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Biography
Babak is an Associate Professor in Business Analytics at Macquarie Business School, academic lead of Bachelor of Business Analytics co-op program, and an adjunct fellow at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He holds a PhD in Information Systems from UNSW Business School, with a multi-disciplinary background in business, statistical modelling, and computer science. Prior to academia, he used to work in IT and management consulting. His research is inspired by problems in practice and is rooted in behavioural and managerial theories. Babak's research examines the positive and negative aspects of business analytics and information systems at organisational and individual levels. In particular, he is interested in transformational effects of health analytics, social analytics, and artificial intelligence.
Babak has so far received over $450,000 in external funding through engagement with Cancer Council NSW, Asia Productivity Organization, Reserve Bank of Australia, The Whiddon Group, Suicide Prevention Australia, and other partners. In the teaching front, his approach is driven by problems in the industry and society. In 2019, he won UTS Learning & Teaching Citation and in 2010 he received Macquarie University's Faculty of Business teaching award.
Babak is an editorial member of Electronic Markets, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, and a section editor in Australasian Journal of IS. He is also guest co-editor of a 2021 special issue on Designing and Managing Human-AI Interactions in Information Systems Frontiers. He is a member of The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Association for Information Systems (AIS) and Australian Computer Society (ACS). Babak has published over 70 publications, with 19 of which in A/A* journals such as Information & Management, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Internet Research, Journal of the American Medical Informatics, Information Systems Frontiers, and Computers & Education. In 2020, he co-authored a paper on gender bias in AI, which was awarded Natalie F Hardwicke prize from Australasian Conference in Information Systems.
He is available for media commentary, actively engages with media outlets about his research in social media and health informatics, and has written for The Conversation, and been interviewed by ABC News 24, 2Ser FM, and Macquarie's The Lighthouse
Supervision: Babak has so far supervised several HDR students to completion. He is available to supervise research students in the following areas:
- Online communities and social media
- Responsible Analytics and AI
- Managing Business Analytics, People & Organization
- Social Media Analytics
- Health Analytics
- Ethics of Analytics & AI
Teaching
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Projects
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Australia-China business in the Asian century: developing skills for accountants and establishing linkages with the Australian-Chinese business community through MOOCs
Sin, S., McGuigan, N., Leung, P. & Abedin, B.
9/04/14 → 31/03/15
Project: Research
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A Critical Success Factors Model for Communicating with Social Networking Sites Users: A Business Perspective
1/07/11 → 30/06/12
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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What facilitates and constrains value co-creation in online communities: a sociomateriality perspective
Priharsari, D. & Abedin, B., 19 Jan 2021, In : Information and Management. 103433.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Attraction, selection, and attrition in online health communities: Initial conversations and their association with subsequent activity levels
Abedin, B., Milne, D. & Erfani, E., 1 Sep 2020, In : International Journal of Medical Informatics. 141, p. 1-9 9 p., 104216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Thirty six years of Information Systems Management: A bibliometric and thematic analysis
Abedin, B., Jafarzadeh, H. & Olszak, C. M., 30 Jun 2020, In : Information Systems Management. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Understanding the role of employees in digital transformation: conceptualization of digital literacy of employees as a multi-dimensional organizational affordance
Cetindamar Kozanoglu, D. & Abedin, B., 22 Oct 2020, In : Journal of Enterprise Information Management.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Value co-creation in firm sponsored online communities: What enables, constrains, and shapes value
Priharsari, D., Abedin, B. & Mastio, E., 10 Jan 2020, In : Internet Research. 30, 3, p. 763-788 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Teaching Citation
Babak Abedin (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Teaching award
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Activities
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Australian Conference on Information Systems
Babak Abedin (Chair), Yvette Blount (Organiser)Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Information Systems Frontiers (Journal)
Babak Abedin (Editor)Apr 2021 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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Optus's Data & Analytics UTalks
Babak Abedin (Speaker)8 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (Journal)
Babak Abedin (Member of editorial board)2019 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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Electronic Markets (Journal)
Babak Abedin (Member of editorial board)2018 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
Press / Media
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Why social media are more like chocolate than cigarettes
8/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Why analogue interactions and digital tools work better together
1/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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More cancer patients turn to online communities for help
8/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Education, Healthy Social Media Use Could Stem UK Teenage Death Rates - Scholars
29/01/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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