Research Areas: Technology adoption, Social Media, Mobile Commerce, Fintech, Digital Platform, Disruptive Technologies, e-SCM

Alain Chong was born in London and grew up in Malaysia and Indonesia. He attended North Jakarta International School (NJIS), British International School (BIS), and Jakarta International School (JIS) from 1992 to 1998. After completing a post-doctoral research fellowship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he joined the University of Nottingham Ningbo China as an assistant professor, later advancing to associate professor and then full professor in information systems. He is currently the Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Partnerships. Previously, he served as the Dean of the Graduate School and Global Engagement at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.

Education

• PhD (Information Systems), University of Nottingham
• PhD (Operations Management), Multimedia University Malaysia
• MSc (Management), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• MSc (E-Commerce), Coventry University
• PGCHE, University of Nottingham
• BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, Coventry University

Awards

• Ten Outstanding Young Malaysian by Junior Chamber International in 2012.
• Top 2% of scientists globally (Elsevier).
• Most cited scholars in China  (2015 – 2023).
• Ningbo 3315 Foreign Talent Scheme
• NSFC International Excellent Young Scientists  grant.
• Ningbo Camellia Award (宁波茶花奖) 
• Westlake Award (西湖奖）

Journal board memberships

• Co-editor in chief of Industrial Management & Data Systems
• Associate Editor of Information & Management
• Associate Editor, Journal of Computer Information Systems
• Associate Editor, Decision Support Systems 

• E-business
• Data analytics
• Data science