Doctoral Consortium

July 10, 2009

The PACIS 2009 Doctoral Committee invites universities to nominate one candidate each for the doctorial consortium. PhD students, who are currently working on Information Systems dissertation/thesis and have defended their dissertation/thesis proposals before June 2009 are eligible for nomination.

Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs

Paulo Goes (University of Connecticut)
Shirley Gregor (Australian National University)
Arun Sundararajan (New York University)


Call for Nominations

The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) invites nominations for the Doctoral Consortium to be held at the Indian School of Business (ISB) on July 9-10, 2009.

The PACIS Doctoral Consortium aims to provide doctoral students, in the field of information systems, with an opportunity to share their research ideas other doctoral students and scholars. The consortium will provide opportunities to network and collaborate with and eminent professors and researchers from universities across the globe associated with top journals of the IS field who will participate as faculty in the event.

The consortium will begin a dinner reception on July 9, 2009 at the ISB followed by the consortium on July 10, 2009.

This means that PhD students will receive high quality feedback and support for their academic work, and also have the opportunity of networking with senior academics. This Doctoral Consortium will be a significant event for emerging IS researchers in our region.


Eligibility

• Ph.D. students currently working on Information Systems dissertation/thesis and who will have defended their dissertation/thesis proposals before June 2009 are eligible for nomination.

• Ideally the consortium candidate should have chosen his theoretical approach and started the empirical work at the time of the consortium but should have at least six months of work remaining to complete the research at the time of the consortium.

• The language medium of the consortium is English. The nominated candidates must be sufficiently proficient in English to participate in the consortium.

Nomination Process

1. Students must be nominated by an IS faculty member/academic. The nomination should comprise:


 

• A nomination letter from either the director of the IS doctoral program, the IS department’s chairperson, or the candidate’s thesis/dissertation advisor certifying that that the candidate is the sole nominee from the university/institution, and that the candidate meets the eligibility criteria mentioned above.

• The Nomination Information sheet to be downloaded from here and duly filled.

• A short paper of 2000 words, summarizing the student’s dissertation proposal. This paper should provide the research question, a justification of why and to whom the research is important, a brief literature review, the theoretical basis for the work, research model and hypotheses (if applicable), and a description of the research design.

2. The last date to send in nominations is 31st March, 2009.

3. The nomination document (one document containing the nomination letter, nomination information sheet and the short paper) in Microsoft Word Format must be submitted online.

Submit Nomination

Please go to the 'Submit Paper' page of this website to submit your nomination.


Selection Process

The Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs will assess the submitted nominations on the basis of the rigour, relevance, the potential contribution the student can make to the consortium, and the potential benefit the consortium can have on the student’s research. The Consortium will include a balanced mix of students representing diverse research topics, methods, schools and cultures. The consortium will be limited to 15 participants only.


Important Dates