Dr Alex Zarifis is a research associate focusing on artificial intelligence in fintech and insuretech. He has taught in several areas including management information systems, business intelligence, marketing, project management and leadership. He has delivered modules at the University of Manchester, University of Liverpool and University of Mannheim. He also participated in creating and delivering online modules, including the first university module on blockchain technologies in the world.
Alex earned a BSc from the University of Leeds in Management with Information Systems, an MSc in Business Information Technology and a PhD in Business Administration both from the University of Manchester.
Experience
2019–present
Research Associate, Loughborough University
2018–2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2015–2019
Research Associate/Adjunct Lecturer, University of Mannheim
2012–2015
Lecturer, University of Nicosia (UNIC Online)
2006–2010
Teaching Assistant, University of Manchester
Education
2014
University of Manchester, PhD Business Administration
Publications
2019
Collaborative consumption for low and high trust requiring business models: From fare sharing to supporting the elderly and disabled, International Journal of Electronic Business
2019
Designing a talents training model for cross‑border e‑commerce: a mixed approach of problem‑based learning with social media, Electronic Commerce Research
2018
e-Government Implementation Challenges in Developing Countries: The Project Manager's Perspective, International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research (IJPAMR)
2017
Investigating the Individual Trust and School Performance in Semi-Virtual Collaboration Groups, Information Technology and People
2016
Investigating Individual Trust in Semi-Virtual Collaboration of Multicultural and Unicultural Teams, Computers in Human Behavior
2016
An Experimental Study of Satisfaction Response: Evaluation of Online Collaborative Learning, International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
2013
Modelling Individual Trust Development in Computer Mediated Collaboration: A Comparison of Approaches, Computers in Human Behavior
Grants and Contracts
2019
EU Horizon 2020 project GHOST, Safe-Guarding Home IoT Environments with Personalized Real-time Risk Control.
Role:
Researcher
Funding Source:
EU Horizon 2020
2019
Technology Driven Change and Next Generation Insurance Value Chains (TECHNGI)
Role:
Researcher
Funding Source:
Economic and Social Research Council
Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) since 2018.