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Associate Professor

Kris Law

(She/Her)

Associate Professor, Infrastructure Strategy and Systems Thinking

Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation/Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation

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  • Associate Professor, Infrastructure Strategy and Systems Thinking
    Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation/Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

A/Prof Kris Law holds a PhD in Organizational Learning and an MPhil in Machining Processes, both obtained from the City University of Hong Kong. Upon her PhD, she undertook a post-doctoral research scholarship at the Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering, National Taiwan University on a regional high-tech industry study. Her expertise lies in Organizational Learning and Development (OLD), Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE), Systems Engineering and Management (SEM), Sustainable Complex Systems, and Learning Analytics.

Before joining the Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI), Kris was an associate professor in engineering management & education at the School of Engineering, Deakin University.

Kris is also experienced in educational development and excellence in higher education, specialising in learning analytics and evaluation. Besides, she has been awarded the title of Docent in Industrial Engineering and Management by Oulu University, Finland for her outstanding achievements in the field.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor, Infrastructure Strategy and Systems Thinking
    Deakin University, Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor, Engineering Management and Education
    Deakin University, School of Engineering, Geelong, AustraliaJan 2019 - Jun 2021
  • Honorary Associate Professor
    Deakin University, School of Engineering, Geelong, AustraliaJun 2021 - Jun 2024
  • Docent
    Oulu University, Oulu, Finland1 Feb 2018 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Editor
    International Journal of Engineering Business Management1 Jan 2020 - present

DEGREES

  • Organizational Learning and Development (PhD)
    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • MPhil in Material Processing Technology
    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching
    Deakin University

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Post doctoral fellow
    National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Industrial Engineering, Taiwan
    Postdoctoral Fellowship

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Library and information studies
  • Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • Transportation, logistics and supply chains
  • Education systems
  • Information systems
  • Organisation of information and knowledge resources
  • Innovation management
  • Consumer-oriented product or service development

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Research and Innovation

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation

RESEARCH STRENGTHS