Gerald Grant
Professor, Information Systems & Director, Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub and Director, Centre for Information Technology, Organizations, and People
| Degrees: | BSc (Andrews University); MBA (Andrews University); PhD Information Systems (London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Phone: | 613-520-2600 x 8006 |
| Email: | Gerald_Grant@carleton.ca |
| Office: | 7032 Nicol, 杏吧原创 University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6 |
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Professor, Information Systems & Director, Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub and Director, Centre for Information Technology, Organizations, and People
- BSc (Andrews University); MBA (Andrews University); PhD Information Systems (London School of Economics and Political Science)
- 7032 Nicol, 杏吧原创 University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Email Gerald Grant
- 613-520-2600 ext 8006
Gerald Grant is Director of the聽聽and Full Professor in Information Systems at the Sprott School of Business, 杏吧原创 University in Ottawa, Canada. He is Principal Investigator and Co-Lead of the聽.聽 He obtained his PhD in Information Systems from the聽, London, United Kingdom. He is co-author of the book聽.
Dr. Grant has consulted for the聽聽in the U.K. and the COMNET Foundation in Malta on projects related to the digital divide, ICT capacity building and the development of national ICT strategies in Commonwealth countries. In this capacity, he has planned and facilitated seminars and workshops for senior government officials in the U.K., Malta, East and Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia. He was program coordinator for the Commonwealth-sponsored 鈥淩egional Initiative for Informatics Strategies鈥�. In addition, he assisted in drafting the report of the Commonwealth Action Program on the Digital Divide for the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in 2005. He has served on two Mayor鈥檚 Task Forces for the City of Ottawa (Canada): the e-Government and IT Taskforce and the Governance Taskforce. He has been an advisor to the Government of Jamaica on its National ICT policy and strategy. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of聽. Dr. Grant was selected as one of the 2016 Distinguished Men of Honour by the Black Business and Professional Association () of Canada.
Dr. Grant鈥檚 research focuses on the strategic management of digital information technology in private and public sector organizations, with particular focus on business value delivery and governance of digital technology systems and services. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the聽. He previously served as Senior Associate Editor of the European Journal of Information Systems, as an Associate Editor of聽,聽as well an Associate Editor of the Journal for Global Information Management.聽 He is co-chair of the Executive Committee of聽.
Dr. Grant is not currently accepting MSc/PhD students.