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Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Presently, Dr Lee is interested in supervising PhD students who are interested in the intersection between responsible approaches to emerging technologies and enterprise, digital transformation, business models representing the future of work in creative/media/tech industries, artscience and management, and the role of games and gamifications in emerging business sectors.

20122024

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Biography

Clarissa Ai Ling Lee (she/her) is a researcher and teacher who specializes in science, technology, and innovation (with particular interest in emerging technologies such as quantum technology), philosophy, media cultures (especially creative industries and social media), entrepreneurship, design research, foresight and futures studies, sustainability and technologies, and organizational behaviours (connecting also to earlier work she has done on user experiences, user behaviours on social media, and adaptation to technological change).  She has a BSc (hons) in physics from Universiti Malaya, an MA in English Literature from Universiti Malaya, and a PhD in Literature (with a focus on literature and science, digital cultures, philosophy, and history of science/physics - you can find her dissertation here if you are curious.). She is interested in bringing new approaches to the world of business studies as well as business education through her backgrounds in the arts and sciences, and through her interest in alternative and hybrid modes of startups and enterprises.  To get a sense of her most recent publications, you can also check out her Research Gate profile. She is open to supervising students interested in the above-mentioned areas.

Before commencing her PhD studies, she had worked with two think-tanks, a major international market research firm, media and publishing houses that included digital publishing houses (heralding the early days of digital platform publishiing), as well as with a branding and advertising firm.

 
 
 
 

Monash teaching commitment

Dr Clarissa Lee is the Chief Examiner/Educator for the following units:

MGW1010: Introduction to Management (Semester 3/2024) - First-Year Undergraduate Unit.

MGM5966: International Business Theory and Practice (Semester 1/2025) - Postgraduate unit.

MGW3234: Social Entrepreneurship (Semester 2/2025) - Third-Year Undergraduate Unit

 
 
 
 
 

University Service

Academic Progress Committee (alternate member).

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Comparative Studies/Literature, PhD, Speculative Physics: the Ontology of Theory and Experiment in High Energy Particle Physics and Science Fiction, Duke University

20082014

Award Date: 2 Sept 2014

English Literature, Master of Arts, Abjection in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Universiti Malaya (University of Malaya)

20022005

Award Date: 9 Aug 2006

Physics, Bachelor of Science (Hon), Atomic Level Modelling by Using of Mean Field Potential, Universiti Malaya (University of Malaya)

19982002

Award Date: 23 May 2002

External positions

Postdoctoral researcher, Universiti Multimedia (Multimedia University)

1 May 202431 Jan 2025

Research Fellow, Asia School of Business

1 Dec 202330 Nov 2024

Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaya (University of Malaya)

Feb 2021Sept 2022

Research Fellow, Universiti Sunway (Sunway University)

May 2017Dec 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)

Sept 2015Jun 2017

Lecturer, Universiti UCSI (UCSI University)

Jan 2015Aug 2015

Research area keywords

  • Science and Technology Studies
  • philosophy
  • Culture Industries
  • artscience
  • technology management
  • Innovation and Future Business
  • foresight
  • speculative design
  • User Experience (UX)

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