柯晓波 博士
Dr. KE Xiaobo (Bob)

Dr. Bob Xiaobo Ke is a researcher exploring the impacts of digital technologies in social, commercial, and behavioral contexts. His research interests encompass topics related to IT and digitalization, including esports, gamification for social good, playable media, IT for geriatric caregiving, and online crowdsourcing.

Before joining Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Dr. Ke was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) from 2023 to 2024, and at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) from 2022 to 2023, following the completion of his Ph.D. at CityUHK. He also holds an Honorary Research Fellowship (2024) at the Sau Po Centre on Ageing at HKU.

Dr. Ke’s research has been published in international journals and presented at conferences across multiple disciplines. His work has appeared in information systems outlets such as Internet Research and Communications of the Association for Information Systems; human-computer interaction journals including Computers in Human Behavior; the sports management journal Managing Sport and Leisure; and in social work and nursing journals such as Geriatric Nursing.

He is fluent in Cantonese, Putonghua, and English. In his leisure time, he enjoys going to the gym, jogging, and playing table tennis.

Courses Taught

• Computational Thinking
• Understanding VR/AR
• Research Methods and Design
• Information Management
• Family and Development in Modern China (IT and Digital Media Section)

Funded Projects

• Amateur esports and health: Designing an integrated participation framework that promotes healthy lifestyles among mass gamers, Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme, Research Grants Council (RGC) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Role: Co-I, Status: On-going.
• Achieving successful caregiving from a socio-technical perspective: Construct conceptualization and model validation among family caregivers of people with dementia, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council (RGC), HK, Role: Co-I, Status: On-going.
• Social media capital and successful caregiving in behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia management, Seed Fund for Basic Research, HKU, Role: Co-I, Status: Completed.
• Research on the mechanism and evolution of competitive advantage of enterprise mobile social platform: A social construction-technology dependency perspective, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Role: Co-I, Status: Completed.

Publication

• Ke, X.*, & Wagner, C. (2024) What explains the next level of gaming? An experience-anticipation model for amateur esports participation. Computers in Human Behavior, 153, 108125.
• Ke, X., & Lou, V. W.* (2024). Social media and caregivers’ well-being: A scoping review and future research directions, Geriatric Nursing, 60, 326-337.
• Ke, X., Clio Y. M. Cheng, & Lou, V. W.* (2024). Social media engagement and family caregivers’ perceived positive aspects of caregiving: An inverted u-shape relationship. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, in press.
• He, W., Ke, X.*, Du, H. S. (2023) Social media enabled individual dynamic capabilities: The boundary spanning perspective. Behaviour & Information Technology, 42 (12), 1914-1930.
• Ke, X.*, Wagner, C., & Du, H. S. (2022) Calling for information systems research on esports: An overview study. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 50(1), 10.
• Ke, X.*, & Wagner, C. (2022). Global pandemic compels sport to move to esports: Understanding from brand extension perspective. Managing Sport and Leisure, 27(1-2), 152-157.
• Du, H. S., Ke, X.*, & Wagner, C. (2020). Inducing individuals to engage in a gamified platform for environmental conservation. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 120(4), 692-713.
• Du, H. S., Ke, X.*, He, W. Chu, S. K., & Wagner, C. (2019). Achieving mobile social media popularity to enhance firm’s customer acquisition: Cases from P2P lending firms. Internet Research, 29(6), 1386-1409.
• Du, H. S.*, Ke, X., Chu, S. K., & Chan, L. T. (2017). A bibliometric analysis of emergency management using information systems (2000-2016). Online Information Review, 41(4), 454-470.
• Du, H. S., Chen, Y.*, Ke, X., & Jiang, R. (2017). “Internet+Eco-agriculture” sustainable development: Guangdong green valley model. Management Review, 29(6), 264-272. (In Chinese)
• Du, H. S.*, Ke, X., Yi, H., & Hu, S. (2017). A review of social media popularity studies: A technology dependent and social construction perspective. Journal of Guangdong University of Technology, 34(04), 1-11. (In Chinese)
• Du, H. S., Ke, X.*, Hou, R., Zhu, L., & Chen, Y. (2016). HSM-based enterprise WeChat study: An empirical analysis of P2P lending companies. Management Review, 28(12): 198-212. (In Chinese)

Professional Experiences

• Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (issued by Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong)
• Certificate of Completion in Building AI Knowledge and Skills for Curriculum Development (issued by City University of Hong Kong)

• The 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2023)
• The 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2021)

• Centre on Ageing Fellow, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong
• Member of the Association for Information Systems
• Member of the Esports Research Network

• Outstanding Academic Performance Award, City University of Hong Kong (2021)
• Research Tuition Scholarship, City University of Hong Kong (2019 and 2020)
• Postgraduate Scholarship, Hong Kong University Grants Committee, (2018-2021)
• Yip Yuen Yuk Hing Hall Active Resident Award (2018)
• Excellent Postgraduate Students in Guangdong Province (2018)
• National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students (2016 and 2017)
• The 14th Challenge Cup National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science & Technology Works Contest (“挑戰杯”全國大學生課外學術科技作品競賽), First Prize Winner (2015)
• National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students (2012, 2013, and 2014)
• The 4th Nationwide University’s E-Commerce “3C” Contest (全國大學生電子商務“創新、創意及創業”挑戰賽), First Prize Winner (2012)