Research is Punk Music - Guest Lauri Wessel

Host Casandra Grundstrom is joined by special guest Professor Lauri Wessel. He holds the chair for Information Management and Digital Transformation at European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) since October 2020 where he serves jointly at the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS) as well as at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. Lauri is also an adjunct professor (professor II) of Healthcare Management at the Department of Health Sciences of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Ålesund Campus). Lauri is an IS researcher who leverages organization theory in order to understand and design digital transformation.  He thinks that regardless of theory and methods, research always starts with an interest in solving concrete practical problems that arise in organizations and society at large.  His work has been published in core information systems journals such as Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, and European Journal of Information Systems.Lauri's podcast episode with 'This IS Research' dealt with inevitable failure that we all face; in this episode, we turn to inspiration and how it can be used in our research. In particular, we draw from Lauri's experience with punk music. While seemingly unrelated, we touch on several key points of punk music and research: methodology, attitude, and affecting change. But how can this inspire us? Tune in to find out.Lauri's recommended punk playlist! References:Davidson, E., Wessel, L., Winter, J. S., & Winter, S. (2023). Future directions for scholarship on data governance, digital innovation, and grand challenges. Information and Organization, 33(1), 100454.Wessel, L., Baiyere, A., Ologeanu-Taddei, R., Cha, J., & Blegind-Jensen, T. (2021). Unpacking the difference between digital transformation and IT-enabled organizational transformation. Journal of the Association for information systems, 22(1), 102-129. Links:https://communities.aisnet.org/sigdite/home