[AISWorld] ECIS 2017 - Panel Discussion: Making an Impact in a Publish-or-Perish World (June 9, 2-4 pm)

[Carol Stoak Saunders]

** ECIS 2017 - Panel Discussion: Making an Impact in a Publish-or-Perish World (June 9, 2-4 pm) **

Dear fellow IS researchers,

We kindly invite you to join a panel discussion at ECIS 2017 on the topic of research impact within the IS discipline.

PANEL MOTIVATION: On the one hand, in today’s publish-or-perish world, IS researchers face increasing pressure to publish in top-tier journals (e.g., AIS Senior Scholars' Basket of Eight). Consequently and not surprisingly, scholars, especially young scholars, are increasingly shifting their sole focus on publishing in such outlets. On the other hand, there are highly controversial discussions on the real-life impact of research published in top-tier journals (see, for example, the discussion initiated by Samir Chatterjee on AISWorld in summer 2016). This dilemma is further intensified by the rising pressure universities and researchers face from funding agencies to conduct impactful research and to 'give back' to key stakeholders, including students, businesses, and society in general.

PANELISTS: Representing the perspectives of different countries/regions, five senior IS scholars who have been recognized for their impactful research around the globe will participate in the panel discussion:
- Shirley Gregor (Australian National University, Australia)
- Samir Chatterjee (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
- Alan R. Dennis (Indiana University, USA)
- Magnus Mähring (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
- Peter Mertens (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)

PANEL STRUCTURE: The panel discussion is designed to be highly interactive and will focus on three central questions/themes:
1. What is research impact?
2. Approaches to making an impact with IS research 
3. Advice to PhD students and early-career scholars

WHERE: ECIS 2017 in Guimarães, Portugal
WHEN: Friday, June 9, 2017, 2:00 - 4:00 pm

We hope you will be able to join us!
If you cannot make it, please feel free to send us your comments/questions for the panelists via email (see below) or Twitter (#ISResearchImpact).

All the best
Carol & Martin

Carol Saunders, Northern Arizona University, carol.saunders at nau.edu 
Martin Wiener, Bentley University, mwiener at bentley.edu