Course coordinator: Michel Avital, Department of Digitalization (DIGI)

Structure and Format

The course surveys a broad literature base to provide students with a grasp of the main issues in the IS discipline while developing a deeper understanding of its development and conceptual turns. The course emphasizes breadth and is geared toward the socio-technical aspects of information technologies in an organizational context. Specifically, participants will have an opportunity to examine the main strands of IS research and their interrelationships in the overall context of the discipline and management studies. 

The course is designed as a sequence of 6 distinct three-hour meetings, each covering a central topic in information systems research. The meetings are designed in a research seminar format that includes guided discussions, mini-workshops, and teacher and student class presentations. In addition to a critical and appreciative review of existing work, the seminar emphasizes constructive discussion aiming toward helping students to design state of the art research that builds on and extends the related current body of knowledge.

Considering the underlying objective, the readings, class preparation and class participation are essential. In preparation for each seminar, each student will review the assigned articles, and subsequently should prepare and upload to CANVAS a “conversation starter” that discusses and integrates the readings as well as offers personal insights and suggested topics for further discussion in the seminar. Upload or post your conversation starter to the designated Assignment section in Canvas at least 48 hours prior to the class (Wednesday at noon).

Lecture plan

01 March - The Digital Innovation - Room KL1.43
- Carsten Sørensen

08 March - AI and Personalization - Room KL1.43   
- Travis Greene

15 March - People and IT - Room KL1.43
- Maren Gierlich-Joas

22 March - Decision-making with Humans and Machines - Room KL Ks71
- Jason Burton

05 April - IS Economics - Room KL1.43
- Robert Kauffman & Weifang Wu

12 April - Digital Transformation of Work - Room KL1.43
Tina Blegind Jensen

         * All sessions are Fridays, 14:00-17:00, except first day which is 09:00 - 12:00.

Note: DIGI students are required to pass 4.0 ECTS by taking two rounds of the seminar

Registration deadline and conditions

The registration deadline is 1 February 2024. If you want to cancel your registration on the course it should be done prior to this mentioned date. By this date we determine whether we have enough registrations to run the course, or who should be offered a seat if we have received too many registrations.

If there are more seats available on the course we leave the registration open by setting a new regsitration deadline in order to fill remaining seats. Once you have received our acceptance/welcome letter to join the course, your registration is binding and we do not refund your course fee. The binding registration date will be the registration deadline mentioned above.

Payment methods

Make sure you choose the correct method of payment upon finalizing your registration: