This document summarizes Professor Jan Recker's journey from commencing PhD studies in 2005 to becoming a full professor in 2012. It provides career advice for early career academics, emphasizing the importance of engaged research, fellowship, and building a research program around topics that matter. Recker encourages attendees to make the most of opportunities at conferences like ICIS to build connections with fellow researchers. The document concludes by advising attendees to find supportive collaborators, like Tolkien's Galadriel, to support them in their academic careers.
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1. There and BackAgain: The Journey
to Becoming an IS Professor
Prof Jan Recker, PhD
Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation
Information Systems School, Queensland University of Technology
2. Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane Australia
Secrets of successful people
- have talent
- work hard
- are at the right place
- at the right time
21. Fellowship as Funding
▪ Attractive schemes that fund You – not a
project (let alone someone else)
▪ You become very attractive to
universities if you pay for yourself
▪ Can boost your research capacity
immensely (“buys you out of teaching”)
▪ Usually come with side benefits
(networks, resources, etc.)
22. Fellowship as Friendship
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
admit impediments. (Shakespeare, Sonnet
116)
▪ Soulmateship
▪ Free from directive,
utility and purpose
▪ Deep trust and understanding
27. Prof. Jan Recker, PhD
Woolworths Chair of Retail Innovation
Information Systems School
Science and Engineering Faculty
Queensland University of Technology
email j.recker@qut.edu.au
web www.janrecker.com
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