Energy Informatics: Designing a Discipline (And Possible Lessons Leared for the IS Community)

vom Brocke J; Fridgen G; Hasan H; Ketter W; Watson R


Abstract
If we were to design a new scientific field with a clean slate perspective, what might be the outcome? The panelists have been working in various ways for the last few years on establishing a new domain of inquiry, Energy Informatics. The panel will address key questions that they think should be considered by those designing a new discipline. Specifically, they will address the following critical questions: (1) How do you enhance research community effectiveness? (2) How do you enhance research community efficiency? (3) What are the central activities and key resources? (4) How do you assess an effective contribution? These questions follow directly from the panel's contention that a new field should make every endeavor to avoid accepting legacy systems as an appropriate infrastructure for conducting research in today's world.

Keywords
Energy Informatics



Publication type
Research article in proceedings (conference)

Peer reviewed
Yes

Publication status
Published

Year
2013

Conference
34th International Conference on Information Systems

Venue
Milano

Volume
1

Book title
Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)

Editor
Baskerville R; Chau M

Start page
1435

End page
1440

Publisher
Association for Information Systems

Place
United States

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