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  • Mohanad Ali Halaweh, Ph.D

Mohanad Ali Halaweh, Ph.D

Professor

Al Ain Campus

Biography

Mohanad Halaweh is a Professor of Information Systems, and an experienced educator having taught in numerous universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, and United Kingdom (UK). He holds a PhD degree in Information Systems (IS) from De Montfort University, UK. He is an active researcher and has published 50+ articles at international ranked journals and conferences (all appear in SCOPUS and/or ABDC ranking). He participated in many international conferences in IS field such as ICIS, PACIS and ACIS; a top-tier conferences in IS research (ranked A according to the ERA rating).
Prof. Halaweh was also the recipient of several research awards. For example, he has won first place in the research award category, in the field of Information Technology, at the 40th Rashid Bin Humaid Cultural and Sciences Award in 2023. He also received Certificate for Excellent Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Applications, Singapore, September 28-30, 2016; the Excellence Research Award last 2012 for the College of Information Technology from University of Dubai; and Best Paper Award presented at 8th International Multidisciplinary Conference on eCommerce and e-Government in Poland in October 2008.
Prof. Halaweh served as a program committee member and reviewer for many international journals and conferences, speaker and chair for international conferences. He acted as external examiner for PhD theses, and supervised several MS theses in IS field. His research focus is on E-commerce/Digital Innovations; IT Adoption; Emerging Technologies Impacts (e.g., AI, Big Data, NFC, VR); and Research on Research/Science (meta-research).
Prof. Halaweh is an Affiliate member of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academy of Scientists in the UAE for 2021. He is Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) received from PMI, and Oracle Certified Java Programmer. He also received IBM Data Science Professional Certificate. Prof. Halaweh has also extensive academic administrative experience. He served as an Acting President of a University in Dubai, Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation, Director for the MBA program, and chaired several key committees such as University Evaluation and Audit; ABET task-force, AACSB task-force, University scientific research, curriculum, and University risk management. He also has experience of designing and developing new academic programs. 

Education

  • PhD in Information Systems, De Montfort University, UK 2009

Research Interests

  • IT/IS adoption/acceptance/use 
  • E-commerce/Digital Innovations  
  • Emerging Technologies Impact
  • Systems requirements analysis techniques  
  • Research on Research (research impact and productivity metrics)

Selected Publications

  1. Halaweh, M. Salameh, F. (2023). Using Social Media Data for Exploring Healthcare Service Quality. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 18(1). 1-13. (In SCOPUS)
  2. Halaweh, M., Uden, L., Kamel, A.M. and Elbahi, M. (2023). Technophobia and User Interface Usability. International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, 18 (2), 149-164. (In SCOPUS)
  3. Halaweh, M. (2023). ChatGPT in education: Strategies for responsible implementation. Contemporary Educational Technology, 15 (2). (In SCOPUS)
  4. Halaweh, M. (2022). How Can Business Schools Help Humanity? AACSB Insights.
  5. Halaweh, M. (2021). Are Universities Using the Right Assessment Tools During the Pandemic and Crises Times? Higher Learning Research Communications, 11. In Special Issue: Implications of COVID-19 on Higher Education (In SCOPUS)
  6. Halaweh, M. (2021). Research Productivity Index (RPI): A New Metric for Measuring Universities’ Research Productivity. Information Discovery and Delivery, 49 (1), 29-35. (In SCOPUS)
  7. Halaweh, M., Elbahi, M.,Kamel, A., Kabha, R., Yousef, R. (2020). Exploring the Use of Social Media Platforms by Public Universities. International Journal of Web Portals, 12(2).(In SCOPUS)
  8. Halaweh, M. (2019). Implementation of the COD Payment Method on E-commerce Websites in the Arab Region. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 32(2),145-160.(In SCOPUS)
  9. Halaweh, M. (2019). Model of Emerging Technology Adoption (META): Virtual Reality as A Case Study, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 18(2). (In SCOPUS)
  10. Halaweh, M (2019). Integrating Innovation into the UAE Qualifications Framework (QFEmirates), Industry and Higher Education, 33(4), 228-232. (In SCOPUS)
  11. Halaweh, M. (2018). Cash on Delivery (COD) as an Alternative Payment Method for E-Commerce Transactions: Analysis and Implications, International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, 10 (4), 1-12. (In SCOPUS)
  12. Halaweh, M. 2018. Integrating Social Media and Grounded Theory in a Research Methodology: A Possible Road Map, Business Information Review, 35(4) 157–164 (In SCOPUS)
  13. Halaweh, M. 2018. Artificial Intelligence Government (Gov. 3.0): The UAE Leading Model, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 62, 269-272. (In SCOPUS)
  14. Halaweh, M. 2017. Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom? A Reflection Based on Teaching Experience in UAE. TechTrends, 61(3), 218–222 (In SCOPUS)
  15. Halaweh, M. and El Massry, A. 2017. A Synergetic Model for Implementing Big Data in Organizations: An Empirical Study. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 30(1) (In SCOPUS and ABDC)

  16. Halaweh, M. and Al Qaisi H. 2016. Exploring Near Field Communication (NFC) Adoption for Mobile Payments from Merchants’ Perspective in the UAE.International Journal of E-business Research, 12(4). (In SCOPUS) 

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Conferences

  1. Halaweh M. 2020. Actual Researcher Contribution (ARC) Versus the Perceived Contribution to the Scientific Body of Knowledge. The 16th Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries (IRCDL 2020), Bari, Italy, 29-31 Jan 2020. In: Ceci M., Ferilli S., Poggi A. (eds) Digital Libraries: The Era of Big Data and Data Science. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1177. Springer. (In SCOPUS)
  2. Halaweh, M. 2018. Usability Testing of Conferences Websites: a Case Study of Practical Teaching, 13th International Conference On Knowledge Management in Organizations, Slovakia, 6 - 8 August, 2018, Communications in Computer and Information Science (Springer CCIS series). (in SCOPUS)
  3. Halaweh, M. 2017. An Evaluation Study of the e-Commerce Websites that Use COD Payment Method in the Middle East Region, 10th IADIS International Conference on Information Systems 2017, 10 – 12 April, Budapest, Hungary (will be in SCOPUS)
  4. Halaweh, M. 2015. A New Approach for Requirements Elicitation Using Discount Focus Subgroups Method. The 19th Pacific Asia Conference On Information Systems (PACIS 2015), 5-9 July 2015, Singapore. (Ranked A according to ERA rating)

  5.  Halaweh, M. 2013. Discount Focus Subgroup Method: An innovative focus group method used in researching an emerging technology, 24th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 4-6 December, 2013, Melbourne Australia.  (In SCOPUS)

  6. Halaweh, M. 2012. Ethical Considerations Raised by Using Near Field Communication Technology for Mobile Payments. European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), Munich, Germany 7-8 June, 2012. (In SCOPUS)

  7. Halaweh, M. 2012. Adoption of Near Field Communication for Mobile payment in the UAE. European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), Munich, Germany 7-8 June, 2012.(In SCOPUS)

  8. Halaweh, M., ALmourad, B. and Miniaoui, S. 2011. Identifying the needs of Community of Practices (CoPs) for Researchers within UAE.European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), 30-31 May 2011, Athens, Greece. (In SCOPUS)

  9. Halaweh, M. 2011. Application of Grounded Theory Method in Information Systems Research: Methodological and Practical Issues.8thEuropean, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS),30-31 May 2011, Athens, Greece. (In SCOPUS)

Teaching Courses

  • Principles of MIS
  • Management Information System
  • Web Design and Development 
  • Systems Analysis and Design 
  • Project Management  
  • Gloabl Project Management 
  • E-Commerce 
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  

 

Memberships

  • Affiliate Member of Mohammed bin Rashid Academy of Scientists (MBRAS), since May 2021
  • Member of Project Management Institute (PMI) since August 2021

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