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Echeloned Design Science Research Doctoral Course (3 ECTS Credits)

University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of information technology will open a doctoral course ”Design Science Research in Information Systems”.

 

Registration

Students of University of Jyväskylä register to the course in Sisu (course TJTJ7703)!

For others:

Open until October 1st.

After registration please fill the following form and send it as pdf file by email to office@inforte.jyu.fi: https://inforte.jyu.fi/events/materials/registration-form-1

25 seats available. University of Jyväskylä and INFORTE doctoral students have priority if we need to limit the course participation.

Course Description

This course focuses on design science research (DSR), the nature of the research approach, and how to apply a specific DSR methodology for a research project: Echeloned DSR (eDSR). Students will start by reviewing DSR literature on selected topics to understand the DSR research approach. This is followed by a critical examination and evaluation of eDSR and its application for a DSR project. The course gives the students a broad understanding of designing and conducting their design science research project using eDSR. The course applies flipped class and SHLAM2 as pedagogical tools to advance the learning-by-doing approach to study the use and application of the eDSR.

Goals of the Course

This course is designed to introduce doctoral students to DSR in general but specifically to eDSR methodology to understand issues related to research design and its application for a DSR project. In addition, students need to understand the nature of DSR as a research approach and current research issues and themes.

Learning Outcomes

  1. The student will have a good knowledge and understanding of how to apply eDSR for conducting a DSR project within the field of information systems (or related fields).
  2. The student will gain competence in critiquing DSR research articles published in some of the leading academic journals and conference proceedings.
  3. The student will have a good knowledge and understanding of research design issues related to DSR research and can apply these to their Ph.D. research proposal.
  4. The student will gain competence in critical thinking and synthesis of academic sources.

The course runs 29th October to 17th December. Each week we will have one online session (2:15-5 pm Finland time) and class participation is mandatory (with some exceptions). See course schedule from the attached course outline.

Pre-Course Assignment

Students read the pre-course reading package (see Appendix A in the course outline) and develop a DSR project idea based on their doctoral dissertation project or some other interest. Note that you can discuss the idea with the lecturer before the course starts. Based on the pre-course reading package and their DSR project idea, students will present their initial problem analysis for their research project proposal. Students must use the eDSR methodology guidelines for the problem analysis. The pre-course assignment is marked pass/failed as part of the class participation assessment (see below for details). Details of how to structure your weekly presentations are included in the Moodle site of the course.

The pre-course assignment submission deadline is 22nd September 2025.

Course Prerequisites

Students should have completed the qualitative and quantitative research methods courses (TJTJ7701-2 or similar) and (or be in the process of completing) the philosophy of science course (ITKJ1000 or similar) before enrolling in this course.