Assistant Professor of Digital Economy, School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Dr. Kai-Rong (Carol) Liang is an Assistant Professor of Digital Economy at the School of Management Science and Engineering at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Jiangsu, China. She earned her M.A.Sc. in Industrial Engineering in 2017 and her Ph.D. in Administration Management in 2023, both from Fuzhou University, Fujian, China. Dr. Liang joined Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in July 2023.

Her research focuses on platform supply chain management, the digital economy, and game theory. Dr. Liang’s work has been supported by several grants, including the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Foundation, the Philosophy and Social Science Fund of the Education Department of Jiangsu Province, and the Startup Grant for Introducing Talent of NUIST. She has published 24 articles in internationally refereed journals, including Computers & Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Transportation Research Part E, Group Decision and Negotiation, Annals of Operations Research, and Journal of Environmental Management. Her publications have been cited over 320 times according to the Web of Science.

Dr. Liang has received several notable awards and fellowships, including the Canada-China Scholar Exchange Programme (CCSEP) by the China Scholarship Council in September 2025, a Visiting Fellowship at the Centre of Advanced Studies, University of Palermo in July 2025, and a State Scholarship Fund to pursue study in Canada as a Visiting PhD Student in July 2021.

She also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, reflecting her growing influence in the field.