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About Shahrzad
Dr. Shahrzad Roohy Gohar is a full-time Lecturer in the Business Information Systems discipline at the University of Queensland School of Business. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Business Information Systems at the University of Queensland in 2025, with a thesis titled "Visualization of environmental performance indicators (EPIs) in business process models." Her academic qualifications also include a Master’s degree in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Technology. With a strong background in information systems research and practice, Roohy Gohar focuses her career on advancing sustainable business practices through innovative IS solutions.
Roohy Gohar's research interests span environmental sustainability and information systems, business process management, green information systems, green business process management, cognitive effectiveness of visual notations, mental healthcare management systems in digital health, and design science methodology. Her doctoral research developed methods for measuring, visualizing, and communicating EPIs within business processes to facilitate organizational sustainability decision-making. A current project examines mental healthcare management in Australia, identifying sociotechnical challenges and proposing digital frameworks to enhance continuity of care, patient data integration, and service quality. She utilizes design science approaches, case studies, experiments, and interviews. In teaching, she delivers courses on information systems fundamentals, business process management and improvement, and IS analysis and design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, incorporating research and industry perspectives. Key publications comprise the journal article "Environmental sustainability through green business process management" with Marta Indulska (Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 2020); "Unravelling the “care” in Australia's mental health care system" with Avijit Sengupta and Mehrdad Salehi (ACIS 2024); "Visualization of Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI) on business process models: a hospitality industry perspective" (BPM 2019); "Business Process Management and Environmental Sustainability - insights from hospitality industry" with Marta Indulska (ACIS 2019); and "Business process management: saving the planet?" with Marta Indulska (ACIS 2015). Professionally, she is Executive Officer (Funding Chair) of the Association for Information Systems Women's Network (AISWN), received a leadership award from the Association for Information Systems, and serves as a peer reviewer for Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, and Business Information Systems Engineering, while contributing to recruitment panels.