Course info

Description:
The course will outline the knowledge and skills necessary to publish qualitative research in the interpretive tradition in the IT disciplines – particularly the Information Systems discipline.

It will cover
• the ontological and epistemological positions behind interpretive research, and how it differs from positivist and critical research
• outlines of the various research styles associated with interpretivism: including ethnography, case studies, grounded theory, mixed method research and the various forms of engaged research
• organising systematic data collection
• content analysis with software tools
• theory generation in the interpretive tradition
• article design and publishing outlets.

The course will be relevant to students working with qualitative data in the IT disciplines, whether or not they formally consider themselves as interpretive researchers, since there is considerable overlap of methods and publishing traditions.

Format:
The course will be based on action learning where the participants in micro groups work on developing their research with a view to publication. The focus will be on data collection, data analysis, theory generation and article design.

Prerequisites:
Some experience of qualitative research with an IT focus

Learning objectives:
At the end of the course the students should be able to
• Plan and organise suitable data collection
• Analyse data using content analysis software
• Understand how to generalise their analysis results to theory
• Design a research article in the interpretive tradition

Lecturer bio:
Jeremy Rose is Associate Professor at the Department of Computing Science, Aalborg University, Denmark. He has worked with the PITNIT, SPV and DISIMIT research projects in Denmark, and in a variety of engaged research and consulting roles. His research interests are principally concerned with IT and organizational change, IT and societal change, the management of IT, and systems development. He has published in management, systems, eGovernment and information systems journals and conferences and is associate editor at Communications of the AIS, Information Technology and People, and Systems, Signs and Actions. He was the founding director of the Centre for eGovernance at Aalborg University and a member of the steering committee for the Demo-Net European network of excellence.

Organizer:
Associate Professor Jeremy Rose, Aalborg University, email: jeremy@cs.aau.dk

Lecturers:
Associate Professor Jeremy Rose, Aalborg University, email: jeremy@cs.aau.dk

ECTS:
2.0

Time:
October 23-25, 2013

Place:
Aalborg University

Zip code:
9220

City:
Aalborg

Number of seats:

Deadline:
October 4, 2013

Important information concerning PhD courses
We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 5,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately three months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.