Professor Lucas Introna
Distinguished Professor of Organisation, Technology, and EthicsResearch Overview
My research focus is the phenomenon of technology broadly defined and information technology more narrowly defined. Within the area of technology studies I have three enduring concerns (a) theorising the relationship 'between' the social and the technical, (b) technology and its relationship with processes of organising (such as virtual organisations, collaborative working, etc) and (b) the ethical and moral implications of technology for society (such as privacy, surveillance, etc). Within these areas my research approach has always been qualitative and mostly informed by phenomenology and process philosophy. Specifically my focal concern is the way in which information technology transforms social spaces and practices (both individual and collective spaces and practices).
Current Research
Sociomateriality and performativity; Ethical implications of information technology (privacy and surveillance in particular); Political studies of technology / values in the design of IT artifacts; Plagiarism, Computers and Cultural Values
Research Interests
Research Areas: Information and power; Situated organizational cognition and embodiment; Virtuality (virtual communities, mediation, identity, etc); Ethical implications of information technology (privacy and surveillance in particular); Political studies of technology / values in the design of IT artifacts; Philosophy of technology
Research approaches / theoretical interests: Phenomenology (work of Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty); Phenomenological approaches to technology ( work of Ihde, Dreyfus and Borgmann); Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas (ethics and justice); Foucault (his work on power and the aesthetics of existence); Social construction of technology (work of Latour, Callon and Akrich)
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Qualifications
BCom, BA (Hons), MBA, PhD
External Roles
Visiting Profressor, University of Amsterdam
Professional Role
- REF2021 - Panel member of Sub-panel 17: Business and Management
- Associate Dean for Research (2010-2016)
- Head of Department: Organisation, Work and Technology (2007-2010)
- Chairman of the Faculty Constitution Re-drafting committee (2007)
- Member of the Faculty Committee that prepared the RAE 2008 submission (2007)
- Member of the University Committee for Research Ethics (2005 – present)
- Member of Faculty Research Committee (2004-2007)
- Member of the University Working Group on Plagiarism (2002/2003)
- Co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Technology and Organisation
- Lead member of the working group that redesigned the M.Sc in Information Management
My Role
- Professor of Organisation, Technology and Ethics (Sept 2004 – Present)
Current Teaching
Postgraduate:
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Career Details
Lecturer in Information Systems (Sept 1995-Aug 2000) London School of Economics and Political Science; Professor of Information Systems (May 1995 – Aug 95) University of Pretoria; Associate Professor of Information Systems (1993- April 1995) University of Pretoria; Senior Lecturer in Information Systems (1991- March 1993) University of Pretoria
PhD Supervision Interests
Sociomateriality, Social study of algorithms, Ethics of technologies, De-centred sense-making, reflective practice, and any intersection of these.
Selected Publications
Hultin, L., Introna, L., G?ransson, M.B., M?hring, M. 1/05/2022 In: Organization Studies. 43, 5, p. 669-697. 29 p.
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Hultin, L., Introna, L., M?hring, M. 1/04/2021 In: Human Relations. 74, 4, p. 587-620. 34 p.
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Mousavi, R., Introna, L., Hultin, L. 31/03/2021 In: MIS Quarterly. 45, 1, p. 423-452. 30 p.
Journal article
Introna, L. 22/12/2020 In: After discourse. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge p. 207-218. 12 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Hultin, L., Introna, L. 1/09/2019 In: Organization Studies. 40, 9, p. 1361-1386. 26 p.
Journal article
Introna, L.D. 1/05/2019 In: Organization Studies. 40, 5, p. 745-764. 20 p.
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Hayes, N., Introna, L.D., Kelly, P. 1/09/2018 In: Organization Studies. 39, 9, p. 1203-1226. 24 p.
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Introna, L.D., Kavanagh, D., Kelly, S., Orlikowski, W., Scott, S. 2016 New York : Springer. 247 p. ISBN: 9783319497327. Electronic ISBN: 9783319497334.
Book
Introna, L.D. 4/10/2016 In: Algorithmic Cultures: essays on meaning, performance and new technologies. Oxford : Routledge p. 26-51. 26 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Introna, L. 1/01/2016 In: Science, Technology, and Human Values. 41, 1, p. 17-49. 32 p.
Journal article
Introna, L. 2014 In: Ruin memories. Oxford : Routledge p. 41-61. 21 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Introna, L. 2013 In: Materiality and Space. Palgrave Macmillan p. 330-342. 13 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Constantinides, P., Chiasson, M., Introna, L. 2012 In: MIS Quarterly. 36, 1, p. 1-10. 10 p.
Journal article
Introna, L. 2011 In: Theory, Culture and Society. 28, 6, p. 113-141. 28 p.
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Introna, L., Hayes, N. 2011 In: Information and Organization. 21, 2, p. 57-122. 66 p.
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Fay, E., Introna, L., Puyou, F. 2010 In: Information and Organization. 20, 1, p. 21-43. 23 p.
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Introna, L. 2009 In: Theory, Culture and Society. 26, 4, p. 398-419. 22 p.
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Introna, L. 2007 In: Ethics and Information Technology. 9, 1, p. 11-25. 15 p.
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Introna, L. 2007 In: Business Ethics: A European Review. 16, 3, p. 264-277. 14 p.
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Introna, L., Ilharco, F. 01/2006 In: Human Studies. 29, 1, p. 57-76. 20 p.
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Introna, L. 2005 In: Ethics and Information Technology. 7, 2, p. 75-86. 12 p.
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Introna, L., Ilharco, F.M. 09/2004 In: European Journal of Information Systems. 13, 3, p. 221-234. 14 p.
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Introna, L., Wood, D. 2004 In: Surveillance and Society. 2, 2/3, p. 177-198. 22 p.
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Introna, L. 2002 In: Information and Organization. 12, 2, p. 71-84. 14 p.
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Introna, L. 2001 In: Philosophy in the Contemporary World. 8, 1, p. 31-39. 9 p.
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Introna, L. 2000 In: Computers and Society. 33, 4, p. 30-39. 10 p.
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All Publications
01/10/2018 → 01/10/2022
Other
01/02/2016 → 31/01/2019
Research
01/04/2011 → 30/06/2015
Research
Types of Business and Community - Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
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Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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Member of an organisation
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Visiting an external academic institution
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Appointment
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Prize (including medals and awards)
- Centre for Technological Futures
- DSI - Society
- Management and Society
- Technology, Systems and Organisation