Scientia Professor Shan Pan

Scientia Professor Shan Pan

Scientia Professor

Education  

PhD in Operation Research and Systems, University of Warwick  

 

Professional Experience  

2022 - Current    Scientia Professor

2020 - Current    Founder and Director, Digital Sustainability Knowledge Hub, UNSW

2014 – 2022       Professor, School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW  

2018 – Current   Deputy Head of School (Research), School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW   

2018/1 – 2018/7 Acting Head of School, SISTM, UNSW  

2009 – 2014       Academic Director, Strategic Technology Management Institute, National University of Singapore  

2011 – 2014       Deputy Head, IS Department, National University of Singapore  

2000 – 2014       Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, IS Dept, School of Computing, National University of Singapore  

Business School
School of Information Systems and Technology Management

Scientia Professor Shan L Pan is an AGSM Scholar and Deputy Head of School (Research) at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School. He is the founding director of the Digital Sustainability Knowledge Hub (DS Hub), which specialises in research and education on digital sustainability and aims to contribute to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). He is also a chief investigator at the ARC Next-Gen Manufacturing ITTC Cent...

Phone
93850475
E-mail
shan.pan@unsw.edu.au

Research Grants

2024 - 2026 Chief Investigator. DFAT Koneksi Australia - Indonesia Research Collaborative Grants. $350,000 

2023-2026.  Chief Investigator. ARC Next-Gen Manufacturing ITTC Centre, Australian Research Council (ARC - IC220100030). $ 4,978,958 

2023. PI. Bank of China (Dubai Branch). "ESG Development in UAE", Commissioned Report. $30,000 

2023. PI. Mahidol University. "ESG Development and Opportunities in Thailand". Commissioned Report. $15,000

2021. PI. Institute of Analytics Professional Australia (IAPA). "Customer-Centric Digital Transformation and Future-Ready Workforce", Commissioned Report. $20,000 

2020-2023. PI. GYC. "Sandbox Innovation", Technology Leasing. $100,000

2018. PI. "Future of Retail: Towards Loyalty Analytics Capability Building". Translational Research. $350,000

2019. PI. "Food Innovation Maturity Model". Translational Research, $209,000

2018. PI. "Blockchain Technology Research and Development". Translational Research, $50,000

Association For Information Systems

  • 2022  AIS Fellow

 

Industry Engagement and Societal Impact Awards  

  • 2021  AIS Technology VISION Award, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2021  Winner, NSW Innovation Districts COVID-19 Challenge (partnership with PeepsRide; Dr Veronica Jiang and Xinyue Zhang) 

  • 2020  AIS Impact Award, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2020  AIS Technology VISION Award, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

 

Education Awards  

  • 2020  AIS COVID Learning Action Award, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2019  Innovations that Inspire Award (AACSB)

  • 2009  Annual Teaching Excellence Award Winner, National University of Singapore

  • 2006  Faculty Excellent Teacher Award Winner, National University of Singapore

  • 2006  Annual Excellent Teacher Award Winner, National University of Singapore

  • 2004  Annual Excellent Teacher Award Winner, National University of Singapore

  • 2003  Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Winner, National University of Singapore

 

Research Awards 

  • 2024   AIS SIG Sourcing Best Paper Award. Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2022   AIS SIGGreen Best Journal Paper for 2021. Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2021   SDG Research Impact Award, UNSW Business School

  • 2021   Research Excellence Award, UNSW Business School

  • 2017   Best Practice Track Paper Award in International Conference on Information Systems, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2016   Nominated Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Information Systems, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2016   Nominated Best European Research Paper of the Year Award, CIO CIty.com, Netherland  

  • 2011   Best Paper Runner-up, International Conference on Information Systems, Association For Information Systems (AIS)

  • 2010   Best Paper Award, Honourable-Mention, J of Strategic IS  

  • 2010   Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management  

  • 2007   Best Paper Runner-Up, International Conference on Information Systems 

  • 2004   Best Paper Runner-Up. Americas Conference on Information Systems, Association For Information Systems 

  • 2001   Best Theme Runner Up, International Conference on Information Systems (2001), Association For Information Systems   

As a phenomenon-based case researcher, Shan has contributed to the Information Systems community by studying and documenting contemporary digitally-enabled phenomena through his substantial fieldwork over the last two decades. He frequently travels to developing Asian economies, studying indigenous perspectives of information systems practices. His empirical work, published in various journal outlets, has documented some of the most valuable digital transformation experiences from Asian businesses, cities, remote villages, and government agencies in its rapid development over the last two decades.   

Research Interests: Digital Sustainability; SDG and ESG; Climate Resilience