The special focus of the seminar is how to conduct methodologically sound DSR  and especially how to arrange the research-practice-interaction and collaboration in DSR.  The seminar is of relevance to researchers interested in research methods, personally  doing  DSR, as well as practitioners being involved in DSR projects and/or interested in the research-practice- relationship in the IT field.

SPEAKERS:
Prof. Juhani Iivari, University of Oulu
Prof. emeritus Pertti Järvinen, University of Tampere
Prof. Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics

SCHEDULE

Tuesday December 9, 2008 (Ag Gamma)

09.15 - 09.30 Opening (Juhani Iivari)
09.30 - 10.45 Paradigmatic analysis of Information Systems as a design science (Juhani Iivari)
10.45 - 11.15 Break
11.15 - 12.30 Action Design, a fresh approach to IS research: Part I
(Matti Rossi)
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 - 15.30 Action Design, a fresh approach to IS research: Part II
(Matti Rossi)
15.30 - 15.45  Break
15.45 - 17.00 Student presentations/discussion, etc

Wednesday December 10, 2008 (Ag, Gamma)

09.15 - 10.15 Introduction to the central DSR literature and its pearls
(Pertti Järvinen)
10.15 - 10.45 Break
10.45 - 12.00 Action Research is similar to Design Science (Pertti Järvinen)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 13.45 Action research and design science research – seemingly similar but decisively dissimilar (Juhani Iivari)
13.45 - 14.00 Break
14.00 - 15.00 On the quality of design science research (Pertti Järvinen)
15.00 - 16.00 Discussion/student presentations
16.00 - 16.05 Closing

*Meals: Lunch and coffee can be bought from restaurant/cafeteria Piato

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