Summer 2022
My and my colleague’s Patrick Mikalef’s new edited book on Digital Transformation in Norwegian Enterprises is finally available at Springer, open access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05276-7
Winter 2022
I am so glad to join the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS) as the new Norwegian editor in the editorial board!
Autumn 2021
I am delighted to share that as of Nov 1st, 2021 I am the new deputy head of department for sustainability at the Department of Computer Science at NTNU! My task will be to lead the department’s activities on sustainability in teaching, research, and much more. Exciting times ahead, stay tuned!
Winter 2021
I am delighted to join the CSCW Journal as an Associate Editor. Looking forward to working with a great team!
Spring 2020
Good news! I am delighted to announce that our project AI4Users – Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence through Design for Accountability and Intelligibility, has been awarded funding by the IKTPLUSS program of the Norwegian Research Council! We’ll start working on it in November, but for the moment you can read more about it here. Ass. Prof. Xenia Vassilakopoulou from the University of Agder is the project leader, and I will be responsible for the work package concerning “Algorithmic Accountability and Intelligibility for Citizens”. The project will run for 4 years and is a collaboration between UiA, NTNU, and UiO. It has received 16M NOK in funding. Stay tuned!
3 July 2019 – now recruiting!
I just announced one PhD position (with me as main supervisor) at NTNU to study data science work practice across the fields of Information Systems and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work:
Please note that the position is fully funded and lasts 3 years (or 4 including one-year duty work, e.g. teaching-related activity). Refer to the announcement for more information regarding salary, pension scheme, and life in Norway.
Application deadline: August 31st, 2019.
1 February 2019
Today I am officially starting as associate professor in CSCW at NTNU, at the Applied Information Technologies (AIT) group. I am super excited about this, and looking forward to many new adventures ahead – stay tuned!
18 October 2018
My blog post in the LSE Business Review is out! I talk about synthetic knowing, inspired by my research and forthcoming Misq article with Eric Monteiro. What does knowledge mean in the Internet of Things? Don’t miss it!
October 2018
I am delighted that my and Eric Monteiro’s long-term work to promote an infrastructure-turn in environmentally sustainable information systems (or Green IS) has been accepted for publication at the International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS)!
Inspired by the work in marine biology by Daniel Pauly and colleagues, we put forward a set of recommendations for researchers in Information Systems to problematize the way environmental risk is assessed and calculated.
Are you going to attend ICIS in San Francisco in December 2018? Don’t miss it! Here’s a preview:
Title: Shifting Baselines? Recommendations for Green IS*
Abstract: In 1995, marine biologist Daniel Pauly warned against shifting baseline syndrome, or the tendency to assess environmental sustainability against biased or inappropriate baseline data. Today, digital systems have a strong potential to make new Green Information Systems (IS) solutions possible. However, these systems also require in-depth analysis, to prevent Green IS from falling into shifting baseline syndrome.
We draw on a qualitative study of distributed systems for environmental monitoring during oil and gas operations. We problematize the creation of baseline data against which the environmental sustainability of operations is calculated. Based on a performative understanding of technology in practice, we illustrate the material-discursive conditions of the data production and use. We present four recommendations for future research in Green IS, inviting researchers to critically investigate the way in which sustainable business processes are mutually constituted by the digital technologies, monitoring practices, and knowledge in organizations and societies.
*While we wait for the paper to be published, have a look at Daniel Pauly talking about is seminal work on the concept of Shifting Baselines Syndrome. This concept was an important inspiration for our research!
Elena Parmiggiani 