When: 20th June 202025, 10:30 – 16:00
Where: Durham University Business School, Room WB-0002, The Waterside Building, Riverside Place, Durham, DH1 1SL
The UK Academy of Information Systems invites Doctoral Students (PhD and DBA), with an interest in Information Systems and Digital Transformation, for a dynamic, full-day workshop. The workshop is designed to support Doctoral Students at all stages of their research journey toward publishing from their doctoral research.
It will be an interactive session, bringing Doctoral Students and Faculty together, to explore key aspects of publishing, ranging from refining the motivation, problematisation, and research questions, to identifying potential contributions and relevant outlets.
Interested Doctoral Students will need to submit their work ahead of the workshop. This work can be a draft or an outline of a paper they are currently working on, or a previously submitted but rejected paper. The purpose is for the students to share their work with Faculty and other Doctoral Students and through this, to receive feedback, which they can then use to further develop their work for a possible journal paper submission (at a later date).
The workshop is open to UKAIS and non-UKAIS members alike.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest and draft submission: May 30th, 2025 (submit via email: Efpraxia.zamani@durham.ac.uk). Submissions should not exceed 3 A4 pages (font size no less than 11pt), and they need to clearly indicate: the significance and the motivation behind the research; methodological concerns; potential contributions. They all need to have an abstract of no more than 250 words.
Registration
To register for the event, please follow this link: https://forms.office.com/e/56XSExXins
Note: The workshop has a capacity of 20 students. Participants will be accepted on a first come-first serve basis.
Schedule of Activities
10:30 – 10:40 Welcome and Introductions – Oliver Kayas (President of the UKAIS), Efpraxia Zamani (Vice President of the UKAIS)
10:40 – 11:40 Keynote Speech by Prof Savvas Papagiannidis, Newcastle University: Publishing from your PhD
11:40 – 12:20 Lunch break
12:20 – 13:50 Paper Session: Problematisation (or the ‘So What?’ question)
13:50 – 14:10 Coffee Break
14:10 – 15:40 Paper Session: Writing and polishing your abstract
15:40 – 16:00 Close
Getting to Durham
Durham City is home to one of the most recognisable landmarks in the UK, the majestic Durham Cathedral. Together with adjacent Durham Castle, this UNESCO World Heritage Site forms one of the most stunning city panoramas in Europe.
The Durham University Business School is located right in the centre of the city.
Address: The Waterside Building, Riverside Place, Durham DH1 1SL
GPS coordinates: 54.78042337833326, -1.5754442007251885
By train: A number of train operators offer direct and regular routes to Durham Railway Station, including London and Edinburgh. Durham is around 3 hours from London, just over 3 hours from Birmingham, 2½ hours from Manchester, 1½ hours from Edinburgh and 45 minutes from York.
By car: Durham city centre is only two miles from the A1(M). Leave the motorway at Junction 62 on the A690 Durham – Sunderland road and follow signs to Durham City Centre. There are several multistorey car parks in the city centre.