Projektart und Laufzeit
ERASMUS, März 2023 bis Februar 2025Koordinator
Liechtenstein Business SchoolForschungsschwerpunkt
GeschäftsprozessmanagementBeschreibung
Students and doctoral candidates in Information Systems (IS) are repeatedly confronted with the task of implementing theoretical concepts in practice and evaluating them with users during their studies or doctoral work. In doing so, they often lack the methodological skill set. This is exactly where Design Science Research (DSR) provides support. DSR offers an important paradigm for conducting applicable and rigorous research about real-world design problems. DSR aims to generate prescriptive knowledge about the design of IS artifacts, such as software, methods, models, or concepts. DSR is a promising methodology that intends to generate knowledge on the design of innovative solutions to real-world problems. As such, DSR is specifically useful in contributing to the solution of societally and practically relevant challenges. At the same time, matured methodological foundations are available today, specifically supporting publishing DSR research both at conferences and top-tier journals. DSR has become a permanent teaching component in many undergraduate and Ph.D. programs. The variety of materials, courses, and papers make it difficult to select high-quality materials. In addition, there is the challenge of implementing these materials practically and in relation to one's own project. Thus, there is a lack of a uniform concept and a DSR curriculum. This is where we want to start with our project and create a well-thought-out DSR curriculum in the form of a "DSR Academy". This project aims to address these challenges by proposing to build the DSR Academy that will provide high-quality course materials for DSR. The DSR Academy will consist of several modules consisting of three components: (1) interviews with iconic authors from DSR, (2) interactive learning videos for self-assessment, and (3) hands-on DSR projects that enable the transfer of acquired knowledge into practice. Thus, the DSR Academy can be easily integrated into face-to-face classes and represents a unique knowledge collection to accumulate knowledge around DSR and design knowledge generated in DSR projects and make it accessible to others.
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Gau, M., & Gnewuch, U. (2025). Facilitating Design Knowledge Access With a Generative AI-Based Conversational Assistant. Paper presented at the Thirty-Third European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2025), Amman, Jordan. (VHB_3: B)
detailsReiners, S., Kipping, G., Tingelhoff, F., & Gau, M. (2025). Past Lessons, Future Directions: An Author-Informed Review of Design Science Research in Information Systems. Paper presented at the Local Solutions for Global Challenges. DESRIST 2025. (VHB_3: C)
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Gau, M., Reiners, S., Kipping, G., Müller, L., Tuunanen, T., Leimeister, J. M., & vom Brocke, J. (2025). Design Science Research Academy: A Prototype for Open and Innovative DSR Teaching Material. Presented at the DESRIST 2025.
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