The digital age is not only on everyone’s mind in society, industry and politics but also on top of the research agendas of many, many scientists – in any field. At QUT alone, research groups examine the influence of 'the digital' in areas of agriculture, design, innovation, economy, media, entrepreneurship and others.
Please note the event has been rescheduled to Friday 1 September 2017.
OVERVIEW
Over the last decade, Professor Jan Recker's research has examined how digitalization is changing and up-ending many of our 'ways of working' – from regular business process to organisational projects, from large innovation initiatives to small entrepreneurial pursuits. His research group has studied 'digital' in the field, both with some of Australia’s largest corporations, and with some of the smallest. The group has also been funded by industry to produce relevant insights, and through national grants, to produce novel theory.
This presentation will reflect on the challenges and opportunities that digitalisation brings – with a focus on the new tensions that it produces for scholarly communities and the way we conduct impactful research and produce new theories.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jan Recker is Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow and Full Professor at the QUT Business School. At QUT, he held the inaugural Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation and now leads the Digital Innovation Research Group. When promoted to Full Professor in 2012, he was one of Australia’s youngest professors in its history.
Jan is one of QUT’s most read authors. He has written over 200 journal articles, conference papers and books, and has been speaking at universities and events all over the globe. He has worked with several of Australia’s largest organisations, including Woolworths, Federal and State Government, Australia Post, SAP, IP Australia, Australian Federal Police, Suncorp, Ergon, Stanwell, Inspirations Paint, and others.
His research focuses on Digital Innovation, Systems Analysis & Design and the role of Technology for Environmental Sustainability. His research has appeared in leading information systems, management science, software engineering, project management, computer science, and sociology journals. He has also written popular textbooks on scientific research and data analysis. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Communications of the Association for Information Systems, one of two flagship journals of the global information systems association.
This lecture is proudly supported by QUT Business School and Institute for Future Environments research about transforming innovation systems.
