The course is open for registration for PhD students at the University of Agder and the University of Oslo, and also for PhD students external to these two universities.
External students must apply by filling this form and get approval to participate as a guest student at the University of Oslo or the University of Agder.
The completed course is approved as a 10 ECTS PhD course at the PhD program at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo (course code INF9200) and the PhD program specialization in information systems at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Agder (course code IS-607).
Course coordinators
Sundeep Sahay (University of Oslo) and Devinder Thapa (University of Agder)
Dates and Location
- September 4-8 University of Oslo, Oslo
- October 2-6 University of Agder, Kristiansand
September 4-8, UiO:
- What is IS theory and the IT artifact?
- Structuration Theory and Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
- Institutional theory
- Theorizing power
October 2-6, UiA:
- Sociomateriality
- Theory of Affordances in the IS context
- Theories on global issues
- Theories on IT and organizational change, innovation and strategy