Dr Ryan Wong

Dr Ryan Wong


I am an interdisciplinary scholar who is interested in how public and private organisations develop strategies for leveraging sustainability and AI hypes. Organisations deceive and are deceived to stay legitimate and competitive. My focus areas are: 

  • Confabulation of GenAI in strategic management
  • Overconfidence in strategy development
  • Greenwashing and AI washing by corporations

I completed my PhD at the Australian National University and a Masters in Public Health at the University of Melbourne. I have held fellowships at the Mercatus Centre (GMU), the Santa Fe Institute, the IDDRI (Paris), and the ISEAS (Singapore). I have taught at universities in Canberra, Munich, Singapore, and Newcastle. I am currenly a Global Fellow at the Centre of International Law of the National University of Singapore.


My peer-reviewed articles were published in high impact factor journals such as Sustainable Development and Journal of Cleaner Production. My most recent work examines greenwashing regulation, magic concept in public management, epistemic vigilance in GenAI literacy, and GenAI confabulation in scenario planning. 


Sustainable Development Goals
In brief

Research areas

Overconfidence and hype in strategic management, AI washing and Greenwashing of corporations and Confabulation and hallucination of GenAI in strategy development

Skills / expertise

Mixed method methodology

Supervision interests

Strategic management, AI washing and greenwashing and GenAI hallucination