PhD (Commerce - IS), BIT (Hons)

• User-Centred Design and Human-Computer Interaction
• Business analytics and building decision support capability
• Impact of technology on the transformation of the workplace

Dr Alex Richardson is an Associate Professor in Business Information Systems and Deputy Director (Education) for the ANU Research School of Management (RSM). As an ICT professional who promotes end-user empowerment though managed change processes, he became an experienced leader, passionate educator and impact-focused researcher in academia, with a career spanning more than 26 years across three universities.

He has led the educational activities of his School since late 2017, with an exceptional track record of collaborative curriculum design that draws on transdisciplinary strengths of five ANU Colleges. As of 2025, he leads pedagogical development for more than 3,300 students within RSM and makes significant contributions to the academic quality governance of educational offerings for more than 9,000 students across ANU.

His teaching experience is diverse in both subject areas and delivery style. As an ICT professional within a Management School, he is proficient in communicating how to create successful business outcomes through technological capability development, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

He has a broad range of research interests in areas such as user-centred design, business analytics, human-computer interaction, systems modelling, building decision support capability and impact of technology on transformation of the workplace. His research has attracted project grants from Australian Government entities, and his work has been published in a wide range of academic journals including the Australian Journal of Management, Behaviour & Information Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, and Journal of Computer Information Systems.