We are excited to profile our first CIRES graduate, Dr Daisy Xu, who celebrated her PhD graduation yesterday at The University of Queensland!
Daisy’s PhD journey with CIRES and the UQ Business School explored a powerful question: what makes data truly valuable once it has been collected? Through her thesis, Three essays on data (re)use and value creation in organizations, and an industry placement with Mantel, she examined how organisations can make data reusable across teams, functions, and changing business contexts.
“My industry placement made the idea of impact much more tangible. It reinforced that research creates value when it addresses practical challenges and produces insights that can be embedded into the everyday ways organisations govern, reuse, and trust their data,” said Daisy.
“Daisy is a very dedicated and proactive researcher. She successfully engaged with a wide range of my colleagues to gather the necessary support for her research, demonstrating a strong ability to navigate and work within an industry environment,” said Emma Freya, Principal Consultant at Mantel.
As Daisy prepares for an exciting new chapter as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School, she shares her advice for current and future PhD students.
“Share and present your research early and often – the conversations you have along the way are where you really grow as a researcher, and where ideas are tested, refined, and strengthened. Equally important is staying connected with your peers, mentors, and research community, whose support and perspectives will keep you motivated and resilient throughout the PhD journey.”
Pictured above: Dr Daisy Xu on graduation day at The University of Queensland, July 2026.
Professor Susan Williams from the Universität Koblenz Germany, is visiting our Swinburne University of Technology node from the 4th to 9th February 2024. Sue is a Professor of Enterprise Information Management and will be collaborating and working with CIRES Chief Investigator Dr Paul Scifleet, and CIRES PhD Researchers Lufan Zhang and Pa Pa Khin.
As an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in the areas of social and organisational informatics, Sue’s work focuses on information ecologies and the design of the digital workplace. With an academic background in computer and information science, her research examines complex socio-technical change (STC) and human-centred technology design. Her long-term research programme investigates the challenges associated with understanding how new information infrastructures are shaping work and work practices, and the design of digital workspaces and workplaces to support distributed collaborative work.
CIRES Chief Investigator Dr Paul Scifleet is looking forward to the collaboration. “Professor William’s is one of the world’s leading researchers in Enterprise Information Management and the challenges businesses face today in managing the ever-increasing amount of vital information shared in workplace collaboration technologies. We are excited to be working with Professor Williams to improve the information resilience of Australian businesses facing the same concerns.”