Julia holds a PhD degree in Information Systems and Management from Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus, The Netherlands. Her research and consultancy  work revolves around outsourcing and offshoring of services, globally distributed teams, knowledge and innovation. She is Associate Fellow at LSE Outsourcing Unit. Julia is a regular presenter in international conferences and conventions. She published her work in numerous journal including The Wall Street Journal, Communications of the ACM, MISQ Executive, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information & Management, Journal of Information Systems, Cutter Consortium and others. She published 7 books, among them  “Knowledge Processes in Globally Distributed Contexts” , “The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring” .

Julia is the co-founder of the annual Global Sourcing Workshop;. She is Senior Editor for Journal of IT Teaching Cases and on the Editorial Board of IT and People journal. She acted as guest editor for several special issues on Global Sourcing: for Journal of IT in 2008, IT and People in 2009 and IEEE Transaction of Engineering Management (2011).

Julia is acting as an Academic Director for MSc in Information Systems  Management & Innovation course at WBS. She is teaching modules related to outsourcing and offshoring on MBA and Master levels and on various executive  courses.

Dr. Julia Kotlarsky is Associate Professor of Information Systems and Management at Warwick Business School, UK.