A panel discussion
Thursday 14th March 2013, Graham Wallace Room (Old Building), 2.30-4.00pm
Prof. John Leslie King, School of Information, University of Michigan
Prof. Ola Henfridsson, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Dr. Carsten Sorensen, London School of Economics and Political Science
Panel abstract
The irrefutable speed at which the capillary diffusion and involvement across the social fabric of Internet technologies, ubiquitous computing devices and data intensive applications seems to be underpinning a transformation of the forms of organizing of life, in and out of the human enterprise.
IS field has been long positioning itself for observing this change and refreshing theoretical innovation is often expected by research on these phenomena. Interest of recent research has been focused on the way emerging technological ecosystems, services and products of variable openness support new forms of organizing, service provision and strategy.
This seems to be a timely opportunity for a discipline that has been trying to emerge in social science academic environments sometimes characterized by parochialism and technophobia. It seems that the present developments are an opportunity for a review of some research agendas, to the advantage of all disciplines.
Looking forward, what should the research program of IS as a discipline be addressing in these issues? Where does the opportunity for theoretical innovation lie, in these developments we are witnessing?
We have invited three prominent scholars to provide a stimulating discussion on this broad topic.
For event info: n.tempini@lse.ac.uk