Dr Mahya Ostovar

Business Information Systems

University of Galway

mahya.ostovar@universityofgalway.ie

Dr Mahya Ostovar is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems at J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at University of Galway in Ireland. She holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from ESSEC Business School in France.

Mahya is an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of Information Systems and Organization Studies fields. As a qualitative researcher, Mahya uses data collection methods such as interview, ethnography, and digital ethnography. Her research focuses on social impacts of digital technology specifically on alternative forms of organizing, digital activism, online social movement, future of work, and online identity

Mahya’s work has been published in leading journals such as MIS Quarterly and Information & Organization. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Information Systems