Silvia is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Information Systems (IS) with a particular interest in digital transformation and innovation, specifically related to the usage of emerging digital technologies (including but not limited to blockchain, cryptocurrency, platforms, and artificial intelligence).

Currently, she is engaged in a research project about artificial intelligence and its related impacts.

Prior to joining academia, she worked professionally as a business process integration specialist, enterprise systems (SAP) functional analyst, and project manager to deliver best practices solutions within financial management and costing, procurement, production systems, and material management. 

Her PhD thesis at the University of Queensland was nominated for the Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems (ACPHIS) 2022 - Best Doctoral Thesis Award. 

Her research to date has been published in high-ranking journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (CABS 4*, ABDC A*, IS Senior Scholars' List of Premier Journals), Journal of Business Research (ABDC A), and peer-reviewed top IS conferences at the European Conference on Information Systems, and presented at Naples Forum on Service Conference.

Awards

• 2022 - Nominee, nominated for Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems (ACPHIS) Best Doctoral Thesis Award. See: https://acis.aaisnet.org/acis/home-2/awards/
• 2022 - Nominee, nominated by her (international/external) thesis examiners for the Dean's Award for Outstanding HDR Theses 2022

Other Awards

• 2017 - Awarded Dean's Honours List 2017 - The University of Melbourne
• 2016 - Awarded Dean's Honours List 2016 - The University of Melbourne

Community, Company, and Government engagement

• 2023, DFAT/AAI Digital Transformation Policy and Practice Short Course - under The University of Queensland coordination
• 2022, DFAT/AAI Digital Technologies for the Healthcare Sector including Telehealth (Digital Transformation of Health Sector) - under The University of Queensland coordination

Professional memberships & service

• Associate Editor, The 32nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2024
• Associate Editor, The Pacific-Asia Conference of Information Systems (PACIS) 2024
• Reviewer, Journal of Service Theory and Practice (JSTP)
• Reviewer, Information Systems (IS) Conferences including ICIS, ECIS, HICSS
• Member, Association for Information Systems (AIS)
• Member, Academy of Management (AOM)

PhD; MIS (Master of Information Systems); BEcon (Accounting)

Silvia's research interests are predominantly digital transformation and innovation, specifically related to the shaping, orchestration, and impact of emerging digital technologies within individuals, organizations, and broader contexts like community and society.

• Information Systems - in general
• Managing AI (Artificial Intelligence) responsibly
• Digital Transformation
• Digital Innovation
• Emerging Technologies
• Market Shaping and Market Driving
• Service Science

Refereed Journal Articles

Tana, S., Breidbach, C. F., & Burton-Jones, A. (2023). Digital transformation as collective social action. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 24(6), 1618-1644.

Breidbach, C. F., & Tana, S.* (2021). Betting on Bitcoin: How social collectives shape cryptocurrency markets. Journal of Business Research, 122, 311-320. (ABDC A). *Both authors contributed equally in preparing this manuscript and are listed in alphabetical order.

Refereed Conference Papers

Tana, S., & Breidbach, C. (2021). Institutionalizing digital transformation through cryptocurrency use [Peer-reviewed conference full paper]. Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Marrakesh, Morocco, A Virtual AIS Conference.

Tana, S., Breidbach, C., & Turpin, A. (2019). I want a Lamborghini: An ethnography of cryptocurrency communities[Peer-reviewed conference full RIP paper]. Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm- Uppsala, Sweden.