Ariana Polyviou
Lecturer in Information Systems, Digital Innovation & Entrepreneurship
ariana.polyviou@cut.ac.cy
25002907
Ariana Polyviou is a Lecturer at the Department of Management, Entrepreneurship and Digital Business. She holds a PhD in Management of Information Systems (Athens University of Economic and Business), MSc in Human-Computer Interaction (University College London) and BEng in Computer Science (University of York). Previously she has served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Nicosia, Adjunct Professor at IE Business School and visiting researcher at the LSE. Her research has been recognized with the JAIS Best Paper Honorable Mention Award 2024 and she has received the AIS Mid-Career Award 2024 by the Association of Information Systems as well [...]
Publications
Academic Articles
- Polyviou, A. (2025). Digital responsibility in metaverse platforms: A policy perspective. Information Systems Frontiers. In Press.
- Papagiannidis, S., Lacka, E., Polyviou, A., Truong, Y., Marder, B., Colliander, J., Pappas, I., Kietzmann, J., & Gozgor, G. (2025). Metaverse beyond the hype: Empirically assessing the future impact of metaverses. In Press.
- Polyviou, A., Pouloudi, N., Pramatari, K., & Leiser, S. (2024). A DNA helix analogy for interdependent mixed-methods research: Enabling cross-fertilizations and interim meta-inferences. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 25(6), 1585–1627. [JAIS Best Paper Honorable Mention Award for 2024]
- Polyviou, A., Venters, W., & Pouloudi, N. (2024). Distant but close: Locational, relational and temporal proximity in cloud computing adoption. Journal of Information Technology, 39(1), 71–93.
- Polyviou, A., Pouloudi, N., & Venters, W. (2024). Cloud computing adoption decision-making process: A sensemaking analysis. Information Technology & People, 26(6), 2153–2182.
- Dwivedi, Y. K., Jeyaraj, A., Hughes, L., Polyviou, A., Walton, P., & others. (2024). “Real impact”: Challenges and opportunities in bridging the gap between research and practice – Making a difference in industry, policy, and society. International Journal of Information Management, 78, 102750.
- Polyviou, A., & Zamani, E. (2023). Are we nearly there yet? A desires and realities framework for Europe’s AI strategy. Information Systems Frontiers, 25(1), 143–159.
- Polyviou, A., & Pappas, I. O. (2022). Chasing metaverses: Reflecting on existing literature to understand the business value of metaverses. Information Systems Frontiers, 25(6), 1–22.
Book Chapters
- Siddiqui, A., Polyviou, A., & Valogianni, K. (2025). Aligning stakeholder values in data governance: A value-sensitive analysis of the EU Data Act. In G. Prastacos, I. Ntzoufras, D. Karlis, X. Mamakou, & V. Chasiotis (Eds.), Leading & managing in the digital era: Shaping the future with AI and data analytics – Proceedings of extended abstracts (pp. 27–30). Athens University of Economics and Business; Stevens Institute of Technology; Bodossaki Foundation.
Reports
- Polyviou, A., Savvidis, C., & Soteriou, A. (2025). Entrepreneurship in Cyprus: National report 2023/2024. Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Cyprus; Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry.
- Polyviou, A., Savvidis, C., & Markopoulos, P. (2024). Entrepreneurship in Cyprus: National report 2022/2023. Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Cyprus; Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry.
Research Interests & Activities
Her research focuses on the business and social impact of technology including human-centered AI, metaverse, cloud computing and blockchain and emphasizing on topics relevant to digital innovation and entrepreneurship, digital business strategy, digital transformation, technology policy and technology adoption. Her work has been published in journals including Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Information Systems Frontiers and others. She has attracted funding and served as a principal investigator, co-principal institutional investigator or contributor in 20+ research projects funded by the European Commission and she has served as an evaluator for research proposals of the European. She is currently co-principal investigator of a network of 17 doctoral candidates on the topic of metaverse for business and social value.
FUNDED RESEARCH (SELECTED)
AGORA, “trAining younG researchers On shaping MetaveRse for business and social vAlue. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network, Horizon Europe, Total Funding: 3,950,927 Euros
RIGMETA, “Responsible Innovation and Governance for Metaverse Platforms” Starting Grant, Cyprus University of Technology, Total Funding: 40,000 Euros
CONFERENCE PAPERS (SELECTED)
Di Nenno, M., Polyviou, A., Zamani, E. D., & Soldatos, J. (2025). Business practices for a responsible and sustainable metaverse ecosystem: A systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS (ItAIS’25), Castellanza, Italy, October 17–18.
Perachoritis, I., Polyviou, A., Spanaki, K., & Soldatos, J. (2025). Data management challenges in the metaverse. In Proceedings of the 2025 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS’25), Nantes, France, October 2–4.
Polyviou, A. (2022). A sensemaking approach to Europe’s data strategy. In Proceedings of the 2022 Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS’22), Catanzaro, Italy, October 14–15.
Polyviou, A., & Zamani, E. (2022). Towards Europe’s AI strategy: Desires & realities. In Proceedings of the 2022 European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS’22), Timișoara, Romania, June 18–24.
PhD Students
- Milena Di Nenno
- Minas Naltsidis
- Ioannis Perachoritis
- Zafeiria Karlou
Other Activities & Services
She is currently serving as an Associate Editor at the European Journal of Information Systems and the Behaviour & Information Technology. She has served as a guest editor for various special issues in information systems and management journals and she served as Program Co-chair, Track Chair and Associate Editor of AIS-affiliated conferences (e.g., ICIS, ECIS, MCIS) over multiple years. She is a member of Cyprus’ national committee of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). In the past she has served as a member of Cyprus’ national committee of the Digital Championship and a mentor in multiple entrepreneurship centers and incubators in Cyprus and Greece as well as a committee member of several startup competitions.
