Doctoral consortium
Doctoral consortium chairs
Nick Berente
University of Notre Dame
Remko Helms
Open Universiteit
Tina Blegind Jensen Copenhagen Business School
Waldemar Kremser
JKU Business School
Hanna Krasnova
University of Potsdam
Kalle Lyytinen
Case Western Reserve
University
Mari-Klara Stein
TalTech
Monideepa Tarafdar
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bart van den Hooff
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lior Zalmanson
Tel Aviv University
We invite doctoral students in Information Systems to apply to participate in the ECIS 2027 Doctoral Consortium. The Doctoral Consortium will take place prior to the ECIS conference. It starts on Friday morning 21 May 2027, and ends Sunday afternoon, 23 May 2027.
The Doctoral Consortium aims to facilitate a collegial, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating environment where doctoral students who are currently working on a dissertation in the area of Information Systems can share their work, receive constructive feedback from both mentors and peers, and build lasting relationships within the IS community.
The consortium is designed for students who successfully defended their thesis proposals and who are actively engaged in conducting their dissertation research. Students who have completed their dissertations or who are close to completion will not be accepted.
Participation in the Doctoral Consortium is by invitation only and relies on a nomination process.
Eligible candidates must be enrolled in a university within AIS Region 2 (Europe, Africa and the Middle East). Each university may nominate only one candidate and must guarantee sufficient funding to support the nominee’s participation. This funding should cover the students’ travel expenses, registration for the ECIS 2027 conference at the reduced student rate, room and board during the main ECIS 2027 conference.
The ECIS conference will cover the following costs: room and board during the consortium and local transportation from the consortium site to the ECIS conference venue.
In line with ECIS 2027’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, we added four extra slots for students from underdeveloped countries in AIS Region 2. We therefore welcome applications from PhD candidates at universities in AIS Region 2 countries that are traditionally underrepresented at ECIS conferences.
Nomination requirements
The consortium is designed for students who are at least midway through their PhD program. They should have successfully defended their dissertation proposal and be actively engaged in conducting their research.
Students who will have completed their dissertations before the consortium or who are close to completion will not be considered for participation.
The nomination requirements are as follows:
- A student must be nominated by a representative of his or her institution. Self-nominations will not be considered.
- Only one student may be nominated by an institution (i.e., university, school).
- The nomination letter should be written by one of the following: the student’s supervisor, the director of the IS doctoral program, the Dean of the College or Faculty, or the IS department’s chairperson.
- The nomination letter should be built on the template provided and the nominating faculty should attest that the student is the only nominee of the institution.
- Additionally, the nomination letter must pledge the financial resources for the nominee to attend the Doctoral Consortium and the ECIS conference.
Eligible candidates must be enrolled in a university within AIS Region 2 (Europe, Africa and the Middle East).
Nomination and submisssion procedure
English is the language of the doctoral consortium and all submitted materials.
The nomination package should include the following components, compiled into a single PDF file:
- Nomination Letter
- Nominee Information Sheet Form, including a brief abstract of the dissertation (up to 250 words)
- Extended abstract of the student’s dissertation proposal (see details below)
The submitted materials must be uploaded as a SINGLE PDF FILE using the ECIS 2027 conference paper submission system and directed to the “ECIS 2027 Doctoral Consortium”
The nomination package must follow the submission guidelines and must be received by the nomination deadline. Nomination packages that are incomplete, in other file formats, received after the deadline, or composed of multiple files will be declined.
Important deadlines
Doctoral consortium nominations: 17 February 2027
Doctoral consortium notifications: 1 March 2027
ECIS Doctoral Consortium: 21 – 23 May 2027
Dissertation proposal extended abstract format and instructions
The dissertation proposal extended abstract should outline the candidate’s research in the form of an abbreviated dissertation proposal. It must include a cover page with the following information:
- Title of the proposal
- Information about the candidate, including name, university affiliation, name of dissertation supervisor, website address, and contact information: email address, mailing address, and phone numbers.
The proposal extended abstract should include:
- Research motivation
- Research question(s)
- Theoretical framing
- Research design and methodology
- Preliminary findings, and expected contributions to the field of IS.
The document should also include a one-page progress report as an appendix, indicating the estimated completion date and the work that remains to be done as of February 17, when the application was submitted.
Please note: The extended abstract may not exceed 3,000 words, excluding references.
Selection process and related information
- Selection to the ECIS Doctoral Consortium is primarily based on merit. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the consortium faculty. Participants will be selected based on the quality of the proposed research, its potential significance and contribution to the IS discipline, the contribution the student is likely to make to the consortium, and the potential benefit of the consortium to the student’s research.
- Participation is limited to 20 students (plus four extra for from underdeveloped countries in AIS Region 2) and the doctoral consortium committee will balance the quality of the proposals with candidates’ backgrounds and research interests in order to enact AIS’s values around diversity and inclusion.
- The language for the Consortium is English, and all submitted materials must be in English. Nominating a student to the doctoral consortium implies that the student has sufficient proficiency in English and will be able to participate effectively in the presentations, discussions, and other activities.
- Nominating a student to the doctoral consortium obliges the institution to fund the student’s travel to the consortium location and conference attendance for the entire duration of the event.
- Notifications of acceptance or otherwise will be sent via e-mail to all applicants by 1 March 1, 2027.
- There is no registration fee for the Doctoral Consortium. Also, room and board at the consortium are provided courtesy of ECIS 2026. However, all participants are required to register for the main conference and are advised to take advantage of the early-bird rate.
- During the Doctoral Consortium the doctoral students will share a room with another doctoral student. Students will be placed together based on the same gender.
Consortium location
To be announced
Travel and visa information
Participants are expected to arrive at the doctoral consortium venue by 10:00 AM on Friday, 21 May 2027.
To ensure a smooth start on Friday morning, we highly recommend that participants stay overnight on Thursday, 20 May, at the…
To be announced – by location team
