Dr Muhammad Anshari is an Associate Professor of Business Information Systems at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), where he previously served as Deputy Director and subsequently Director of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) until 2026. His professional experience includes IT Business Analyst at Astra International and research fellowships at National Taiwan University and King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He has led grant-funded research projects and industry consultancies. In 2024, he received UBD’s Research Excellence Award (Category of Senior Academic Career). His research primarily contributes to SDGs Goal 9. Dr. Anshari has been listed among Stanford University’s Top 2% World Scientists in the fields of ICT. He received 2 Outstanding Paper Awards at the 2023 Emerald Literati Awards, & his works have been cited in 5 U.S. patents (US20230215525A1, US10999416B1, US20220182468A1, US12020161B2, & US20240037463A1). His research has contributed to international policy discourse, with publications cited in policy documents by think tanks, governmental, intergovernmental & policy research organisations worldwide, as reported by Elsevier (2026). These include OECD, WHO, UNDP, ADB, UNU-EGOV, UNU-IIST, the Government of Switzerland & Brunei Darussalam, Generalitat Valenciana, British Council, CONASS (Brazil), Fedesarrollo (Colombia), IZA (Germany), ICRIER (India), the Ministry of Planning and Development (Trinidad and Tobago), & Victoria Law Foundation (Australia).