Chern Li Liew is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She received her MSc in Information Science from Loughborough University, United Kingdom and her PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research connects human-centred digital innovation, information sciences and, sociocultural and community informatics, with cultural heritage being one of her core domains of expertise. The overall aim of Chern Li's research is to contribute to the understanding of the potentials, challenges and impacts digital technologies have on the care and use of documentary heritage, and how digital innovation in GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) can contribute to cultural and social cohesion.

Current research projects (As Principal Investigator):

* Towards Socioculturally Responsible and Inclusive Stewardship of Digital Indigenous Knowledge Collections -
Funded by Royal Society of New Zealand (Royal Society Te Apārangi) Marsden Fund (Jul 2022 - Dec 2026) 

* Futuring Dialogic Cultural Heritage - Funded by THW-VUW WSBG Faculty Strategic Research Grant (Feb 2023 - Dec 2026)

Chern Li is a Member of the Guardians Kaitiaki of the Alexander Turnbull Library. The Guardians Kaitiaki is the statutory advisory body that advises the Ministry of Internal Affairs on matters relating to the documentary heritage collections and taonga, and services of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and ATL’s role as a research library.

Prior to joining academia, Chern Li had experience working in different sectors – in auditing & consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers, in education counselling with the British Council, and as an Intranet Content and Information Centre Manager at Telekom Malaysia.