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Jacqueline Corbett is a Full Professor in the Department of Organizational Information Systems at Laval University's Faculty of Business Administration. With a background that includes fifteen years of professional experience in financial services and information technology before entering academia, she brings practical industry insights to her academic work. Her research and teaching focus on the critical intersection of information systems and sustainability.
Professor Corbett's research interests span environmental sustainability (green IS), persuasive systems, smart grid technologies, big data and information waste, smart communities, and increasingly, the integration of Indigenous knowledge systems with information technology for sustainable development. Her work employs both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to examine how technology can support sustainable development at local and global levels.
Her recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strong trend toward interdisciplinary research that connects information systems with environmental sustainability, energy poverty solutions, and Indigenous knowledge systems. She has published in high-impact journals across multiple disciplines including Transportation Research, IEEE publications, and the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
- Best Paper in Analytics and Decision Support for Green IS and Sustainability Applications Minitrack at HICSS 2022
- Guest editor for JAIS special issue on 'Digital Sustainability and Information Systems Research'
- Active contributor to The Conversation Canada on sustainability topics
Professor Corbett has supervised numerous graduate students and collaborated extensively with researchers across institutions. Her work has practical implications for organizations seeking to implement sustainable information systems and for policymakers developing frameworks for green technology adoption. She is particularly known for her research on how persuasive technologies can influence environmental behaviors and her recent work on integrating Indigenous perspectives into sustainable technology design.
Based in Quebec City, Professor Corbett works at Laval University, located on lands at the crossroads of several Indigenous territories. She has been actively engaged in a personal journey of reconciliation, seeking to learn from traditional knowledge systems and build relationships with Indigenous communities to inform her research approach.
