Associate Professor Stan Karanasios
BIS Discipline Leader & Associate P
School of Business
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Researcher biography
Dr Stan Karanasios is an Associate Professor in Information Systems at the UQ Business School, University of Queensland. Prior to joining the University of Queensland he worked at RMIT University in Melbourne and the University of Leeds in the UK.
Stan's interests focus on how digital technology impacts of organisations and society. Over the last ten years he has undertaken a program of research on how organisations use, adapt, and navigate new digital technologies. Recently he completed a project for Emergency Management Victoria on how social media platforms change the information landscape in the emergency sector. He is currently working with a leading European car manufacturer to examine ways of re-imagining work process to accommodate an increasingly digital product. His research draws and expands on activity theory, an area in where he is recognised as an international expert.
He holds a visiting position at the University of Leeds and regularly teaches on a summer school on activity theory in Europe. He also holds editorial roles for Information Systems Journal, Australian Journal on Information Systems and Mind, Culture and Activity.
He has published in leading information systems journals such as the Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, European Journal of Information Systems, and the Journal of the Association Information Science and Technology. He also regularly publishes in leading information systems conferences such as the International Conference on Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems and Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. In addition to academic publications, he has written reports for government and organisations, his research also appears in The Conversation and other news and media outlets.
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Publications
Book Chapters
Karanasios, Stan, Senyo, P.K. and Effah, John (2022). Digital transformation of micro-enterprises in Ghana. Build back better with broadband: research stories from the front line. (pp. 27-29) Zurich, Switzerland: International Telecommunications Union.
Simeonova, Boyka, Galliers, Robert D. and Karanasios, Stan (2020). Strategic information systems and organizational power dynamics. Strategic information management: theory and practice. (pp. 221-238) edited by Robert D. Galliers, Dorothy E. Leidner and Boyka Simeonova. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429286797-10
Karanasios, Stan and Slavova, Mira (2018). Understanding the impacts of mobile technology on smallholder agriculture. Digital technologies for agricultural and rural development in the global south. (pp. 111-122) edited by Richard Duncombe. Wallingford, United Kingdom: CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781786393364.0111
Thomopoulos, Nikolas and Karanasios, Stan (2014). ICT, Social Impacts of. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. (pp. 775-778) Thousand Oaks , CA, United States : Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781483346526.n276
Thomopoulos, Nick and Karansaios, Stan (2014). Social Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies in Transport. Encyclopedia of Transportation Social Science and Policy. (pp. 775-778) edited by Mark Garrett. Thousand Oaks, CA United States : Sage Publications.
Karanasios, Stan, Burgess, Stephen and Sellitto, Carmine (2011). A classification of mobile tourism applications. Global Hospitality and Tourism Management Technologies. (pp. 165-177) IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-61350-041-5.ch011
Journal Articles
Karanasios, Stan and Zorina, Aljona (2023). From participation roles to socio-emotional information roles: Insights from the closure of an online community. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 74 (1), 33-49. doi: 10.1002/asi.24689
Senyo, P. K., Gozman, Daniel, Karanasios, Stan, Dacre, Nicholas and Baba, Melissa (2023). Moving away from trading on the margins: Economic empowerment of informal businesses through
FinTech. Information Systems Journal, 33 (1), 154-184. doi: 10.1111/isj.12403
Mann, Geoffrey, Karanasios, Stan and Breidbach, Christoph F. (2022). Orchestrating the digital transformation of a business ecosystem. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 31 (3) 101733, 101733. doi: 10.1016/j.jsis.2022.101733
Kokshagina, Olga, Reinecke, Pauline Charlotte and Karanasios, Stan (2022). To regulate or not to regulate: unravelling government institutional work towards AI regulation. Journal of Information Technology, 026839622211144. doi: 10.1177/02683962221114408
Simeonova, Boyka, Galliers, Robert D. and Karanasios, Stan (2022). Power dynamics in organisations and the role of information systems. Information Systems Journal, 32 (2), 233-241. doi: 10.1111/isj.12373
Cooper, Vanessa, Hayes, Peter and Karanasios, Stan (2022). Building social resilience and inclusion in disasters: a survey of vulnerable persons’ social media use. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 26. doi: 10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3281
Sultana, Jakia, Teoh, Say Yen and Karanasios, Stan (2022). The Impact of Blockchain on Supply Chains: A systematic Review. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 26. doi: 10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3755
Karanasios, Stan (2021). The pursuit of relevance and impact: a review of the immediate response of the information systems field to COVID ‐19. Information Systems Journal, 32 (4), 856-887. doi: 10.1111/isj.12372
Senyo, P. K., Karanasios, Stan, Gozman, Daniel and Baba, Melissa (2021). FinTech ecosystem practices shaping financial inclusion: the case of mobile money in Ghana. European Journal of Information Systems, 31 (1), 112-127. doi: 10.1080/0960085x.2021.1978342
Karanasios, Stan, Nardi, Bonnie, Spinuzzi, Clay and Malaurent, Julien (2021). Moving forward with activity theory in a digital world. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 28 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/10749039.2021.1914662
Zorina, Aljona and Karanasios, Stan (2021). When IT evolves beyond community needs: coevolution of bottom-up IT innovation and communities. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 22 (4), 1146-1175. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00691
Malaurent, Julien and Karanasios, Stan (2020). Learning from workaround practices: the challenge of enterprise system implementations in multinational corporations. Information Systems Journal, 30 (4), 639-663. doi: 10.1111/isj.12272
Pang, Natalie, Karanasios, Stan and Anwar, Misita (2020). Exploring the information worlds of older persons during disasters. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 71 (6), 619-631. doi: 10.1002/asi.24294
Allen, David, Given, Lisa M., Burnett, Gary and Karanasios, Stan (2019). Information behavior and information practices: A special issue for research on people's engagement with technology. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 70 (12), 1299-1301. doi: 10.1002/asi.24303
Karanasios, Stan and Allen, David (2018). Activity theory in Information Systems Research. Information Systems Journal, 28 (3), 439-441. doi: 10.1111/isj.12184
Karanasios, Stan (2018). Toward a unified view of technology and activity: the contribution of activity theory to information systems research. Information Technology and People, 31 (1), 134-155. doi: 10.1108/itp-04-2016-0074
Slavova, Mira and Karanasios, Stan (2018). When institutional logics meet information and communication technologies: examining hybrid information practices in Ghana’s agriculture. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 19 (9), 775-812. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00509
Thakker, Dhavalkumar, Karanasios, Stan, Blanchard, Emmanuel, Lau, Lydia and Dimitrova, Vania (2017). Ontology for cultural variations in interpersonal communication: building on theoretical models and crowdsourced knowledge. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68 (6), 1411-1428. doi: 10.1002/asi.23824
Karanasios, Stan, Allen, David and Finnegan, Patrick (2015). Information Systems Journal Special Issue on: Activity Theory in Information Systems Research. Information Systems Journal, 25 (3), 309-313. doi: 10.1111/isj.12061
Dunkerley, Emma, Allen, David, Pearman, Alan, Karanasios, Stan and Crump, Jeremy (2014). The influence of social media on information sharing and decision making in policing: research in progress. Information Research: an international electronic journal, 19 (4).
Karanasios, Stan and Allen, David (2014). Mobile technology in mobile work: contradictions and congruencies in activity systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 23 (5), 529-542. doi: 10.1057/ejis.2014.20
Allen, David K., Karanasios, Stan and Norman, Alistair (2014). Information sharing and interoperability: the case of major incident management. European Journal of Information Systems, 23 (4), 418-432. doi: 10.1057/ejis.2013.8
Karanasios, Stan (2014). Framing ICT4D research using activity theory: a match between the ICT4D field and theory ?. Information Technologies and International Development, 10 (2), 1-17.
Baldini, Gianmarco, Karanasios, Stan, Allen, David and Vergari, Fabrizio (2014). Survey of wireless communication technologies for public safety. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 16 (2) 6599064, 619-641. doi: 10.1109/surv.2013.082713.00034
Karanasios, Stan, Thakker, Dhavalkumar, Lau, Lydia, Allen, David, Dimitrova, Vania and Norman, Alistair (2013). Making sense of digital traces: an activity theory driven ontological approach. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 64 (12), 2452-2467. doi: 10.1002/asi.22935
Allen, David K., Brown, Andrew, Karanasios, Stan and Norman, Alistair (2013). How should technology-mediated organizational change be explained? A comparison of the contributions of critical realism and activity theory. MIS Quarterly, 37 (3), 835-854. doi: 10.25300/misq/2013/37.3.08
Karanasios, Stan and Allen, David (2013). ICT for development in the context of the closure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant: an activity theory perspective. Information Systems Journal, 23 (4), 287-306. doi: 10.1111/isj.12011
Baldini, Gianmarco, Holland, Oliver, Stavroulaki, Vera, Tsagkaris, Kostas, Demestichas, Panagiotis, Polydoros, Andreas, Karanasios, Stan and Allen, David (2013). The evolution of cognitive radio technology in Europe: regulatory and standardization aspects. Telecommunications Policy, 37 (2-3), 96-107. doi: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.07.003
Burgess, Stephen, Sellitto, Carmine and Karanasios, Stan (2012). A model of ICDT internet flows on mobile devices for the travel and tourism consumer. Tourism Analysis, 17 (6), 705-719. doi: 10.3727/108354212x13531051127140
Allen, David, Karanasios, Stan and Slavova, Mira (2011). Working with activity theory: context, technology, and information behavior. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62 (4), 776-788. doi: 10.1002/asi.21441
Allen, David and Karanasios, Stan (2011). Critical factors and patterns in the innovation process. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 5 (1), 87-97. doi: 10.1093/police/paq058
Karanasios, Stan and Allen, David (2010). WiMAX for development. Information Technology for Development, 16 (4), 320-328. doi: 10.1080/02681102.2010.487046
Karanasios, Stan and Burgess, Stephen (2008). Tourism and internet adoption: a developing world perspective. International Journal of Tourism Research, 10 (2), 169-182. doi: 10.1002/jtr.649
Burgess, Stephen and Karanasios, Stan (2008). Electronic commerce and business-to-consumer (B2C) relations. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 6 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.4018/jeco.2008100101
Karanasios, Stan and Burgess, Stephen (2006). Exploring the internet use of small tourism enterprises: evidence from a developing country. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 27 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00180.x
Conference Papers
Karanasios, Stan, Senyo, P.K., Effah, John and Zorina, Aljona (2022). Digital bricolage: creating a digital transformation from nothing. International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12-14 December 2022. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
Iannacci, Federico, McManus, Richard, Rupietta, Christian, Viscusi, Gianluigi and Karanasios, Stan (2022). Assessing e-Government maturity using country-level data: a fsQCA analysis. International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12-14 December 2022. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
Adrot, Anouck and Karanasios, Stan (2021). “The two faces of Janus”: the role of soldiering in information integration in the emergency sector. International Conference on Information Systems, Austin, TX USA, 12-14 December 2021. Atlanta, GA USA: Association for Information Systems.
Zorina, Aljona, Karanasios, Stan and Malaurent, Julien (2021). Retired IT-connected: how older persons adopt and use technology for crisis solving. International Conference on Information System, Austin, TX United States, 14-16 December 2021. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
Reinecke, Pauline, Kokshagina, Olga and Karanasios, S (2021). Framing the regulation of artificial intelligence-based technologies. European Conference on Information System, Marrakech, Morocco, 14-16 June 2021. Atlanta, GA USA: Association for Computing Machinery.
Atinaf, Muluneh, Molla, Alemayehu, Karanasios, Stan and Anteneh, Salehu (2020). Digitalizing Agriculture Extension Service in Ethiopia: a Design-reality Gap Analysis. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20-24 June 2020. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
Senyo, P. K. and Karanasios, Stan (2020). How do fintech firms address financial inclusion?. International Conference on Information Systems, India, 13-16 December 2020. Atlanta, GA USA: Association for Information Systems.
Karanasios, Stan, Cooper, Vanessa, Adrot, Anouck and Mercieca, Bernadette (2020). Gatekeepers rather than helpless: an exploratory investigation of seniors’ use of information and communication technology in critical settings. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, United States, 7-10 January 2020. Maui, HI, United States: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. doi: 10.24251/hicss.2020.461
Keilbach, Anna, Karanasios, Stan and Molla, Alemayehu (2020). Strategic responses to digitised products: a case study of an automotive firm. Conference of the Association for Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, UT USA, 10-14 August 2020. Atlanta, GA USA: Association for Information Systems .
Chowdhury, Farjana Parvin, Karanasios, Stan and Cooper, Vanessa (2020). Breakdowns in inter-organisational information sharing: The case of major incidents in Bangladesh. 40th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2019), Munich, Germany, 15-18 December 2019. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
Karanasios, Stan and Slavova, Mira (2019). How do development actors do "ICT for development"? A strategy-as-practice perspective on emerging practices in Ghanaian agriculture. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/isj.12214
Karanasios, Stan, Cooper, Vanessa, Balcell, Marta Poblet and Hayes, Peter (2019). Inter-organizational collaboration, information flows, and the use of social media during disasters: a focus on vulnerable communities. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, United States, 8-11 January 2019. Maui, HI, United States: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. doi: 10.24251/hicss.2019.363
Karanasios, Stan, Cooper, Vanessa, Hayes, Peter and Adrot, Anouck (2019). "An iron hand in a velvet glove": The embodiment of the platform logic in the emergency sector. International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS, Munich, Germany, 15-18 December 2019. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
Oshodin, Osemwonyemwen, Molla, Alemayehu, Karanasios, Stan and Ong, Chin Eang (2019). How do FinTech start-ups develop capabilities? Towards a FinTech capability model. Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Xi'an, China, 8-12 July 2019. Association for Information Systems.
Zorina, Aljona and Karanasios, Stan (2018). The emergence of digital infrastructures from the bottom-up: a communities as systems perspective. 38th International Conference on Information Systems: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation, ICIS 2017, Seoul, Korea, 10-13 December 2017. Atlanta, GA, United States: Association for Information Systems.
Karanasios, Stan, Molla, Alemayehu and Choi, Miji (2018). “There's no place like home”: Online community displacement and migration. Thirty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, CA, United States, 13-16 December 2018. Association for Information Systems.
Simeonova, Boyka, Galliers, Robert D., Karanasios, Stan, Kelly, Paul R. and Mishra, Jyoti (2018). Where is power in information systems research? Towards a framework. 39th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2018), San Francisco, CA United States, 13-16 December 2018. Atlanta, GA United States: Association for Information Systems.
Oshodin, Osemwonyemwen, Molla, Alemayehu, Karanasios, Stan and Ong, Chin Eang (2017). Is Fin tech a disruption or a new eco-system? an exploratory investigation of banks response to fintech in Australia. Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 5-6 December 2017. AAIS.
Slavova, Mira and Karanasios, Stan (2016). How do conflicting logics lead to decoupled activities? Evidence from rural Ghana. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA United States, 5 - 9 August 2016 . Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2016.16991abstract
Karanasios, Stan, Sellitto, Carmine and Burgess, Stephen (2015). Mobile devices and information patterns amongst tourists. ISIC - The Information Behaviour Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2-5 September 2014. Boraas, Sweden: Hoegskolan i Boraas * Bibliotekshoegskolan / University of Boraas, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
Blanchard, Emmanuel G., Karanasios, Stan and Dimitrova, Vania (2013). A conceptual model of intercultural communication: Challenges, development method and achievements. Workshops at the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013, Memphis, TN, United States, 9-13 July 2013. Aachen, Germany: CEUR-WS.
Karanasios, Stan, Allen, David K. and Mishra, Jyoti Laxmi (2012). Dynamic spectrum access: implications of the diffusion of spectrum sharing technology. AMCIS 2012, Seattle, WA, United States, 9-12 August 2012. AIS.
Allen, David K., Karanasios, Stan, Norman, Alistair and Ibrahim, Nurain Hassan (2012). Understanding the role of information systems pilots: Evaluation, legitimization and experimentation. AMCIS 2012, Seattle, WA, United States, 9-12 August 2012. AIS.
Mishra, Jyoti Laxmi, Karanasios, Stan and Thakker, Dhaval (2012). Modeling ill-defined domains using activity theory for semantic augmentation of the social web. AMCIS 2012, Seattle, WA, United States, 9-12 August 2012. AIS.
Thakker, Dhavalkumar, Dimitrova, Vania, Lau, Lydia, Denaux, Ronald, Karanasios, Stan and Yang-Turner, Fan (2011). A priori ontology modularisation in ill-defined domains. New York, NY, USA: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2063518.2063541
Karanasios, Stan, Cooper, Vanessa, Deng, Hepu, Molla, Alemayehu and Pittayachawan, Siddhi (2010). Antecedents to greening data centres: A conceptual framework and exploratory case study. Australasian Conference on Information Systems , Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-3 December 2010.
Karanasios, Stan, Allen, David and Vardaxoglou, Georgios (2009). Innovation in UK law enforcement: the emergence of mobile data. Americas Conference on Information Systems , San Francisco, CA, United States, 6-9 August 2009.
Singh, Mohini, Molla, Alemayehu, Karanasios, Stan and Sargent, Jason (2008). Exploring the impact of government ICT initiatives on the livelihood of australian rural communities. Bled eCommerce Conference.
Karanasios, Stan, McGrath, Michael G. and Burgess, Stephen (2006). A research note on the use of the internet by small tourism enterprises in East Malaysia. International Business Information Management Association, IBIMA.
Karanasios, Stan and Burgess, Stephen (2005). E-readiness in developing countries: A conceptual e-readiness framework for small tourism enterprises. International Business Information Management Association, IBIMA.
Newspaper Article
Karanasios, Stan (2019, 04 04). Goodbye Google+, but what happens when online communities close down? The Conversation
Research Reports
Victori Gekara, Darryn Snell, Alemayehu Molla and Stan Karanasios (2020). A scan of approaches taken by Australia to build the digital skills of the existing workforce in response to digital transformation of industry. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Industry Standards.
Gekara, Victor , Snell, Darryn , Molla, Alemayehu and Karanasios, Stan (2020). International scan of approaches taken by select economies to build the digital skills of the existing workforce in response to the digital transformation of industry. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Industry Standards.
Gekara, Victor , Snell, Darryn , Molla, Alemayehu , Karanasios, Stan and Thomas, Amanda (2019). Skilling the Australian workforce for the digital economy. Adelaide, SA Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).
Gekara, Victor, Molla, Alemayehu, Snell, Darryn, Karanasios, Stan and Thomas, Amanda (2017). Developing appropriate workforce skills for Australia's emerging digital economy: working paper. Adelaide, SA, Australia: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).