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Content


Design-oriented research (Design Science Research) in Information Systems deals with the design, implementation, and evaluation of so-called IT artifacts (constructs, models, methods, and instantiations) in real-world contexts. Within the framework of a pragmatic and rigorous research process, real-world problems in business practice are analyzed, structured, and solved through the development and use of IT artifacts in context in iterative cycles. At the same time, abstracted, generalized knowledge about a class of IT artifacts is generated and validated. The subject of the seminar is doctoral training in the design-oriented research paradigm (Design Science Research). Participants learn how to plan and conduct design-oriented research projects as well as techniques for the successful publication of design-oriented research results.



The seminar is divided into the following five components:

• Introduction to the design-oriented research paradigm


• Design-oriented research methods and evaluation strategies


• Planning and conducting design-oriented research projects and best practices for reviewing design-oriented papers


• Action Design Research


• Presentation of the draft of one's own design-oriented research contribution

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Learning Objectives


After completing the seminar, doctoral students will be able to...

• reproduce the basic principles of the Design Science Research (DSR) paradigm and recognize design-oriented research contributions as such.


• understand the complex interplay of DSR with other conceptual and empirical research methods.


• plan, implement, and evaluate their own design-oriented research projects.


• structure and write papers according to the design-oriented research paradigm.


• review design-oriented papers and write critical-constructive reviews.