PHIS-NZ Best Doctoral Thesis Award
Award Winners By Year:
2023
The 2023 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
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The members of the award panel for 2023 were:
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2022
The 2022 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Mark Hoksbergen, The University of Auckland
His thesis was titled “Illuminating and Bridging the Vortex between Tacit and Explicit Knowledge: Counterbalancing Asymmetric Information in High-Value Low-Frequency Transactions”. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Dr. David Sundaram (Main supervisor)
- Dr. Johnny Chan (Co-supervisor)
- Dr. Gabrielle Peko (Co-supervisor)
The members of the award panel for 2022 were:
- Professor Alex Richter, Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Felix Tan, Auckland University of Technology
- Associate Professor William Wang, University of Waikato
- Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
2021
The 2021 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
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The members of the award panel for 2021 were:
2020
The 2020 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Ijeoma Ushaka, Victoria University of Wellington
Her thesis was titled “An Exploratory Design Science Study on Theory Testing Using Crowdsourcing“. Her thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor Pedro Antunes (Main supervisor)
- Dr. David Johnstone (Co-supervisor)
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The members of the award panel for 2020 were:
• Professor Stephen Cranefield, University of Otago
• Professor Felix Tan, Auckland University of Technology
• Associate Professor Mary Tate, Victoria University of Wellington*
• Associate Professor William Wang, University of Waikato
• Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
*To avoid a conflict of interest Associate Professor Mary Tate abstained from voting on Dr. Ushaka’s thesis.
2019
The 2019 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Haibo Yang, Victoria University of Wellington
His thesis was titled “In a Quest to Solve Information Systems Agility Problems: A SaaS Experience“. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor Pedro Antunes (primary)
- Associate Professor Mary Tate
- Dr. David Johnstone
- Emeritus Professor Sid Huff
The panel also acknowledged the outstanding quality of research evident in the nomination with a Certificate of Merit of:
Dr. Sahar Sabbaghan, The University of Auckland
Her thesis was titled: “Principles and Techniques for Creating and Validating Computer-Adaptive Surveys (CAS)“. Her thesis supervisory committee were:
- Supervisors: Professor Cecil Chua (primary)
- Associate Professor Lesley Gardner
The members of the award panel for 2019 were:
- Professor David Sundaram, The University of Auckland
- Professor Antonio Diaz-Andrade, Auckland University of Technology
- Associate Professor William Wang, University of Waikato
- Associate Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
2018
The 2018 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Abhijith Anand, University of Waikato
His thesis was titled “New perspectives on understanding the business value of business analytics systems“. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Professor Rajeev Sharma, University of Waikato (primary)
- Professor Tim Coltman
The panel also noted the outstanding quality of research for (who will receive a ‘runner-up’ award):
Dr. Radhouane Ben Neji Jrad, University of Auckland
His thesis was titled: “Roadmaps for upgrading unupgradable legacy processes in inter-organisational middleware systems: Concepts, framework, architecture, and implementations“. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Professor David Sundaram, University of Auckland
The members of the award panel for 2018 were:
- Professor David Pauleen, Massey University
- Professor Stephen Cranefield, University of Otago
- Associate Professor William Wang, University of Waikato
- Associate Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
2017
The 2017 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Thuan Hoan Nguyen, Victoria University of Wellington
His thesis was titled “Establishing Crowdsourcing as an Organisational Business Process: A Design Science Approach“. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor Pedro Antunes (primary)
- Dr. David Johnstone
The members of the award panel for 2017 were:
- Prof Rajeev Sharma, University of Waikato
- A/Prof Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, AUT
- A/Prof Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
2016
The 2016 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Xiaoyan Bai, The University of Auckland
Her thesis was titled “Purposeful Visualization Systems“. Her thesis supervisory committee were:
- Professor David Sundaram (primary)
- David White
- Dr. Claire Donald (advisor)
- Dr. Mike Cooling (advisor)
The members of the award panel for 2016 were:
- Associate Professor Pedro Antunes, Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Robert McQueen, University of Waikato
- Associate Professor Cecil Chua, The University of Auckland
- Associate Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
2015
The 2015 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Vanesa Tennant, University of Canterbury
Her thesis was titled “Understanding Changes in Post-Adoption Use of Information Systems (IS): A Generalised Darwinism Perspective“. Her thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor Annette Mills (primary)
- Professor Wynne Chin
The panel also acknowledges the high quality of research evident in the nomination of:
Dr. Shahper Vodanovich, University of Auckland
Her thesis was titled: “Digital Native Well-being and Development in Ubiquitous Spaces“. Her thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor David Sundaram (primary)
- Professor Michael Myers
The members of the award panel for 2015 were:
- Associate Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)
- Associate Professor Val Hooper, Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Robert McQueen, University of Waikato
- Associate Professor William Wang, AUT University
2014
The 2014 PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr Brad McKenna, University of Auckland
His thesis was titled “An Exploration of Social Movements in Virtual Worlds”. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Professor Michael Myers (primary)
- Dr Lesley Gardner
The panel also acknowledged the high quality of research evident in the two other nominations:
Dr Sohaib Ahmed, Massey University
His thesis was titled “Mobile Learning Ontologies: Supporting Abductive Inquiry-Based Learning in the Sciences“. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor David Parsons (primary)
- Associate Professor Hokyoung Ryu and Dr Mandia Mentis
Dr Lindsay Stuart, University of Canterbury
His thesis was titled “The Effect of Organisational Cultures and Subcultures on Enterprise System Implementation“. His thesis supervisory committee were:
- Associate Professor Annette Mills (primary)
- Professor Ulrich Remus
The members of the award panel for 2014 were:
- Associate Professor Dennis Viehland, Massey University (chair)
- Professor Stephen Cranefield, University of Otago
- Associate Professor Val Hooper, Victoria University in Wellington
- Associate Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury
2013
The first PHIS-NZ best doctoral thesis award was awarded to:
Dr. Diane Strode, Victoria University of Wellington
Her thesis was titled “A Theory of Coordination in Agile Software Development Projects“. Her thesis supervisory committee were:
- Professor Sid Huff (primary)
- Dr Sebastian Link
- Dr Beverley Hope
