta-analysis
Saha, Sajeeb, Ranjan, Rakesh Kumar , Pappu, Ravi and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2023). Corporate-giving and its impact on consumer evaluations: a meta-analysis. Journal of Business Research, 158 113656, 113656. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113656
2023
Conference Publication
Putting the software developer front and center: how is privacy by design implemented in practice?
Kim, Tae Gyun and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2023). Putting the software developer front and center: how is privacy by design implemented in practice?. The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA United States, 4 - 8 August 2023. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.14312abstract
2023
Conference Publication
Social values dilemmas of the ‘digital first’ paradigm of societal digitalization
Ngwenyama, Ojelanki, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Riemer, Kai, Rowe, Frantz and Hedström, Karin (2023). Social values dilemmas of the ‘digital first’ paradigm of societal digitalization. International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023: Rising like a Phoenix: Emerging from the Pandemic and Reshaping Human Endeavors with Digital Technologies, Hyderabad, India, 10 - 13 December 2023. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
2023
Conference Publication
Revisiting Review Depth in Search for Helpful Online Reviews
Dorwat, Shardul, Namvar, Morteza and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2023). Revisiting Review Depth in Search for Helpful Online Reviews. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI United States, 3-6 January 2023. Piscataway, NJ United States: IEEE Computer Society.
2022
Conference Publication
Exploring the relationship between influencers’ sentiment and cryptocurrency fluctuation through microblogs
Namvar, Morteza, Li, Jingqi, Boyce, James, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Indulska, Marta (2022). Exploring the relationship between influencers’ sentiment and cryptocurrency fluctuation through microblogs. ACIS 2022 - Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 4-7 December 2022. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
2022
Journal Article
Exploring public opinion about telehealth during COVID-19 by social media analytics
Pool, Javad, Namvar, Morteza, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Fatehi, Farhad (2022). Exploring public opinion about telehealth during COVID-19 by social media analytics. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 28 (10), 718-725. doi: 10.1177/1357633x221122112
2022
Conference Publication
Iterative seed word generation for interactive topic modelling: a mixed text processing and qualitative content analysis approach
Namvar, Morteza, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Boyce, James and Sharifi, Salma (2022). Iterative seed word generation for interactive topic modelling: a mixed text processing and qualitative content analysis approach. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 9-14 December 2022. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
2022
Journal Article
Beyond effective use: integrating wise reasoning in machine learning development
Namvar, Morteza, Intezari, Ali, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Brienza, Justin P. (2022). Beyond effective use: integrating wise reasoning in machine learning development. International Journal of Information Management, 69 102566, 102566. doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102566
2022
Journal Article
Emergent affordances and potential challenges of mobile learning apps: Insights from online reviews
Gholizadeh, Mehran, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Namvar, Morteza and Teixeira Isaias, Pedro (2022). Emergent affordances and potential challenges of mobile learning apps: Insights from online reviews. Information Technology & People, 35 (7), 2500-2517. doi: 10.1108/itp-05-2021-0412
2022
Journal Article
Data privacy concerns and use of telehealth in the aged care context: an integrative review and research agenda
Pool, Javad, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Fatehi, Farhad and Gray, Leonard C. (2022). Data privacy concerns and use of telehealth in the aged care context: an integrative review and research agenda. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 160 104707, 104707. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104707
2022
Conference Publication
Towards explaining user satisfaction with contact tracing mobile applications in a time of pandemic: a text analytics approach
Namvar, Morteza, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Pool, Javad and Priscilia, Anisa (2022). Towards explaining user satisfaction with contact tracing mobile applications in a time of pandemic: a text analytics approach. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, United States, 3-7 January 2022. Roskilde, Denmark: Roskilde University. doi: 10.24251/HICSS.2022.293
2022
Conference Publication
On Justification: Legislating a Digital First Artifact
Sharifi Khajedehi, Salma, Namvar, Morteza, Pool, Javad and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2022). On Justification: Legislating a Digital First Artifact. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) , Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-14 December 2022. Atlanta, GA United States: AIS eLibrary.
2022
Conference Publication
Examining temporal distance effects of corporate giving: the role of donation type
Saha, Sajeeb, Pappu, Ravi, Ranjan, Kumar Rakesh and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2022). Examining temporal distance effects of corporate giving: the role of donation type. The Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC), Perth, WA, Australia, 5 - 7 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
From liking to not liking: a proposed experiment design to explore consumer perceptions of health wearable notifications
Hassandoust, Farkhondeh, Johnston, Allen C., Ologeanu-Taddei, Roxana and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2022). From liking to not liking: a proposed experiment design to explore consumer perceptions of health wearable notifications. ACIS 2022 - Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 4-7 December 2022. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
2021
Conference Publication
Socio-technical Challenges to the Effective Use of Health Information Systems (IS) and Data Protection: A Contextual Theorization of the Dark Side of IS Use
Pool, Javad, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Burton-Jones, Andrew (2021). Socio-technical Challenges to the Effective Use of Health Information Systems (IS) and Data Protection: A Contextual Theorization of the Dark Side of IS Use. Australasian Conference on Information Systems , Sydney, NSW Australia, 6-10 December 2021. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
2021
Conference Publication
Utilitarian, hedonic and monetary motivations of using mobile learning apps: Opinion mining using big data text analytics
Gholizadeh, Mehran, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Teixeira Isaias, Pedro and Namvar, Morteza (2021). Utilitarian, hedonic and monetary motivations of using mobile learning apps: Opinion mining using big data text analytics. Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2021, Sydney, NSW Australia, 6-10 December 2021. Association for Information Systems.
2021
Conference Publication
Misinformation and disinformation in pandemics: scientific landscape and the road ahead for public health informatics research
Pool, Javad, Fatehi, Farhad and Akhlaghpour, Saeed (2021). Misinformation and disinformation in pandemics: scientific landscape and the road ahead for public health informatics research. 15th Annual Conference on Health Informatics meets Digital Health, Vienna, Austria (Virtual Conference), 11-12 May 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Health data privacy in the COVID-19 pandemic context: Discourses on HIPAA
Pool, Javad, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Fatehi, Farhad (2021). Health data privacy in the COVID-19 pandemic context: Discourses on HIPAA. dHealth 2021: 15th annual conference on Health Informatics Meets Digital Health, Online, 11 - 12 May 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/shti210091
2021
Journal Article
Profiling Adopters (and Non-adopters) of a Contact Tracing Mobile Application: Insights from Australia
Lockey, Steven, Edwards, Martin R., Hornsey, Matthew J., Gillespie, Nicole, Akhlaghpour, Saeed and Colville, Shannon (2021). Profiling Adopters (and Non-adopters) of a Contact Tracing Mobile Application: Insights from Australia. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 149 104414, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104414
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Strategic Integration of Generative AI in Telehealth: Enhancing Equity and Access in Australia and India
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
AI Scribe Implementation for Healthcare Transformation: Organisational Strategies and Challenges
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Privacy by Design (PbD) in Software Development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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Doctor Philosophy
Business Strategy and Policy Making: A Comparative Study of Business Models
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Title: Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Clinical Decision Making: A Design Science Approach to Fine-Tuning
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Morteza Namvar
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Doctor Philosophy
COVID-19 associated behavior to build sustainable healthcare: Learnings from Indian and Australian Journey of COVID-19 Pandemic
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
DIGITALISATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICY FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF MICRO SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMES) IN INDONESIA
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stan Karanasios
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Doctor Philosophy
Mitigating Language Bias in Academic Research: A Design Science Approach Using Agentic AI
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones, Dr Morteza Namvar
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Doctor Philosophy
Three essays on data (re)use and value creation in organizations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Dongming Xu
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Doctor Philosophy
Applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLM) to Teleconsultation for Better Patient Outcomes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones, Professor Marta Indulska, Dr Morteza Namvar
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Doctor Philosophy
An Integrated Model for Speech and Text Analysis from a Sociotechnical Perspective in Healthcare Context
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Marten Risius, Dr Morteza Namvar, Associate Professor Andrew Staib, Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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Doctor Philosophy
Personal Assistant Health Systems: Leveraging NLP and Machine Learning in eHealth Data Management for Personalized Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Morteza Namvar
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Towards Understanding Affordances of Mobile Learning Applications Through Applying Data-Driven Computationally Intensive Theory Development Approach to Online Reviews
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Morteza Namvar
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Data Protection and Effective Use of Health Information Systems: A Cybersecurity Perspective
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Impact of Corporate Giving on Consumer Evaluations of the Donor Firm: An Empirical Examination
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ravi Pappu
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