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Professor Helana Scheepers

Professor, Information Systems
PhD, Aalborg University, Denmark; MCom, Pretoria University, South Africa; BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Pretoria University , South Africa; BCom (Hons) Business Computer Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa; BCom Business Computer Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Biography

Helana Scheepers is a Professor in the School of Business Law and Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University, Australia. She is currently the Academic Director Research Training for the School of Business Law and Entrepreneurship.  She received her PhD from Aalborg University in Denmark in 2000. She has worked in academic institutions in South Africa, Denmark, Canada and Australia. Her research interests centres on IT-based innovations in organisational contexts. This includes areas such as the development, management and adoption of information technology by large and small organisations. She has studied the use of mobile technology by organisations identifying how the private use of mobile technology impact on organisational use. Her interest in the last two years has been specifically in the areas of the adoption of electronic government and social media software by organisations. She has published in journals such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers and Communications of the Association of Information Systems.

PhD candidate and honours supervision

Higher degrees by research

Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.

Fields of Research

  • Information Systems - 460900

Awards

  • 2015, Swinburne, Vice Chancelors Award for Culture and Values, Swinburne

Publications

Also published as: Scheepers, Helana; Scheepers, H.
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Recent research grants awarded

  • 2022: Measuring impacts and aggregating insights about the Victorian social enterprise sector: a data and evaluation platform *; Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
  • 2022: Social Enterprise: Building Blocks for Capital *; Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
  • 2021: Estimate the economic benefit of the Australia Medic Alert Foundation medical emergency service *; Australia Medic Alert Foundation - Fund Scheme
  • 2020: Estimate the economic benefit of the Australia Medic Alert Foundation medical emergency service *; APR Internship Program
  • 2014: Developing Collaborative Infrastructure for Public Health: The Case of Department of Health in the Eastern and Souther Regions of Melbourne. *; Emerging Research Priorities Scheme
  • 2013: Monitor the management of the organisational change process for effective implementation of ITIL project *; GE CAPITAL

* Chief Investigator


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