Beskrivning av kursen
Background
Digital technologies demonstrate unique properties, such as malleability and flexibility. Such properties make them generative, in the sense that they continuously produce new opportunities for the creation of products, services, infrastructures, business models, and organizational forms (Bharadwaj et al. 2013; Lyytinen et al. 2016; Nambisan et al. 2017; Yoo et al. 2010). Digital technologies are also increasingly affordable and accessible, radically lowering entry barriers. As new stakeholders are engaged, value creation processes spread far beyond corporate lab environments, further embedding digital technologies into society. Ultimately, digital technologies alter the environments of organizations, give rise to tensions, and call for profound change in how they organize for innovation (Gregory et al. 2015; Sandberg et al. 2019; Svahn et al. 2017).
In response, the information systems (IS) community has established a strong foundation for research on topics such as digital innovation (Fichman et al. 2014; Yoo et al. 2012; Yoo et al. 2010), digital infrastructure (Constantinides et al. 2018; Henfridsson and Bygstad 2013; Tilson et al. 2010), digital transformation (Majchrzak et al. 2016; Nambisan et al. 2019), and digital ecosystems (El Sawy et al. 2010; Jacobides et al. 2018; Suseno et al. 2018; Tiwana 2015). This research is further accelerated by regional and global initiatives, such as the Swedish Centre for Digital Innovation (SCDI) and the recently announced AIS special interest group on Digital Innovation, Transformation, and Entrepreneurship (SIG DITE).
Content
This PhD course offers an overview of contemporary research in the area of digital innovation. In particular, it showcases a range of theories and approaches that researchers can employ to study the many complex phenomena associated with digital innovation. A range of focus areas are discussed in relation to selected readings and illustrated by SCDI research projects. The following modules are included in the course:
Gothenburg
Digital Innovation in IS Research
Citizen Science in Digital Collective Action Research
Pragmatist Outreach and Impact
Social Network Analysis in Organizational Research
Theorizing Digital Institutions
Researching Emerging Technologies
Umeå
Longitudinal Research
Collection and Analysis of Digital Trace Data
Scaling digital ventures
Critical Investigations of Black Boxed Digital Organizing
Organizing in the Digital Age
Stockholm
Critical Realism in Digital Innovation Research
The Sociomaterial Lens: Tracing the Flow of Material-Discursive Practices
Video Ethnography in Digital Entrepreneurship
Process research on innovation trajectories
Target audience
The course is designed for PhD students pursuing a dissertation on digital innovation, digital transformation, digital entrepreneurship, or a similar topic. The course is free of charge, but participants are expected to cover costs for travel and accommodation. We invite applications from across Scandinavia.
Behörighet och urval
Förkunskapskrav
För tillträde till kursen krävs att sökande är antagen till forskarutbildning.
Urval
We accept a maximum of 18 students. Applicants are evaluated on the match between thesis focus and course content. For comparable merits, priority is given to:
1. PhD students at SCDI member institutions (GU, UU, HHS).
2. PhD students at collaborating institutions (Aalto University, Copenhagen Business School, and Oslo University).
3. PhD students enrolled at the Swedish research school Management and IT.
Utbildningssamarbete
The course is a collaboration between the three founding member institutions of Swedish Centre for Digital Innovation (SCDI): Umeå university, Stockholm School of Economics and the University of Gothenburg.
Kursplan
IT00013
Institution
Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi
Ämne
Ekonomi och juridik, IT
Typ av kurs
Områdeskurs
Sökord
digital innovation, digital entrepreneurship, digital transformation, digital infrastructure