Agnis Stibe

Agnis Stibe

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School: The Business School
Department: Business Innovation
Position: Associate Professor 
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: agnis.stibe@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2653-7677

He is an Associate Professor at the department of Business Innovation at The Business School of RMIT University Vietnam and Extraordinary Professor of Artificial Intelligence for Society 5.0 at the University of Pretoria. He designed and directed an Artificial Intelligence program at EM Normandie Business School in collaboration with EPITA Engineering School.

He also established research on Persuasive Cities at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advised the SoCity DAO project team at the MIT Media Lab. This first-of-its-kind decentralized prosocial platform empowers urban citizens to make their communities more livable and cities hyper-performing. 

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  • Postdoctoral Associate in Persuasive Cities from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA
  • PhD in Socially Influencing Systems from the University Of Oulu in Finland
  • MBA from Riga Business School at Riga Technical University in Latvia
  • Master of Computer Science from the University of Latvia
  • Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of Latvia

  • Digital Marketing 
  • Master of Business Administration 

  • Human artificial intelligence
  • Organization hyper-performance
  • Knowledge-behavior gap model
  • Social influence model
  • Persuasive cities

  • Gaile, A., Baumane-Vītoliņa, I., Stibe, A., & Kivipõld, K. (2024). Expanding Career Adaptability: Connections as a Critical Component of Career Success. European Journal of Management and Business Economics. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJMBE-06-2023-0185 
  • Stibe, A. (2024). Transformation Design Framework for AI-Driven Hyper-Performance. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems, August 19-21, Vienna, Austria. 
  • Stibe, A. & Dinh, T.H.N. (2024). Exploring Human Artificial Intelligence Using the Knowledge Behavior Gap Model. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems, August 19-21, Vienna, Austria. 
  • Dinh, T.H.N., & Stibe, A. (2024). Applying the Knowledge Behavior Gap Model to Study the Acceptance of Blockchain-Based Solutions. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems, August 19-21, Vienna, Austria. 
  • Cugelman, B., & Stibe, A. (2023). Interactive Behavior Change Model (IBCM 8.0): Theory and Ontology. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (pp. 145-160). Springer Nature Switzerland 
  • Bernovskis, A., Stibe, A., Sceulovs, D., Zhang, Y., & Li, J. (2023). Gamified DAOs as Blockchain-Based Catalysts for Prosocial and Environmentally Oriented Cities. In International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (pp. 38-51). Springer Nature Switzerland 
  • Stibe, A., Krüger, N., & Behne, A. (2022). Knowledge Behavior Gap Model: An Application for Technology Acceptance. In: Awan, I., Younas, M., Poniszewska-Marańda, A. (eds) Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems. MobiWIS 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13475, pp. 3-17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14391-5_1 
  • Gaile, A., Baumane-Vītoliņa, I., Kivipõld, K., & Stibe, A. (2022). Examining Subjective Career Success of Knowledge Workers. Review of Managerial Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00523-x 
  • Cassady, B., & Stibe, A. (2021). Bringing It All Together: Using Behavioral Science and a Habit-Building Approach To Deliver Sustainable Innovation. In Cassady, B. 'Cycles: The Simplest, Proven Method to Innovate Faster while Reducing Risks', Die Keure Publishing 
  • Khan, M., Fernandes, G., Vaish, A., Manuja, M., Maes, P., & Stibe A. (2021). Improving Context-Aware Habit-Support Interventions Using Egocentric Visual Contexts. 16th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, pp. 115-131 
  • Stibe, A. (2020). Transforming Technology for Global Business Acceleration and Change Management. Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 23:2, 83-88 https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2020.1752077 
  • Nyström, T., & Stibe, A. (2020). When Persuasive Technology Gets Dark? 17th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (pp. 331-345). Springer, Cham. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63396-7_22 
  • Stibe, A., & Cugelman, B. (2019). Social Influence Scale for Technology Design and Transformation. The 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2019 (pp. 561-577). Springer, Cham. 
  • Dace, E., Stibe, A., & Timma, L. (2019). A Holistic Approach to Manage Environmental Quality by Using the Kano Model and Social Cognitive Theory. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (pp. 1– 14) https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.1828 
  • Cyr, D., Head, M., Lim, E., & Stibe, A. (2018). Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model to Examine Online Persuasion through Website Design. Information & Management, 55(7), 807-821 
  • Hofmeister, T.B., & Stibe, A. (2017). Living Mobility Transitions towards Bicycling: Designing Practices through Co-Creation and Socially Influencing Systems. The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S3305-S3316, https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352834 
  • Noyman, A., Stibe, A., & Larson, K. (2017). Roadmap for Autonomous Cities: Sustainable Transformation of Urban Spaces. 23rd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2017), August 10-12, 2017, Boston, MA, USA 
  • Stibe, A., & Larson, K. (2016). Persuasive Cities for Sustainable Wellbeing: Quantified Communities. In M. Younas et al. (eds.): Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWIS 2016), LNCS 9847 (pp. 271–282) 
  • Stibe, A., & Cugelman, B. (2016). Persuasive Backfiring: When Behavior Change Interventions Trigger Unintended Negative Outcomes. In Persuasive Technology (pp. 65–77). Springer International Publishing 
  • Millonig, A., Wunsch, M., Stibe, A., Seer, S., Dai, C., Schechtner, K., & Chin, R.C.C. (2016). Gamification and Social Dynamics Behind Corporate Cycling Campaigns. Transportation Research Procedia, 19, (pp. 33–39) 
  • Stibe, A. (2015). Advancing Typology of Computer-Supported Influence: Moderation Effects in Socially Influencing Systems. In Persuasive Technology (pp. 253–264). Springer International Publishing [PDF] 
  • Stibe, A. (2015). Towards a Framework for Socially Influencing Systems: Meta-Analysis of Four PLS-SEM Based Studies. In Persuasive Technology (pp. 172–183). Springer International Publishing 

  • 2017, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA MIT Media Lab, Wellbeing SIG grant to help facilitating, designing, implementing, and studying behavior change interventions at the MIT Media Lab. 
  • 2016, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA MIT Media Lab, Wellbeing SIG grant to design, implement, and study a behavior change intervention for motivating stair-use in the MIT Media Lab. 
  • 2016, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society, Schöller Fellow with a topic on “Nuremberg – a Persuasive City for Sustainable Wellbeing and Innovation” 
  • 2015, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA MIT Media Lab, Advancing Wellbeing grant to design and teach a graduate course on “Health Behavior Change at Scale: Persuasive Urban Systems for Healthy and Sustainable Routines” 
  • 2014, Funding for finalizing a doctoral degree, based on the proposal by the University of Oulu Research Council and of the Dean of the University of Oulu, Graduate School. 
  • 2014, University of Oulu Graduate School, Finland, Travel grant award for attending the 9th International Conference on Persuasive Technology (PERSUASIVE 2014) to present the complete research paper “Using Social Influence for Motivating Customer to Generate and Share Feedback” (which was distinguished as the 3rd best presentation).

  • Nicolai Krüger “Strategic Service Innovation: A Human-Centered Mixed-Methods Approach” Corporate Accounting and Business Informatics, Osnabrück University, Germany 
  • Monique Pretorius “Towards an Understanding of Cognitive Enhancement in the Workplace” Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa 
  • Arturs Bernovskis “Gamification Methods for Improving Employee Productivity” Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management, Riga Technical University

  • 2024, Society of Open Innovation & Riga Technical University 2024 Conference, Best Poster award, for paper titled “Society 5.0: Shaping the Future of E-Commerce” by Bernovskis, A., Sceulovs, D., and Stibe, A. 
  • 2021, Persuasive Technology, 16th International Conference on Persuasive Technologies, Best Paper Finalist award together with MIT Media Lab for "Improving Context-Aware Habit-Support Interventions Using Egocentric Visual Contexts." 
  • 2015, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), HCI/MIS Workshop, Best Paper award for “The Art of Online Persuasion through Design: The Role of Issue Involvement as it Influences Users based on Prior Knowledge” by Cyr, D., Head, M.,Lim, E., and Stibe, A. 
  • 2012, Doctoral Program on Software and Systems Engineering, Finland, PhD scholarship award 
  • 2012, Nokia award, Finland, PhD scholarship award from the Foundation of Nokia Corporation 
  • 2007, Gratitude from the Ministry of Education and Science, Latvia For long-term and creative work in Summer school for prizewinners of academic, Olympiads in Latvia presented by the Minister of Education and Science. 
  • 2002, Gratitude from the Ministry of Education and Science, Latvia, For long-term and creative work in Summer school for prizewinners of academic Olympiads in Latvia presented by the Minister of Education and Science. 
  • 1997, Promotion Scholarship, Latvian Fund for Education under “Program for Education, Science and Culture”. 

  • 2022 - present: Scientific Advisor at Filos
  • 2021 - present: Hyper-Performance Advisor at InsideBE.com, Strategic Advisor at GetFocused.team
  • 2020 - present: Strategic Advisor at Wyblo, Paris Chapter Lead at Transformative Technology Community, Startup Advisor at the University of California San Diego
  • 2019 - present: Transformation Advisor at The Littery, Mentor at Intercell, Transforming Mentor at FasterCapital
  • 2018 - present: Transformation Advisor at Mindworx, Attitude on Health Advisory Board of the Australian Health and Nutrition Association
  • 2017 - present: Hyper-Performance Advisor at AgnisStibe.com
  • 2005 - present: Teambuilding Coach at Business Consulting Partners

  • 2023 - present: RMIT University Vietnam
  • 2020 - 2022: EM Normandie Business School
  • 2017 - 2020: ESLSCA Business School Paris
  • 2014 - 2017: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2011 - 2014: University of Oulu
  • 2008 - 2010: First Data International Northern Europe
  • 2006 - 2007: Oracle East Central Europe Limited
  • 2004 - 2006: Hewlett-Packard EMEA
  • 2002 - 2004: MicroLink Latvia
  • 1997 - 2002: Bates ADM
  • 1993 - 1997: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia