Bikesh Raj Upreti

Dr. Bikesh Raj Upreti is a Lecturer in the Department of Business Information Systems at the University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane, Australia. He earned his doctoral degree from Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland, with a dissertation titled 'Untangling the Application of Text-mining Methods in Information Systems Domain.' Following his PhD, he served as a postdoctoral researcher and visiting scholar in the Department of Information Service Management at Aalto Business School before joining the University of Queensland. His research focuses on applied computational methods and quantitative inquiry into inter-disciplinary phenomena, employing advanced machine learning, deep learning, and analytical tools for large-scale behavioral and predictive analytics in information systems, marketing, finance, and political discourses.

Upreti's scholarly contributions appear in prestigious journals such as the European Journal of Information Systems, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Travel Research, and Electronic Markets, as well as peer-reviewed conference proceedings including ICIS, HICSS, and Bled. Key publications include 'Big data for big insights: quantifying the adverse effect of air pollution on the tourism industry in China' (Journal of Travel Research, 2021), 'Is this company a lead customer? Estimating stages of B2B buying journey' (Industrial Marketing Management, 2021), 'Online content match-making in B2B markets: application of neural content modeling' (Industrial Marketing Management, 2021), 'Understanding the creation of trust in cryptocurrencies: the case of Bitcoin' (Electronic Markets, 2020), and 'Building on shaky foundations? Lack of falsification and knowledge contestation in IS theories, methods, and practices' (European Journal of Information Systems, 2019). His work has received notable recognition, including the inaugural Paper-at-hon competition at ICIS 2017, the Best Paper Award at the Bled eConference 2019, and a nomination for the Best Paper Award at HICSS 2020. Upreti actively contributes to the academic community as a reviewer for journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Sciences, Internet Research, Information & Management, and International Journal of Information Management, and for conferences including ICIS, ECIS, HICSS, AMCIS, and PACIS. He teaches courses in data analytics for business and cyber security governance at UQ.

Professional Email: b.upreti@business.uq.edu.au