Dr Andrew Demasson

Biography

Research discipline: Information Systems

Dr Andrew Demasson is an Associate Lecturer in the Information Systems School (Faculty of Science) at Queensland University of Technology. He holds degrees in Business, Communication, Humanities, Library Science and Information Systems. Dr Demasson’s research has always been socially motivated and with a clear focus on communication, behaviour and ICT’s potentiality for community invested solutions. Of particular interest to him is the impact of ICT on Indigenous communities’ cultural capital. He currently leads student projects aimed at creating web applications for Indigenous contexts and he has begun research into the ways in which IT can best be activated to address Indigenous contexts and enfranchise Indigenous communities. That is in addition to planned research dealing with value creation in the development and application of enfranchisement policies by for-profit organisations focussing on marginalised community relations.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Queensland University of Technology
• Master of Information Management:  Queensland University of Technology
• Bachelor of Arts (Humanities): Griffith University
• Graduate Diploma of Business (Communications): Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Roles and Responsibilities

• Associate Lecturer - QUT
• HDR Supervisor – San Jose/QUT Gateway Program
• Project coordinator and supervisor: (Master of Information Technology)
• Unit coordinator– Enterprise Systems Lifecycle Management
• Academic lead (IS) in Bachelor of IT Capstone unit
• Unit Coordinator - IT Industry Projects

Support/Service Roles

• Academic Lead – Embedding Indigenous Perspectives into Curriculum
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Centralised Assessment Selection Program (CASP
• Project lead – Indigenous Cultural Walk App
• Student Success Group – Educator
• Methodology expert and presenter - HDR Doctoral Modules

Research areas

• ICT and marginalised communities (impact and opportunities)
• Trust (concepts of; in relation to marginalised communities)
• Information Literacy
• Qualitative Data Analysis

Dr Demasson received a prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in 2017 for his work with post-graduate research students.

Current Research

• The impact of ICT on Indigenous communities' enfranchisement, empowerment, advancement and cultural capital.
• Value creation in the development and application of enfranchisement policies  by for-profit organisations: focussing on marginalised community relations

Upcoming publications (accepted and awaiting print)

Butler, W., Fisher, W., Watson, J., Demasson, A. (2021). Participation in an OER Virtual Community of Practice: An Examination of CCCOER. Community College Review. SAGE Publications.