Honglei Li

Dr Honglei Li is an assistant professor in Computer Sciences in Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Northumbria University. With over 20 years’ research experience in information systems, she has developed herself into an expert in end-user information technology adoption particularly for virtual communities, smart cities, online recommendation systems, and artificial intelligence.

She has published papers in top tier journals such as IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Systems, Information Technology & People, Information & Management, Social Science Computer Review, Journal of Association for Information Science and Technology, Internet Research, Electronic Commerce Research, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, etc. She has served as the senior editor for Information Technology & People and Associate Editor of Journal of Electronic Business and Digital Economics. She has serves as the reviewers for top journals such as Decision Support Systems, MIS Quarterly, Information & Management, etc.

Dr Honglei Li has been leading a research team in electronic governments with the blockchain technology, P2P energy trading and artificial intelligence with Computer Vision. She has successfully secured funds from the university studentship and other sources for her PhD students. Dr Honglei Li has successfully secured funds from various sources, including the A-CAPP grant of USD30000 from Michigan State University as PI, the Innovate UK fund of Innovation Voucher by looking into how online recommendation systems could be applied into the property management industry in 2014 as PI; the e-social science research fund from the China Academy of Social Science in 2015 as PI to examine how the social science research could be digitalized; and, digitalization of flood prevention system as Co-PI from Northumbria University in 2021. Dr. Honglei Li will be leading the project, responsible for the design science section of the project, including the e-commerce and blockchain system analysis, design, and implementation, and final report.

Dr. Honglei Li serves as the website officer in the UK Association of Information Systems. She has also served as the conference chair and successfully organized the 19^th International Conference on Electronic Business held in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2019. She serves as the co-chair for the UKAIS 2025 annual conference to help organize the conference.