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Information Technology for Development (ITD) mHealth Cloud Computing Lab:https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/it-for-development/itd/itd-cloud-computing.phpMobile Health Projects: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/it-for-development/mhealth/m-health.phpIT for Business Development Projects: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/it-for-development/eteams/eteams.phpITD Journal https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/it-for-development/itd/itd-journal.phpCurrent Research and Publications: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-information-science-and-technology/it-for-development/research-and-education/research-and-publications.php
Biography
Sajda Qureshi is D. B and Paula Varner Professor at the Information Systems Department and Director of the Information Technology for Development mHealth Lab at the College of Information Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology for Development. She received her PhD at the London School of Economics. She was President of the AIS International Special Interest Group for Global Development (GlobDev). She co-chairs the Annual SIGGlobal Development workshop at ICIS, and has supported the SIGGlobDev workshops at ECIS, and AMCIS mini-tracks at Track chair and other leadership roles. She was coordinator of the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, was Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and has been numerous awarded funded research projects. She has over 200 publications in conferences, books and journals such as IEEE Transactions in Professional Communication, Group Decision and Negotiation, Information Infrastructure and Policy and Communications of the ACM, books published by Prentice Hall, Springer-Verlag, Chapman and Hall and North-Holland. She has secured around 1.1 million dollars in grants and contracts and has been awarded the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) (2014), the UNO Faculty Service Learning Award (2011) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Recognition of Service Award (2003).
Teaching Interests
Information Technology for Development, Electronic Commerce, Managing the Information Systems Function. Research Methods, Information Technology Ethics
Research Interests
The collection, analysis and dissemination is central to my research. This takes place within the domains of Mobile Health, Information and Communication Technology for Development and Electronic Commerce. A growing area within Information Science and Technology is the field of Information Technology for Development also known globally as Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D). TCreating and maintaining the standards for the field is an important research accomplishment. This entails not just reviewing, choosing reviewers and providing actionable feedback so that authors can produce quality papers, but by also providing intellectual leadership. Since my tenure at the Journal, the ITD Journal obtained its ISI ranking and has been included in prestigious lists around the world. I handle between 200 to 300 papers per year of which around 15% are accepted for publication in a given year.Selected publications:Qureshi, S and B. Oladokun, (2025) "Digital Health in Syndemics: Can Global Development through Health Technology come to the Rescue?" . GlobDev 2025. 2.https://aisel.aisnet.org/globdev2025/2Qureshi, S., Oladokun, B., and K. Nandela (2025) “Can Generative Artificial Intelligence Enable Equitable Access to Social Determinants of Health?” Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/109653Qureshi, S. and A. S. Khan. (2025). The Algorithm and the Village: Bridging the Global Health AI Divide with Local Wisdom. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 8, aug. 2025. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: . 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v13i8.6853.Qureshi, S. and Oladokun, B., et al., (2024). Human Freedom from Algorithmic Bias: What is the role of Accountability in addressing Health Disparities? Medical Research Archives, [online] 12(8). https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v12i8.5635Qureshi, S., and J.(Jie) Xiong. (2021). “Equitable Healthcare Provision: Uncovering the Impact of the Mobility Effect on Human Development” Information Systems Management DOI 0.1080/10580530.2020.1732531Qureshi, S., Oladokun, B., Tekale, K. and K. Nandela, (2024) “Digital Inclusion and Human Development: Is Digital Inclusion a Social Determinant of Health that Matters?” IFIP 9.4 Cape Town. SpringerQureshi, S. (2014) "Theory to Inform Practice to Build Theory: Are Emerging Economies in a Cyclical Relationship with their Information and Communication Technologies?", Information Technology for Development, 20:4, 293-295, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2014.96293Qureshi, S. (2023) Digital transformation for development: a human capital key or system of oppression?, Information Technology for Development, 29:4, 423-434, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2023.2282269Qureshi, S. (2023) Cycles of development in systems of survival with artificial intelligence: a formative research agenda, Information Technology for Development, 29:2-3, 171-183, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2023.2236424Qureshi, S. (2022) Creating cycles of prosperity with human digital development for intelligent global health, Information Technology for Development, 28:4, 649-659, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2022.2135872Qureshi, S. (2022) Digital transformation at the margins: a battle for the soul of self-sovereignty, Information Technology for Development, 28:2, 215-229, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2022.2062291Qureshi, S. (2021) Pandemics within the pandemic: confronting socioeconomic inequities in a datafied world, Information Technology for Development, 27:2, 151-170, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2021.1911020Qureshi, S. (2020) Outrage and anger in a global pandemic: flipping the script on healthcare, Information Technology for Development, 26:3, 445-457, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2020.1783826Qureshi, S. (2020). Why does Data Matter for Development? Exploring Data justice, Micro-Entrepreneurship, Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion. Information Technology for Development 26:2 1-15Qureshi, S. (2014), "Overcoming Technological Determinism in Understanding the Digital Divide: Where Do We Go From Here?", Information Technology for Development, 20:3, 215-217, DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2014.93098
Service Summary
The Information Technology for Development Journal on which I served as Editor-in-Chief from 2003-2023 is ranked as the top Journal in its area. This is a highly ranked journal with a 10% acceptance rate. Its ranking in the Social Science Citation Index is Q1 in two categories, with an impact factor for 2021 is 4.261. In the Development Studies category the Journal is ranked 9/42 and 27/85 in the Information Science & Library Science category. The Scopus impact factor for 2021 for this Journal is 6.7.
Awards and Honors
Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, Teaching - 2014
Kayser Chaired Professor, Scholarship/Research - 2016
ACM Recognition of Service Award, Scholarship/Research - 2003
Education
Ph D, London School of Economics, London, UK, Economics, Information Systems, 1995
MS, London School of Economics, London, UK, Analysis Design Management of Information Systems, 1991
BBA, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy, Business Administration, Computer Science, 1988
Service
Department, College, and University
Chancellor's Transition Advisory Committee, Committee Member, We were given a great deal of information as part of pre-work assignments. We then came together and worked on these in sub-groups., 08/01/2017 - 08/31/2017
Professional
AIS Special Interest Group in Global Development, Officer, President/Elect/Past, As President of the Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group om Global Development, I am responsible for the direction, vision and further development of the field and its officers. My responsibilities include but are not limited to: overseeing SigGlobal Development workshops and tracks at ICIS, ECIS and AMCIS. Connection with other related activities and ensuring continued scholarship and education in this area. See: http://www.globdev.org/, 11/01/2015 - 11/30/2015
Community
Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Global Development, Officer, President/Elect/Past, 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
Administrative Assignments
Graduate Program Chair, 09/01/2016 - 12/31/2018