
Carmen's research interests include digitally enabled strategic transformation in organisations and digital empowerment in social studies. In the past few years, she has conducted case study research in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Germany. She has published in premier IS journals, including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Association Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems and in premier IS conference papers (ICIS, ECIS). She received her PhD degree from The National University of Singapore. Prior to entering academia, she worked in the private and public sectors in Singapore and Malaysia. She was also the recipient of the 2021 AIS Impact Award, the NUS President's Graduate Fellowship and was listed in the Top 200 Scholars of 2019-2021 and 2015-2017 AIS Research Ranking.
Grants
Hongxin Pte Ltd/ International Contract, Digitalisation and platformisation capabilities of the company 2021, $10,000 (Cat 3 funding)
NSWs Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) / State Government Contract, Bridging the Chasm: A Study in Building Sustainability Momentum 2020, $29,694 (Cat 2 funding)
UNSW Dean's Research Fellowship 2020-2022, $60,000
Australia-ASEAN Council Grants 2019-20, Fostering Women's Economic Empowerment through Digital Entrepreneurship, $30,000
UNSW Business School Research Grant 2019, Digital Technology for Social Good: Developing the Design Principles of Sensor-based Elderly Monitoring System for Aging-in-Place, $20,586
UNSW Business School Special Research Grant 2018, Investigating the Financial Technology for Digitally enabled Inclusion, $10,000
UNSW-Indonesia Seed funding: Investigating Digital Empowerment and Financial Inclusion in Developing Communities in Indonesia 2016/17, $10,000
UNSW Business School Special Research Grant 2016, Digitally enabled Social Change, $7,500
Awards and Honors
Association for Information Systems (AIS) Impact Award 2021
European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) Outstanding contribution in Reviewing 2021
Best Research Paper 2020 at Information and Organization
Best Paper Runner-Up Award Research-in-Progress: "Coordination of Actor Interactions on Digital Platforms: A case study of Taobao's content exchange platform" by Yawen Zhou, Carmen Leong, Zixiu Guo and Jie Yu
UNSW Business School's Staff Excellence Award: Values in Action (Innovation) Award 2020
Reviewer of the Year 2019, The DATA BASW for Advances in Information Systems 2019
Best Reviewer Award, Asia Academy of Management Conference 2019
Top 200 Scholars 2015-2017 AIS Research Ranking
Research Achievement Award, National University of Singapore 2012
NUS President's Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore 2013-2015
My research revolves around the role of technology in economic sustainability, social sustainability and environmental sustainability. My research projects include those of:
Memberships and Engagement
In the Media
My Research Supervision