Dr Sandeep Mysore Seshadrinath
Senior Lecturer

Dr Sandeep Mysore Seshadrinath

Doctor of Philosophy, Loughborough University, UK.

PG Diploma in Management, Xavier Institute of Management, India.

B Eng. in Information Science, VTU Belgaum, India.

Business School
School of Information Systems and Technology Management

Sandeep is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Technology Management at UNSW Business School. He holds a PhD in Business & Management from Loughborough University, UK. In his dissertation he studied impact sourcing - a social innovation in outsourcing, in which he explored processes and strategies of social entrepreneurship, community engagement and sociocultural transitions. Broadly, his research interests lie in the social study of information systems, with a special focus on digitally-enabled social transformations. He has published his work in reputed journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems and Information & Management. 

Prior to joining academia he worked for a public policy think tank in Bangalore, India, with a research focus on decentralized e-governance and rural infrastructure projects. He was also employed as a software engineer in a large global software services firm. 

  • Books | 2018
    2018, Digital Enablement: The Consumerizational And Transformational Effects Of Digital Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/10424
  • Book Chapters | 2016
    Mysore Seshadrinath S; Ravishankar MN, 2016, 'Exploring the "impact" in impact sourcing ventures : a sociology of space perspective?', in Nicholson B; Babin R; Lacity MC (ed.), Socially Responsible Outsourcing: Global Sourcing with Social Impact, edn. Technology, Work and Globalization, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 1 - 25
    Book Chapters | 2016
    2016, 'Exploring the “Impact” in Impact Sourcing Ventures: A Sociology of Space Perspective', in Socially Responsible Outsourcing, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 48 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-55729-2_3
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Nyapati K; Mysore Seshadrinath S, 2015, 'Peculiarities of the Microfinance Sector: Success Factors for MIS Implementations', in Ashta A; Barnett B; Dayson K; Supka G (ed.), Management Information Systems for Microfinance: Catalyzing Social Innovation for Competitive Advantage, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, pp. 245 - 256
  • Edited Books | 2018
    Pan SL; Mysore Seshadrinath S, (ed.), 2018, The Consumerizational and Transformational Effects of Digital Technology, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10424#t=aboutBook
  • Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Digital sustainability, climate change, and information systems solutions: Opportunities for future research', International Journal of Information Management, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102444
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Sustainability Design Principles for a Wildlife Management Analytics System: An Action Design Research', European Journal of Information Systems, 30, pp. 452 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1811786
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Sociocultural transitions and developmental impacts in the digital economy of impact sourcing', Information Systems Journal, 28, pp. 563 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/isj.12149
    Journal articles | 2016
    Mysore Seshadrinath S; Ravishankar MN, 2016, 'Impact sourcing ventures and local communities: a frame alignment perspective', Information Systems Journal, 26, pp. 127 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/isj.12057
    Journal articles | 2015
    Mysore Seshadrinath S; Ravishankar MN, 2015, 'Social innovations in outsourcing: An empirical investigation of impact sourcing companies in India', The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 24, pp. 270 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2015.09.002
    Journal articles | 2014
    Mysore Seshadrinath S; Ravishankar MN, 2014, 'The continuity of underperforming ICT projects in the public sector', Information & Management, 51, pp. 700 - 711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2014.06.002
  • Conference Abstracts | 2022
    2022, 'Co-creating ecosystems of digital services for newly arrived refugees: addressing communications barriers and promoting effective collaboration strategies.', in 2022 DCJ Inaugural Multicultural Community Engagement Conference: “Filling in the Puzzle: The Bigger Picture of Engagement”, Sydney, presented at 2022 DCJ Inaugural Multicultural Community Engagement Conference: “Filling in the Puzzle: The Bigger Picture of Engagement”, Sydney, 27 October 2022 - 27 October 2022, https://www.dcj.nsw.gov.au/community-inclusion/multicultural-communities/dcj-inaugural-conference.html
    Conference Papers | 2022
    2022, 'Mobile Money Affordances: Enabling the Way for Financial Inclusion', in ECIS 2022 Research Papers, Timisoara, Romania, pp. 1530 - 1530, presented at European Conference on Information Systems, Timisoara, Romania, 18 June 2022 - 24 June 2022, https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2022_rp/97/
    Conference Papers | 2022
    2022, 'Tenure and Wage Trajectories in Online Gig Platforms: A Study of Marginalized Workers in India', in Taneja S (ed.), Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Seattle, USA, presented at 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA, 05 August 2022 - 10 August 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.14679abstract
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    2021, 'The importance for Higher Education (HE) to embed the UN's (United Nations) SDG's (Sustainability Development Goals) into the IS (Information Systems) Curriculum', presented at Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2021, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 06 December 2021 - 10 December 2021, https://www.acis2021.org/conference/cfpanels/
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    2021, 'The importance for Higher Education (HE) to embed the UN's (United Nations) SDG's (Sustainability Development Goals) into the IS (Information Systems) Curriculum', presented at Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2021, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 06 December 2021 - 10 December 2021, https://www.acis2021.org/conference/cfpanels/
    Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, '’Escalation of Commitment’ as a Force for Good? Evidence from an Indonesian Digital Government Project', in Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, presented at Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, 07 January 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2020.278
    Conference Papers | 2019
    2019, 'The Role of Context in IS Research: A Review of E-government Research in Developing Economies', in Ben Dhaou S; Carter L; Gregory M (eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2019), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 387 - 390, presented at The 12th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2019), Melbourne VIC Australia, 03 April 2019 - 05 April 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3326365.3326416
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Oo Tha K; Pan SL; Mysore Seshadrinath S, 2017, 'Exploring Social Media Affordances in Natural Disaster: Case Study of 2015 Myanmar Flood', in Proceedings of the 28th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2017), The 28th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2017), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, presented at The 28th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2017), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 04 December 2017 - 06 December 2017, https://www.acis2017.org/program/conference-program/conference-proceeding/
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Mysore Seshadrinath S; Ravishankar MN, 2014, 'The alignment of competing frames in impact sourcing ventures', in Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2014), Academy of Management, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, presented at The 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2014), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 01 August 2014 - 05 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2014.11528abstract
    Conference Papers | 2013
    2013, 'The Establishment of social IT sourcing organizations: An Impression Management Perspective', in Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013), Association for Information Systems, Milano, Italy, presented at The 34th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013), Milano, Italy, 15 December 2013 - 18 December 2013, http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2013/proceedings/GovernanceManagement/7/
    Conference Papers | 2011
    2011, 'Public Expenditure Management through Khajane – an Integrated Financial MIS', in International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011, Association for Information Systems, Shanghai, China, presented at The 32nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2011), Shanghai, China, 04 December 2011 - 07 December 2011, http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2011/proceedings/IScurriculum/4

My Research Supervision

Muhammad Priandi (2016 - present) with Prof. Walter Fernandez

Nizar Hoblos, (2019 - present) with Prof. Walter Fernandez and Prof. Shan L. Pan

Oscar Osborne, (2020 - present) with Prof Shan L.Pan

PhD Graduates:

Dr. Khet Khet Oo Tha with Prof Shan L. Pan

My Teaching

Courses currently taught:

Business Analysis, Project Management