Discipline
Information Systems
Supervisors
- Yasser Rahrovani
Robert is an Information Systems PhD student at Ivey Business School. He is interested in emergent effects of digital platforms on individuals, organizations, and society, especially when technology is used in unexpected ways. Though his interests span all sorts of digital platform and technology phenomena, his current focus is on understanding the nature of user perceptions of false information on social media and how it can be moderated.
Education
- MBA, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2020
- BBA, Simon Fraser University, 2005
Research Interests
- Digital platform governance and moderation
- Online false information
- Human cognition
- Unintended consequences from technology and emergent behaviour in organizations
Publications
- Tingling, P., Jung, J., Lee, D., & Park, R. (2006). Vidalia Onions - Sweet and Sour Transitions. Ivey ID: 9B06M022.
Conferences
- Park, R. G. J.-W., & Rahrovani, Y. (2023). A Typology of Social Media Drifting. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1), 12305
- 2023: AOM 83rd Annual Meeting Session Moderator for Paper Session 768: Social Media & Organizations
- Park, R. G. J.-W., & Rahrovani, Y. (2025). Understanding the Human Side of False Information. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Awards/Honours
- 2022-25: Brock Scholarship
- 2023: 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management TIM Division Best Reviewer
- 2006: Stevie International Business Awards: Best Support Team Winner (TELUS NSF Team Member)
Service
- 2025-Present: Doctoral Student Representative for CANAIS
- 2025-Present: Organizing Committee Member for MISQ Insider
- 2024-Present: Region 1 (Americas) Coordinator for AIS Doctoral Student College
- 2024/25: VP Academic for Ivey Business School PhD Association
Fun Fact
- Proud owner of “I Survived” baseball cap for team efforts at Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Cypress Mountain Venue: the snow mountain with no snow
