Ahmed IMRAN

Associate Professor Ahmed Imran leads the Research Cluster of Digital inequality and Social change (RC-DISC) at the University of Canberra. He holds a PhD in IS from ANU and MSc in IT from UNSW. His work focuses on IT innovation, digital inequality, eGovernance, and societal transformations through ICT. He has over a decade of academic experience and a prior 16-year military career as a Signals officer.

Education:

• PhD in ICT Adoption in Public Sector of LDCs (ANU, 2010)
• MSc in IT (UNSW, 2003)

Research Interests:

• Designing ICT interventions for development
• Contextual factors in IT system design
• Global South digital transformation challenges
• Online child protection strategies

Awards:

• ANU Vice Chancellor's Award for Community Outreach

Advising & Grants:

• Leading two major projects: Decarbonisation Pathways of Indonesia's Buses Infrastructure (2024-2025) and Future Jobs Fund - Open Source Institute (2023-2027)
• Received multiple national/international grants

Labs/Teams: Founder and leader of RC-DISC interdisciplinary cluster focusing on digital inequality and social change.