Prof Tina Du
School of Mathematical Sciences
College of Science
**I currently hold a new position as the Head of the School of Information and Communication Studies and a Professor of Information Sciences at Charles Sturt University, New South Wales. My new contact is tdu@csu.edu.au ** I am appointed as an Adjunct Professor at UniSA and will check my UniSA email address periodically.
I am recruiting new PhD students commencing in 2024, see my research supervision and research lab page.
Tina was awarded the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA), a highly competitive national research fellowship, and has been a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK. She received her Ph.D. in Information Science from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Her research interests lie in applied, industry and interdisciplinary studies related to information behaviour, interactive information retrieval, social informatics, and data governance and privacy. She is passionate about enhancing the interplay between people, information and technology.
She has published more than 120 papers in top journals and conferences in her field, including 52 SCI/SSCI journal articles. Her research work has been supported by national and international competitive research grants and attracted more than $1.5M in government and industry research funding.
Since 2011, Tina has served as Review Editor, Guest Editor and Editorial Board Member of a number of international journals, including Information Processing & Management (IPM), Journal of the Association of Information Science & Technology (JASIST), ARIST, Online Information Review (OIR), Aslib Journal of Information Management, and Information and Learning Sciences. She was awarded the outstanding reviewer award for IPM, Tourism Management, Aslib and OIR. Tina has served as co-chair and PC member for a number of national and international conferences and delivered 39 keynote and invited talks at conferences/workshops and to Australian and overseas universities.
Her teaching has covered a broad range of courses in digital information management and human information behaviour. Currently she is teaching Research Methods course to Honours and Masters students enrolled in 5 different majors and IT Masters' research project course. Tina has supervised 18 Ph.D. students (with 8 as principal) with 12 completions.
She received a number of awards and recognitions for her contributions to the research field and broad communities; these included a Top 50 Australia’s leading researcher in Engineering & Computer Science discipline and the Field Leader in Library & Information Science by The Australian (2020), South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science Award (2019), South Australian Winnovation (Women in Innovation) Award in “Maths and Data” category (2018), and Fellow of South Australian Governor’s Leadership Foundation (FGLF 2017). Her PhD thesis was awarded the prestigious Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards: Highly Commended Award in the Information Science Category. Tina currently serves as Co-Chair of Research Advisory Committee of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), and Director-at-Large, Board of Directors of the international Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
Awards and Honours
2022 Appointed as Associate Editor, The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI)
2022 Appointed as Review Editor and Editorial Board Member for Journal of the Association of Information Science & Technology (JASIST, ABDC A* journal) and Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST)
2021 Appointed as the Co-Chair of Research Advisory Committee, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
2021 Elected ASIS&T Board of Directors: Director-at-Large
2020 The Field Leader of Library & Information Science in Australia, and Top 50 Australia’s leading researchers in Engineering & Computer Science discipline, recognised by the Australian's Research Magazine 2020
2020 Mid-Career Researcher of the Year, UniSA STEM
2020 Best Reviewer Award for Information Processing & Management journal, U.S.
2019 South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science Award Winner for recognising excellence in academic achievement, research impact, science communication and community engagement
2019 Best Conference Poster Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
2019 Best Information Behaviour Conference Innovation Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
2018 Winner of the South Australian Winnovation (Women in Innovation) Awards in “Maths and Data” Category
2018 Best Information Behaviour Conference Poster Award at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
2018 Strategic Thinkers 2025 Development Program (nominated current and future leaders), UniSA
2017 Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA)
2017 Fellow of South Australian Governor’s Leadership Foundation (FGLF)
2016 Emerald Awards for Excellence – Outstanding Reviewer for Aslib Journal of Information Management, UK
2016 University Early Career Researcher Networking Award- Collaboration in University of Oxford, UK
2016 Appointed as visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute
2015 Emerald Awards for Excellence - Outstanding Reviewer for Emerald Journal Online Information Review, UK
2014, 2013, 2012 Nominee, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher of the Year, UniSA
2014 Nominee, Division of ITEE HDR Supervisor of the Year, UniSA
2012 Nominee, South Australian Young ICT Professional of the Year
2012 Supported Researchers Award, UniSA
2011 UniSA ECR Networking Award- Collaboration in Nanjing University, China
2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards: Highly Commended Award Winner in the Information Science Category (only three recipients in this international open competition)
2010 Nominee, University Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, QUT
2010 ALIA RAILS Best Student Research Paper Award
Research Grants
see my research projects page, listing details of funded projects.
2022-25, Chen & Du, Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant (ARC LP) $450,000 and $120,000 from industry partners, total value: $570,000
2020-21, Du & Peters, UniSA RTIS seed fund, $40,000
2017-20, Du, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA), $360,000
2018-19, Du, Caidi, and Bayley, UniSA Division of ITEE New Adventures Fund, $11,975
2017-19, Du, University of South Australia Fellowship Support to DECRA, $60,000
2017-19, Du, Sigala, Huang, & Ashman. University of South Australia Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS) Development Fund, $30,000
2017-18, Sigala, Conduit, Du, Fountain, Gao, Kim, & Haller, Le Cordon Bleu (LCB) Research Grants Scheme (Category 3 Grant), $20,000
2016, Yi, Du, Jamali, & Dolan, Charles Sturt University Faculty of Arts and Education Grant Development Funding, $7044.58
2014-15, Du, The auDA Foundation (Category 3 Grant), $24,952
2014-16, Wood, Scutter, Du, Glenny, Snowden, Tedmanson, Underwood, & Johnson, The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Grants (Category 1 Grant), $211,000
2013-15, Ashman, Du, & Wahlstrom, The auDA Foundation (Category 3 Grant), $75,000
2013-14, Du, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher Development Grant, $4000
2012-13, Du, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher Development Grant, $4000
2010-11, Du, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher Development Grant, $4000
Bio in Chinese
Personal homepage
- Human-information Interactions
- Social Impact of Digital Technologies
- Community-engaged Research
- Information Technology for Development
- Data Governance and Privacy
External Competitive Research Grants:
- Australian Research Council (Category 1 Grant) Linkage Projects Grant (ARC LP), Amount: $450,000, and $120,000 from industry partners, total value: $570,000, "Towards full lifecycle privacy protection on cloud" (2022–25). Chen, J.J. and Du, J.T.
- Australian Research Council (Category 1 Grant) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA), Amount: $360,000, "Collaborative information seeking and its application in tourism" (2017–20). Du, J.T. Project detail
- Australian Government The Office for Learning and Teaching (Category 1 Grant) Innovation and Development Grant, Amount: $211,000, "Evidenced-based approach to the design and redevelopment of inclusive technology enhanced learning environments" (2014–16). Wood, D., Scutter, S., Du, J.T., Glenny, L., Snowden, C., Tedmanson, D., Underwood, B., and Johnson, T. Collaboration with Uni Adelaide, QUT, and ANU.
- Le Cordon Bleu Research Grants Scheme (Category 3 Grant), Amount: $20,000, "Co-creating wine tourism experiences through crowdfunding: Does it pay-off and for whom?" (2017-18). Sigala, M., Conduit, J., Du, J.T., Fountain, J., Gao, H. L., Kim, A., & Haller, C.
- The auDA Foundation (Category 3 Grant), Amount: $75,000 "Internet Technology that is Inclusive Without Being Invasive" (2013–15). Ashman, H., Du, J.T., & Wahlstrom, K.
- The auDA Foundation (Category 3 Grant), Amount: $24,952 "Access information via the Internet: The strengths and limitations faced by indigenous communities" (2014–15). Du, J.T.
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Collaborative information seeking and its application in tourism, ARC - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 01/06/2017 - 31/12/2020
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