[ecrea] PostDoc position at Uni Sydney in Information Systems and Social Science

Subject: PostDoc position at Uni Sydney in Information Systems and 
Social Science

We are currently seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the 
Discipline of Business Information Systems, at the Associate Lecturer 
level. The position will be located in the ARC Linkage project 
“Evidence-based Management for Enterprise Social Networking Success 
(LP150101261), co-funded by the Australian Research Council and 
Capgemini Australia Pty Ltd.

We are looking for a candidate with a somewhat unusual background. While 
the position is in Business Information Systems, the committee would 
like someone with both a continental philosophical inclination and an 
understanding of digital phenomena.

About the project:
Traditional top-down management techniques assume that technologies are 
introduced into businesses to enhance and automate predefined business 
processes. Increasingly however, businesses are confronted with 
disruptive technologies (such as Enterprise Social Networks – ESN) whose 
purpose and business significance is not initially clear and only 
gradually discovered through active user experimentation. These 
disruptive digital technologies can only realise their innovative 
potential if properly managed, yet traditional techniques are both 
inadequate and too conservative to apply to disruptive technologies. 
This project develops and tests a novel theory and methodology for the 
successful introduction of disruptive technologies to organisations. It 
is innovative because it creates and tests new theory that frames the 
introduction of disruptive technology as guided user experimentation. It 
critically questions traditional roles and responsibilities of 
management in relation to technology introduction. The project draws on 
continental philosophy and hermeneutics to understand introduction of 
new technology as a managed dialectic of interpretation and edification.

Start date: 1 February 2018, intending applicants are welcome to seek 
further information about the position from Professor Kai Riemer 
on (kai.riemer /at/ sydney.edu.au)

About you
The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; 
inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the 
importance of recruiting people aligned to these values. To be 
successful as a candidate, you will have:

• A PhD in information systems, organisation studies, social sciences, 
or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to achieve research outcomes with refereed 
publications at international level
• A tentative research program in line with the research project in the 
fields of Digital Technology, Workplace studies, Digital 
Infrastructures, or cognate disciplines that study technology using 
social science perspectives
• A demonstrated theoretical and methodological background relevant to 
the project, and familiarity with interpretivist, qualitative research 
approaches, and non-dualist, continental philosophical positions (e.g. 
phenomenology and hermeneutics)

For a full list of selection criteria please refer to the online 
application system: http://bit.ly/2xwIrjF

About us
Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to 
improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that 
effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected 
in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term 
strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an 
outstanding global reputation for academic and research 
excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 6000 academic and 
non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students. We are undergoing 
significant transformative change which brings opportunity for 
innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging 
the status quo, and improving the world around us.

The Digital Disruption Research Group (DDRG), in the Discipline of 
Business Information Systems, brings together colleagues from academia 
and industry who share an interest in the wider topic areas of 
technology in business and the future of business and work. The DDRG is 
open to a wide range of topics and approaches without restricting 
possible research initiatives sharing an interest in investigating and 
exploring the particular nature and characteristics of disruptive change 
and its implications for business practice. The research group is open 
to like-minded colleagues who want to be involved in researching such 
issues with an interest beyond the immediate everyday set of problems. 
We generally take a balanced and critical view of technology and aim to 
look beyond any hype of the day. The group has become a vibrant meeting 
space for colleagues to discuss and link their individual research 
initiatives, for exploring new ideas and establishing new research 
projects, for brainstorming, formulating and disseminating ideas. We are 
equally interested in ‘doing’ as we are in ‘thinking’.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Business Information Systems
The University of Sydney Business School
Position 1927/0917

• Research only- Fixed-term for 2 years, Level A Step 6 at 0.8 FTE.
• The successful candidate may negotiate additional responsibilities to 
make up the difference to 1.0 FTE.
• At 1.0 FTE, remuneration package is $106K p.a. which includes base 
salary, leave loading and up to 17% superannuation
• Applications close 27 October 2017
• Apply online here: http://bit.ly/2xwIrjF
• Position start date: 1 February 2018.
• For questions don’t hesitate to email from Professor Kai Riemer 
on (kai.riemer /at/ sydney.edu.au)




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