Arif Khan is a Research Training Coordinator at Charles Sturt University. He began work in the field of information and communication studies in 2000 and later practiced in areas of information management, knowledge governance, information literacy, corporate training, professional development and community development.

In his current role, Arif is working in the areas of researcher development course design, and implementation of impactful training programs for researchers, PhD students, and staff in a university setting. Adept at using a range of research & academic tools, Arif has coordinated a national-level Public Sector Development Project as project director. He has maintained an interest in the technological and social aspects of information and communication studies.

Besides publishing in well-reputed journals, Arif has presented his research work in international conferences. He worked with international projects run by AusAID and Cowater. As a corporate trainer, Arif has designed and conducted 23 national-level training for information professionals, researchers, academics and PhD candidates. Arif’s PhD explored experiential learning programs (ELP) and presented a theory of ELP supervision in information sector organisations.

• Knowledge governance
• Socially deprived communities / people with disability
• Information literacy and gender mainstreaming
• Social network analysis / social information seeking
• Data and information security
• Qualification Framework and accreditation standards
• Experiential learning
• Web Impact Factor / Web 2.0
• Virtual reference services

• Web of Science ID: http://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/M-1906-2013
• Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57207375058
• Publons ID: https://publons.com/researcher/33991/arif-khan
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=jOfznKMAAAAJ&hl=en