Julia Kotlarsky

Julia Kotlarsky is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand. She holds a PhD from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (Netherlands).

Julia’s research interests revolve around technology sourcing and innovation, digital transformation, digital sustainability and more recently, studying interface between artificial intelligence technologies and humans, and implications for design of work in organizations.

Her work is based on research in companies such as IBM, Tata Consultancy Services, SAP, Infosys, Cognizant, Pactera, LeCroy, Lifewood as well as in banks such as ABM AMRO and Scandia. Julia's consultancy work include advising on technology sourcing for government organisations in the Philippines and Egypt.

Julia's work was published in numerous journals including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Wall Street Journals and others.

Julia is a regular presenter in international conferences and conventions. She has published 17 books, among them “The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring" which is widely used by practitioners and academics for teaching in several universities around the world.

Julia is a co-founder and a former President of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Advances in Sourcing.

She serves as a Senior Editor for the Journal of Information Technology. She is also acting as an Associate Editor for European Journal of Information Systems and Journal of AIS.