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<p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left">PhD scholarship in Green IS available at QUT’s Information Systems School<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Applications are invited from suitable qualified graduate students for a PhD scholarship at the Information Systems School at Queensland University of Technology as part of the ARC
Discovery project “<b>Developing a Theory of Green Information Systems</b>”. The term of the scholarship is three years. The scholarship provides financial support towards study and living costs.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Project Background</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The role of the PhD student is to contribute to the ARC-funded research project entitled “Developing a Theory of Green Information Systems”. The project aims to create new and validated
knowledge about designing Information Systems, which will allow organizations to perform environmentally sustainable work practices.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The PhD student will be involved for the duration of the project in all facets of the research such as theory development, prototype development, experimental evaluation and/or methodology
development. Potential research programs for the PhD student can be two-fold: One avenue is to focus primarily on design science as a research paradigm. In this stream, the PhD student will contribute extensively to the development of a novel design theory
and instantiation of a novel Green IS. Alternatively, the PhD student may focus primarily on experiments as a research paradigm and will thus contribute extensively to the design, conduct and analysis of experiments evaluating Green IS prototypes. In either
case, the student is expected to develop and formalize a significant original research contribution warranting a PhD degree and to develop a high-quality doctoral thesis and associated research articles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">More information about the project is available by contacting Prof Jan Recker at
<a href="mailto:j.recker@qut.edu.au">j.recker@qut.edu.au</a>. <span style="font-size:11.5pt">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Project Governance<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The research project is led by Professor Jan Recker, PhD. Jan is Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow and Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He has been ranked as the most productive
Information Systems researcher for the past three years, and is ranked #13 globally based on publications in the top-6 journals over the past five years.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His main areas of research include process design in organizational practice, Green IS, and IT-enabled business transformations. His research has been published in the
<i>MIS Quarterly</i>, the <i>Journal of the Association for Information Systems</i>, the
<i>European Journal of Information Systems</i>, <i>Information & Management</i>, the
<i>Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems</i>, <i>Information Systems</i>, and other key journals. He is an Associate Editor for the MIS Quarterly and the Communications of the AIS.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More information is available from <a href="http://www.janrecker.com/">
www.janrecker.com/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The project also involves a post-doctoral research fellow that will be expected to lead the execution of the project and work closely with the doctoral student. The project furthermore involves two international partner investigators, Prof
Jan vom Brocke and Dr Stefan Seidel from the University of Liechtenstein (<a href="http://www.uni.li/iwi">www.uni.li/iwi</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Research Environment<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">QUT’s Information Systems School is one of the highest ranked IS research departments in Australia based on research quality. The school is also among the highest ranked IS departments in terms of publications
in the top AIS journals worldwide. In 2014, it received 49% of all government funding for Information Systems research in the 2014 ARC Discovery grant round, the most prestigious national funding schema. 4 of the last 8 winners of the ACPHIS award for the
best Australian PhD thesis in Information Systems have come from QUT’s Information Systems School.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">QUT’s Information Systems School has a global reputation for its work on Business Process Management and Process Innovation. The School has an unconditional focus on rigorous research with demonstrated practical
relevance. Research from the school has appeared in premier journals such as the
<i>MIS Quarterly</i>, the <i>Journal of the AIS</i>, the <i>European Journal of IS</i>,
<i>Decision Support Systems, The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information Systems, Information & Management, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology</i>, and others.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To find out more, please visit <a href="http://www.qut.edu.au/science-engineering/about/about-the-faculty/school-of-information-systems">
http://www.qut.edu.au/science-engineering/about/about-the-faculty/school-of-information-systems</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Application Criteria<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN">The successful applicant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">has a Master's degree in management, information systems, marketing, business administration or a comparable field. He or she completed the Master’s degree with a GPA of 6 or higher (or equivalent). The Masters
degree needs to have a significant research component (i.e., a completed research thesis).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">has demonstrated knowledge of research methods<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">has the ambition and capabilities to complete a high-quality PhD project within 3 years.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">has a strong research mindset, and evidence of skills in theoretical and empirical research, especially in quantitative methods such as experiments or surveys or in design science.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">possesses a broad understanding of relevant information systems research literature.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">possesses strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">speaks and writes fluently in English.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">likes to work in an international setting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Application Procedure<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Applicants are required to submit a letter of application for the scholarship to Professor Jan Recker (<a href="mailto:j.recker@qut.edu.au">j.recker@qut.edu.au</a>) by
<b>15 February 2015</b>, briefly describing qualifications, relevant skills and areas of research interest. It is expected that each application criteria is explicitly addressed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Applicants will be screened and, if suitable, invited for further assessment and interviews and/or testing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The following supporting documents are required:
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>CV including a comprehensive list and details of all publications if any.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Certified copies of academic transcripts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Copies of most important research papers or theses<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>A letter stating how the above criteria are met by the applicant<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>2 letters of reference from academics who have taught/supervised the applicant at university.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Professor Jan Recker<br>
Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Information Systems School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Science& Engineering Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Queensland University of Technology<br>
Tel: +61 7 3138 9479<br>
Fax: +61 7 3138 9390<br>
2 George Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia<br>
CRICOS No. 00213J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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