Dr. Zhi (Aaron) Cheng is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Innovation at the London School of Economics (LSE). Aaron studies the economics of digitization and AI for the sustainability of business and society. His research integrates theories of information systems, economics, and management with evidence from experimentation, econometrics, machine learning, and observational data. Aaron has published in leading research journals such as Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Journal of Information Technology.
Aaron has led, designed, and taught LSE courses such as Managing Artificial Intelligence (MG4J8), Social Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Services (MG486), Information Systems and Innovation: Concepts and Perspectives (MG478), and Research Design for Studies in Digital Innovation (MY401). In 2021, Aaron won nominations for the LSE Student’s Union Teaching Award on ‘Mentoring & Personal Development’ and was honoured as one of the ‘Top 10 lectures and Class Teachers’ in the LSE’s Department of Management. Aaron has also served as the External Examiner for the Postgraduate Diploma on AI for Business at the University of Oxford.
Aaron is a member of the editorial review boards of Information Systems Research and the Journal of Association for Information Systems, two of three top journals (ABS 4*) in the field of Information Systems (IS). He has also served as ad hoc editor and reviewer for top journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Management Science, as well as session organizer, chair, and discussant for IS conferences such as ICIS, CIST, WISE, ECIS, PACIS,and INFORMS Annual Meeting, and many others. Aaron won the Best Reviewer Award at ICIS 2019 and Best Associate Editor Awards at ICIS 2022 and ECIS 2023.
Aaron has served as Co-Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee for the Department of Management at LSE and has facilitated a range of initiatives related to inclusive curriculum and best teaching/learning practices, EDI communication and visibility, as well as student-led EDI events.
Prior to joining LSE in 2019, Aaron earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems from Temple University in Philadelphia, United States. Before that, he studied Management Science at the Renmin University of China and worked at IBM in Beijing, China.
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