Person

Sargent, Jason Paul (1970 - )

Born
21 February 1970
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Information technologist

Summary

Jason Sargent is an Information Systems (IS) scholar dedicated to "bringing people and technology together for a better world." His research focuses on Public Interest Technology (PIT) and IS for social impact, specifically aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

His extensive humanitarian field experience includes:
• Refugee Relief: conducting PhD fieldwork with refugees on the Thai-Burma border.
• Remote Communities: leading the award-winning IT for Social Impact India project co-creating digital solutions for tribal village schools in the Satpuda Ranges, Maharashtra.
• Crisis Management: researching digital aid frameworks for humanitarian relief operations.

As a Senior Editor for IEEE technology & society, Sargent advances global discourse on technology's role in society

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Chronology

February 2012 - December 2015
Career position - Information Systems Outreach Academic. Department of Information Systems, Entrepreneurship and Logistics, Swinburne University of Technology
July 2013 -
Career position - Associate Editor, IEEE technology & society magazine
2016
Award - QS-Unisolutions inaugural Global IMPACT Staff Mobility Experience Award, Valencia, Spain
2018
Award - PIEoneer Award, Real Life Learning, PIE Professionals in Education, London
January 2018 - December 2020
Career position - Course Director, Master of Business Information Systems (MA-BIS), School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship (SoBLE), Swinburne University of Technology
July 2018 - April 2022
Career position - Co-Director, Information Systems for Social Impact Research Group, School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship (SoBLE), Swinburne University of Technology
January 2019 - May 2024
Career position - Associate Editor, IEEE transactions on technology and society
January 2020 - December 2020
Career position - Deputy Discipline Leader (Information Systems Postgraduate). School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship (SoBLE), Swinburne University of Technology
January 2020 - December 2020
Career position - Deputy Discipline Leader (Information Systems Postgraduate,. School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship (SoBLE), Swinburne University of Technology
August 2020 - August 2021
Career position - Ambassador, My New Neighbour Campaign, Amnesty International Australia
March 2024 -
Career position - Committee Member, Transformative Education for Sustainable Social Impact (TESSI) Institute, Office of Creative Inquiry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
June 2024 -
Career position - Senior Editor, IEEE transactions on technology and society
August 2024
Career position - Chair, Reach for Your Future Foundation
February 2026 -
Career position - Committee member, Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative, Asia-Pacific Hub

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Conference Papers

  • Sargent, J. and Michael, Katina, 'The need for a digital aid framework in humanitarian relief', in The 9th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2005), Orlando, Florida, USA, 10-13 July 2005 (), pp. 326-32.. Details
  • Singh, Mohini, Molla, AAlemayehu, Karanasios, Stan and Sargent, Jason, 'Exploring the impact of government ICT initiatives on the livelihood of Australian rural communities', in BLED 2008 Proceedings (2008), pp. 464-74.. Details

Journal Articles

  • Bennett, Rohan Mark, Pickering, M. and Sargent, J., 'Transformations, transitions, or tall tales? A global review of the uptake and impact of NoSQL, blockchain, and big data analytics on the land administration sector', Land use policy, 83 (2019), 435-48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.02.016. Details
  • Michael, Katina, Pitt, Jeremy, Sargent, Jason and Scornavacca, Eusebio, 'Automating higher education through artificial intelligence?', IEEE transactions on technology and society, 5 (3) (2024), 264-71, https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2024.3450694. Details
  • Sargent, J., 'The digital aid framework', Ubiquity (2003), https://doi.org/10.1145/953647.953650. Details
  • Sargent, J., Mehta, K and Michael, K., 'Social and economic sustainability: guest editorial', IEEE technology and society magazine 34(1):17-18, 34 (1) (2015), 17-8. Details
  • Sargent, Jason and Ahmed, Ashir, 'What is IT for Social Impact? A review of literature and practices', IEEE technology and society magazine, 36 (4) (2017), 62-72. Details

Jason Sargent

Created: 17 February 2026

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