Doctoral studies in Informatics
Research education subject information
Faculty
Faculty of Business, Science and Engineering
School
Örebro University School of Business
Study plan
Subject representative
As a scientific discipline, informatics develops knowledge about people’s design and use of ICT in various contexts: individual, organisational and societal. Its study object is referred to as ‘information systems’ in conformity with the international research field of the same name. Significant phenomena within the discipline’s empirical field are:
- ICT systems, ICT applications, ICT infrastructure
- ICT development/change including different types of tools (methods, models, roles etc.)
- Uses of ICT in organizational contexts
- People in professional and non-professional contexts, e.g. developers and ICT users
- The mutual influence between ICT and individuals, organisations and society
- The prerequisites for and effects of ICT design and ICT use respectively
Doctoral courses in informatics
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Academic Writing, 7.5 credits
17 October 2022 - 21 December 2022
- Communicating Scientific Research, 7.5 credits
- Contemporary Research in Information Systems, 7.5 credits
- Individual Reading Course in Informatics, 7,5 credits
- Practical Research Work, 7.5 credits
- Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research, 7.5 credits
- Quantitative Methods in Information Systems Research, 7.5 credits
- Thesis Design, 7.5 credits