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Christy M.K. Cheung currently holds the position of Chair Professor in Information Systems and Digital Innovation Management at Hong Kong Baptist University, where also serves as the Director of the Research Office. She is the awardee of the prestigious RGC Senior Research Fellow (研資局高級研究學者) and obtained HK$7.8 million for 60 months. Throughout her career, Christy has been involved in numerous research projects, serving as the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator for over 25 research grants. These grants include prestigious funding sources such as the General Research Fund, UGC Additional Funding for Teaching and Learning Related Initiatives, and Joint Research Fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, among others. The total funding secured by Christy for these projects exceeds HK$15 million.

Christy’s research interests revolve around Digital Wellness and Safety, Digital Health and Well-Being, and Workplace DEI. She has significantly contributed to the field, with over 200 refereed articles in esteemed international journals and conference proceedings. Her work has been featured in prominent publications such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Information Systems Research, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, and many others. Recognized for the quality and impact of her research, Christy has received several prestigious awards, including the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence (2007; 2016), and the Best Paper Awards at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2003). Her research has garnered significant attention, with over 40,000 citations on Google Scholar and over 15,000 citations on Web of Science. She boasts an impressive h-index of 79 and an i-10 index of 147. Christy has also ranked among the World’s Top 2 percent scholars in the field of Information Systems, currently holding the 16th position out of approximately 18,000 scientists. Notably, she is the top-ranked female scientist in the field of information systems. Her articles are always listed as “Hot Paper” and “Highly Cited Papers” in Essential Science Indicators (ESI).

Her academic leadership roles include being the Editor-in-Chief of Internet Research (since 2016). She successfully brought the journal from AJG Level 2 to Level 3 in 2021. She has also served in many different Senior Editor and Associate Editor roles for several major IS journals, including Decision Support Systems, Information & Management, Information Systems Journal, Information Systems Research, Journal of Association Information Systems, and others. She is the award recipient of “Excellence in Reviewing” Honorable Mention and “Best Reviewer” in the Journal of Association of Information Systems in 2018 and 2020 respectively. She has been the President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS-Hong Kong Chapter) since 2017. She has served as Conference Co-Chair, Program Co-Chair, and Track Co-Chair in leading IS conferences, such as ICIS, ECIS, AMCIS, and PACIS. She has also been invited to give keynote speeches, panel discussions, and invited seminars in Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Taiwan, and the United States. Since 2011, she has supervised three Ph.D. students at HKBU. They are now placed at Leicester University (UK), Manchester University (UK), and the University of Auckland (New Zealand). Her students received a prestigious award (the AIS Early Career Award 2021 and 2022).

She is the recipient of the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work (Hong Kong Baptist University) 2021/22, the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research Supervision (Hong Kong Baptist University) 2019/20, Faculty/School Performance Award in Scholarly Work (Hong Kong Baptist University), 2018/19 and 2021/22, Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work in the School of Business (Hong Kong Baptist University) in 2009 and 2018 and Outstanding Performance in Teaching in the School of Business (Hong Kong Baptist University) in 2010 and 2019.