Dr Shiyan Zhang
Lecturer in Information SystemsResearch Overview
Shiyan's research lies at the intersection of the future of work and digital innovation, organised around two interrelated streams.
The first stream explores the structural dynamics of work, focusing on how occupations, skills, and technologies interact within evolving labour ecosystems. Drawing on computational and empirical methods, she investigates how the configuration and transformation of occupational and skill structures shape labour market outcomes and opportunities.
The second stream examines how digital innovations—particularly AI-powered tools—transform knowledge work. This includes the study of generative technologies that augment creative processes, reshape professional identities, and introduce new ways of organising and performing work.
Together, these streams advance an integrated view of work as a socio-technical system, with co-evolving human, digital, and institutional components. Her current projects involve interdisciplinary collaborations to design and evaluate AI-enabled systems that support creativity and problem-solving in knowledge-intensive settings.
PhD Supervision Interests
I welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students interested in topics related to Information Systems, particularly those exploring the future of work, digital transformation, AI and creativity, and socio-technical aspects of workplace innovation.
Future Sounds: Reimagining Creative Practice and Communication through GenAI
02/06/2025 → 29/05/2026
Research
Machine Conversation as Creative Mechanism: Designing synthetic personae and their interactions
01/01/2025 → 03/04/2026
Research
Jeffrey V. Nickerson
Hosting an academic visitor
84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
- Centre for Technological Futures
- Information Systems