Biography
Rens Scheepers is a Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics at Deakin Business School. Rens is also Director of the Business & Technology Theme of Deakin Business School. He has conducted research on topics such as the adoption of information technology, information systems implementation in organisations, and the role of information technology in competitive advantage generation.
Rens' publications have appeared in several highly-ranked journals in the Information Systems discipline, including the European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Information Systems Journal and Journal of the Association of Information Systems. He maintains several international research collaborations with colleagues in Canada, Denmark, and the USA. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Information Technology and Journal of Strategic Information Systems.
Read more on Rens's profileResearch interests
- Competitive Advantage of ICT
Affiliations
- Associate Editor, Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS).
- Associate Editor, Journal of Information Technology (JIT).
- Member, Association for Information Systems (AIS).
- Member, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).
Teaching interests
- Business Analytics
- Competitive Advantage of ICT
- Business Value of Information
Units taught
Predictive Analytics (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
Knowledge areas
- Competitive Advantage Generation
- Business value of IT investments
- Business Analytics
- User acceptance of Information Technologies
- Knowledge Strategy
- Research Methodologies
Professional activities
Research groups
Analytics, AI and Digital Platforms
Awards
- Deakin Vice-Chancellor award for significant contribution to value innovation, Deakin VC, 2016.
- Award for Excellence, for paper “Incorporating a Knowledge Perspective into Security Risk Assessment” published in journal "VINE"., Emerald Group Publishing, 2012.
- Best paper in track award for paper "Other-settings generalization in IS research", at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Association for Information Systems (AIS), 2007.
Projects
- Mitigating the leakage of sensitive knowledge from organisations
- Return on investments in business analytics
- Mobile content provider competitive strategies
Publications
No publications found
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
A Vision for the Future: NDAC Future State Implementation
A/Prof Matt Mount, Prof Amanda Pyman, Prof Andrew Noblet, A/Prof Andrea Vocino, Prof Michael Polonsky, Prof Rens Scheepers
Australian Bureau of Statistics
- 2019: $786,112
- 2018: $363,636
Industry and Other Funding
Summer Saver Program Digital Solution Improvement Study
A/Prof Lubna Alam, Prof Rens Scheepers
United Energy
- 2018: $32,118
Executive Learning in Cyber Security: Video-Enhanced Storytelling for Online Education.
Prof Rens Scheepers
Oceania Cyber Security Centre Limited
- 2020: $2,970
C4NET/United Energy-Deakin EV Detection
Prof Rens Scheepers
Centre for New Energy Technologies
- 2022: $60,000
Other Funding Sources
Qualitative end user evaluation, D2D CRC Federated Police Project
Prof Rens Scheepers, Prof Chad Whelan, Prof Ingrid Nielsen, Prof Louis De Koker
Data to Decisions CRC
- 2017: $40,056
- 2016: $40,056
AGD Data Analytics Workshop
A/Prof Jacob Cybulski, Prof Rens Scheepers, Prof Gang Li, Prof Robin Ram Mohan Doss
Data to Decisions CRC
- 2017: $13,936
Supervisions
Maral Mayeh
Thesis entitled: A theoretical model of social media monitoring capability: Exploring its components and potential impact on organizational competitiveness
Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Information Systems and Business Analytics