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Dr Qi (Lecky) Li

Lecturer in Digital Business

Specialisms

  • Data Visualisation, 
  • Organisational semiotics, 
  • Business intelligence, 
  • Digital transformation

Location

274b, Edith Morley Building, Whiteknights Campus

Dr Lecky Li has extensive experience teaching university students in business schools, as well as industry professionals from the technology sector. His research interests focus on organisational semiotics (OS) and the application of OS approaches in education and business research.

Dr Qi Li is a Lecturer in Business Informatics in the Department of Digitalisation, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (DME) at Henley Business School, University of Reading. He also holds the role of Curriculum Development Manager for the Digital Talent Academy (DTA) at Henley. He completed his PhD in Business Informatics at Henley in 2020, with a research focus on intelligent data analytics, interactive data visualisation and organisational semiotics. Prior to his doctorate, he obtained two master’s degrees: one in Accounting and Finance from Queen’s University Belfast, and another in Business Information Management from Henley Business School. Dr Li’s research currently focuses on digital leadership, organisational transformation, cultivating digital competences, business informatics and organisational semiotics. He has substantial experience in designing and delivering industry-certified and management programmes for both university students and industry professionals. He has led online masterclasses accredited by leading technology providers, including Alibaba Cloud and Huawei. Many of the student projects under his supervision have achieved top prizes in the Huawei Global ICT Competition since 2020.In addition, Dr Li is a recipient of a MSc Teacher Education, and is currently a member of Kellogg College, University of Oxford.