Awinder Kaur

Awinder Kaur is a Lecturer in Information Systems at Coventry University's CEES School of Science since 2015. She specializes in teaching Future Informatics, IT Strategy, and Enterprise Systems (SAP). Her research focuses on IPv6 adoption challenges, digital infrastructure transformation, and network externalities. She holds a PhD from Auckland University of Technology (2015) and an MSc from Universiti Sains Malaysia (2010).

Education:

• PhD in Business Information Systems, Auckland University of Technology (2015)
• MSc (Computer Science by Research), Universiti Sains Malaysia (2010)

Research Interests: IPv6 security, IoT integration with IPv6, digital infrastructure adoption barriers, and e-government technology integration. Her work emphasizes organizational and institutional factors influencing technology adoption through case study methodologies.

Grants & Projects:

• Internet New Zealand Grant (2014-2015): NZD$5,000 for studying IPv6 adoption in New Zealand public sector
• Research Assistant: 'Police Geeks' digital literacy study (2013, 2015)

Awards: Multiple doctoral consortium participations (NZISDC 2011-2013), Graduate Assistantship Award (AUT 2012-2015).

Key Contributions: Developed a multi-level model explaining digital infrastructure adoption through institutional, organizational, and network factors based on 16 New Zealand case studies. Her work bridges technical and organizational perspectives in IPv6 research.