Associate ProfessorKris Law

Reseach themes:
1. Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems & Human–AI Integration
Designing adaptive socio-technical systems that integrate artificial intelligence, human cognition, and organisational processes to enhance decision-making, governance, and innovation in complex environments.
Selected publications:
Governing with artificial intelligence: Mapping the knowledge systems shaping urban intelligence (2026) 
Artificial intelligence adoption in urban planning governance: A systematic review (2025)
Ongoing transformation of critical infrastructure systems as cyber-physical-human systems (2021)

2. Sustainable Infrastructure & Urban Systems Transformation
Advancing resilient, sustainable, and data-driven infrastructure and urban systems, with a focus on systems thinking, circular economy, and adaptive city-scale solutions.
Selected publications:
Harnessing the value of data using the systems thinking approach (2025)
Organisational sustainability from a systematic approach – FEST model (2025)
De-risking resource recovery value chains for a circular economy (2021)

3. Systems Thinking, Innovation & Future-Ready Education
Investigating self-directed learning and technology readiness in blended learning environments (2019)
Comparative analysis of student online learning readiness during COVID-19 (2021)
Student motivation and performance in blended learning environments (2019)