DESRIST 2010 Doctoral Consortium

The DESRIST Doctoral Consortium is a symposium for doctoral students at any stage of their dissertation phase. The Doctoral Consortium has two objectives: The first is to encourage doctoral students to write, submit and present their dissertation projects and receive feedback, guidance and support. The second is to build a platform for fruitful discussions, meeting other doctoral students and exchanging ideas and opinions.

DESRIST Doctoral Consortium Chairs and Members will study all the papers and comment on the content of the thesis as well as its presentation. Doctoral students will have 30 minutes for their presentation, which should include the main subject of the thesis, what has been achieved so far and how the work will be continued. Additional 45 minutes are reserved for discussion and feedback from both the Doctoral Consortium Members and the other doctoral students.

Reasons to submit a paper to the DESRIST 2010 Doctoral Consortium

When was the last time you were thinking about the state of your doctoral thesis? Have you ever written a paper about your dissertation project or tried to convince others of the significance of your research problem and the novelty of your solution to it? Have you ever exposed your thoughts to other researchers?

Writing a paper for the DESRIST Doctoral Consortium not only gives you the opportunity to reflect upon your research questions and problem and your ways of approaching them, but also to subject your approach to an audience of experienced researchers and to receive feedback and guidance for your future efforts.

Application Process

To apply for presentation at the DESRIST Doctoral Consortium, please submit a paper addressing the following questions. Your paper should exclusively address your thesis and related issues.

• What is the research problem / what are the research questions being addressed in your thesis?
• What is the solution/answer you are proposing?
• What is state of the art and how does your work relate to existing work/current knowledge in the field? Where is your work located in the field?
• How are you going to solve/answer your research problem? What research method do you apply? What is the use of applying this method over others?
• Where do you see the biggest challenges in solving/answering your research problem?
• What makes your topic interesting for you, your research community and practitioners?
• How do you reason that your results meet the objectives you are aiming at?
• How do you show the progress of your work compared to extant work? In what aspects is the solution you suggest different, new or better as compared to existing approaches to the research problem?

Paper Submission and Review Procedure

Please submit a paper of your doctoral work by uploading it to the easychair submission system.

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=desrist2010dc

The papers will then be distributed among the Doctoral Consortium Members for review. Submissions must conform to the DESRIST 2010 full paper format and should not exceed four pages including all text, figures, references and appendices. Submissions must be handed in electronically in PDF format.

Submissions will be judged based on the following criteria

• originality,
• significance,
• justification, and
• clarity.

Important Dates

16-Mar-2010
Submission Deadline

13‐Apr‐2010
Acceptance Notification

11‐May‐2010
Final Version of Contributions

03‐Jun‐2010
Doctoral Consortium

Registration and Participation

Students who are accepted for the DESRIST Doctoral Consortium will have a two week opportunity (i.e. until April 27, 2010) to register for early bird conditions (i.e. for 265CHF).

Please use the Registration website.

Doctoral Consortium Faculty

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Shirley Gregor ( Shirley.Gregor@anu.edu.au)
Ulrich Frank ( ulrich.frank@uni-duisburg-essen.de)

Referee Board Members

Frederik Ahlemann, European Business School (EBS), Germany
Torsten Eymann, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Michael zur Mühlen, Stevens Institute of Technology, ‎USA
Henk Sol, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Stefan Strecker, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Rolf Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA