Chun Wei CHOO

Chun Wei is Professor in the Faculty of Information (iSchool) at the University of Toronto. He has a Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK) (where he was at Christ's College), and a Master's degree in Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science (Dept of Management). His main research interests are information and knowledge management, information behaviour, environmental scanning, organizational learning, organizational epistemology, and early warning. In 2022, he received an honorary doctorate from Tampere University, Finland, for his contribution to the study of "the relationship between information science and knowledge management." In 2021, he received the ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award for his "outstanding contribution to information science research."

Chun Wei has the privilege of supervising and learning from PhD students in areas such as organizational use of Web information systems, knowledge discovery in Web use databases, information behaviour of healthcare providers, health information seeking on the Web, a knowledge-based view of the firm, the public library as knowing organization, customer knowledge management, and group information culture in the use of collaborative information systems. In 2016, he received the JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award for "outstanding performance in the multiple roles associated with doctoral supervision."

Chun Wei has authored and edited several books:  The Inquiring Organization (2016, Oxford University Press); The Knowing Organization (2nd ed, 2006, Oxford University Press); The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge (co-edited with Nick Bontis, 2002, Oxford University Press); Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the WWW (co-authored with Brian Detlor and Don Turnbull, 2000, Springer); Information Management for the Intelligent Organization (3rd ed, 2002, Information Today Inc); and Managing Information for the Competitive Edge (co-edited with Ethel Auster, 1996, Neal-Schuman).

Chun Wei's articles and papers have appeared in the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Financial Times of London, First Monday, Information Processing and Management, Information Research, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Information Science, Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Journal of Knowledge Management, Management Decision, National Post of Canada, Sloan Management Review, Tijdschrift Management & Informatie, and Wirtschafts Woche. Chun Wei's books and articles have been translated and published in Dutch, French, German, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.

Chun Wei has worked on research projects with a number of organizations, including Bell Canada, Canadian Human Resource Planners, Clarica, Enbridge, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Human Resource Development Canada, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Ontario Legislative Assembly, Ontario Power Generation, and Royal Bank Canada Capital Markets. 

Before moving to Canada, Chun Wei was Director of Planning at Singapore's National Computer Board (now Government Technology Agency of Singapore), and Manager, Research Planning of the Board's Information Technology Institute (now Institute for Infocomm Research). Earlier, he was Head Office Systems Group and Head Research Department in the Ministry of Defence.

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CHUN WEI'S RESEARCH, TEACHING, SUPERVISION

AWARDS & HONOURS

BOOKS

BOOK CHAPTERS

JOURNAL ARTICLES

CONFERENCE PAPERS

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Other Publications

Working Papers

These papers were prepared while Chun Wei was visiting professor in the Executive Master in Information Management (EMIM) program at the University of Amsterdam. The EMIM program was founded and directed by Prof. Dr. Ir. Rik Maes, who was then Professor in Information & Communication Management at UvA. After retiring from UvA, Rik founded the Academy for Information & Management, based in Amsterdam.

Technical Reports

DISSERTATIONS

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

RESEARCH CONTRACTS


DOCTORAL THESES SUPERVISION

Completed doctoral dissertations supervised by Chun Wei. 

PhD Dissertation Committee member of completed candidates: Anabel Quan-Haase, Brenda McPhail, Candace Magowan, Catherine Johnson, Cindy Gordon, Daniel Gross, Danielle Allard, Donna Chan, Eva Jansen, Luanne Freund, Maria Mylopoulos, Muhammad Asim Qayyum, Richard Kopak, Shauna Taylor, Stephen Szigeti, Vik Pant.

MASTERS THESES SUPERVISION

Faculty supervisor of the following Masters research theses:

Co-supervisor of Masters research theses at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics & Econometrics, Department of Accountancy & Information Management:

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS & VISITING PROFESSORS

COURSES AT UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO & OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Courses at University of Toronto

Course at University of Amsterdam

Course at Tilburg University

Course at Norwegian School of Management

Course at University of Tampere

Course at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

KEYNOTES & INVITED LECTURES

A selection of past keynotes and invited lectures.

Workshops, Seminars

A selection of past workshops and seminars.