Researcher

Associate Professor Yenni Tim

My Expertise

  • Digital resilience in crises, emergencies, digital shocks, and exclusion
  • Engaged scholarship, intervention-based research
  • Industry-engaged experiential learning 

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Information systems, Information systems organisation and management

Biography

Dr. Yenni Tim, an Associate Professor at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School, specialises in addressing complex challenges at the nexus of digital capacity, resilience, and societal progress.

Her research program informs the effective design and implementation of digital technologies, particularly in the face of technological, organisational, and societal shocks, with an aim of advancing resilient...view more

Dr. Yenni Tim, an Associate Professor at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School, specialises in addressing complex challenges at the nexus of digital capacity, resilience, and societal progress.

Her research program informs the effective design and implementation of digital technologies, particularly in the face of technological, organisational, and societal shocks, with an aim of advancing resilient and sustainable development. Yenni’s extensive field work and design research projects have addressed a range of practical challenges, including leveraging digital technologies for pandemic and disaster response, overcoming digital disadvantages, enhancing environmental sustainability, addressing digital shocks, and mitigating social exclusions.

Yenni received the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Early Career Award, the Association's highest distinction for emerging scholars. She serves as an Associate Editor for the Information Systems Journal (since 2020) and the European Journal of Information Systems (since 2023), and a Managing Editor for the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (since 2019). 

In November 2019, Yenni founded the UNSW Sandbox Program (unsw.to/sandbox), an initiative that empowers partnerships among industry practitioners, academics, and university students to co-design solutions for contemporary challenges. Within four years, the Sandbox Program has evolved into a platform for large-scale tripartite collaboration, leading to impactful outcomes across education, research, and social impact. 

Furthering this initiative, Yenni established the Global Sandbox Alliance in November 2023 to foster strategic partnerships between academic institutions, businesses, and community organisations worldwide, through the establishment of Sandbox Programs in leading universities globally. This Alliance, which welcomed the University of Toronto as its inaugural institutional member, aims to connect academics, practitioners, and university students across the globe to achieve shared goals in education, research, and social engagement.


My Qualifications

PhD Information Systems, UNSW Sydney | Master of Science, National University of Singapore


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

  • Digital Resilience and Sustainability
  • Industry-engaged Research
  • Design Research

Currently supervising

  • Digital Sustainability 
  • Resilient Strategy for the Future of Work (completed)

My Engagement


My Teaching

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Location

2085, Level 2, Quadrangle Building E15

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Publications

by Associate Professor Yenni Tim

Videos

(AUSCert) Using data analytics to cultivate cyber resilience
UNSW Sandbox Program - Project Showcase
(UNSW Business School) How the Sandbox Education Program partners with industry
(UNSW Business School) Why is cyber security so important during a pandemic?
(UNSW Business School) How important is digital transformation?
(BITSA) Podcast on the value of Information Systems