Elena Parmiggiani

About

I am Associate Professor in CSCW and Digital Collaboration and Deputy Head of Department for Sustainability at the Department of Computer Science, NTNU.

I belong to the Applied Information Technologies (AIT) group. I have coordinated the Digital Enterprise Research Priority Area at the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (2019-2022).

I hold a PhD in Computer Science from NTNU (2015). My PhD thesis was titled: "Integration by Infrastructuring: The Case of Subsea Environmental Monitoring in Oil and Gas Offshore Operations".

My primary research interest is the study of the empirical challenges of implementing and maintaining sustainable digital platforms from a sociotechnical perspective, in particular:

user-centered perspectives in responsible design and use of AI
data work and data curation in data science
digitalization of work processes (especially in the energy sector)
Internet of Things for long-term ecological research

Methodologically, I adopt an ethnographically inspired approach based on an interpretive perspective.

Theoretically, I am particularly concerned with issues of system integration and data management. I draw primarily on IS and CSCW theories, but my work is also influenced by Science and Technology Studies (STS). I have recently published in MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, CSCW Jorunal, Science and Technology Studies Journal, the International Conference on IS, European Conference on IS, and the Scandinavian Journal of IS.

I am in the management team of the project AI4Users, in cooperation with University of Agder (project leader) and University of Oslo, funded by the IKTPLUSS program of the Norwegian Research Council (2020-2025).

I am PI for the Human Factors in AI area in the Nordic Center for Sustainable and Trustworthy AI Research (NordSTAR) funded by OsloMet.

I am affiliated with the Sirius center for research-based innovation (2016-2024).

Previously, I was in the management group of the research network AlgoCult ("Algorithmic Cultures and the Digitalization of the Public Sector"), in cooperation with Kristiania University College and the University of Oslo, funded by the SAMKUL program of the Norwegian Research Concil (2018-2019).

I am Associate Editor in the CSCW Journal and Norwegian Editor in the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS).

Publications

2023

Zahlsen, Øivind Klungseth; Parmiggiani, Elena; Dahl, Yngve. (2023) Challenges of Scaling Participatory Design: A Systematic Literature Review. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Schmager, Stefan; Grøder, Charlotte Husom; Parmiggiani, Elena; Pappas, Ilias; Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni. (2023) What do citizens think of AI adoption in public services? Exploratory research on citizen attitudes through a social contract lens.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Müller, Sune Dueholm; Jonsson, Katrin; Pirkkalainen, Henri; Parmiggiani, Elena; Tona, Olgerta. (2023) The Anatomy of Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Amagyei, Nana Kwame; Kollerud, Steinar Kornelius Selebø. (2023) Data curation as anticipatory generification in data infrastructure. European Journal of Information Systems
Academic article
Aaltonen, Aleksi; Alaimo, Cristina; Parmiggiani, Elena; Stelmaszak, Marta; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka; Kallinikos, Jannis. (2023) What is Missing from Research on Data in Information Systems? Insights from the Inaugural Workshop on Data Research. Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Academic article
Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2023) Caseworkers’ participation in procurement: Infrastructuring Child Welfare Services in Norway. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article

2022

Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) Digital Transformation in Norwegian Enterprises. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) Concluding Remarks and Final Thoughts on Digital Transformation. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hepsø, Vidar; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) From Integrated to Remote Operations: Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry as Infrastructuring. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) An Introduction to Digital Transformation. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hepsø, Vidar; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data. Berghahn Books
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalef, Patrick. (2022) The Case of Norway and Digital Transformation over the Years. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) A Framework for Digital Transformation for Research and Practice: Putting Things into Perspective. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalef, Patrick. (2022) The Way Forward: A Practical Guideline for Successful Digital Transformation. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Amagyei, Nana Kwame; Parmiggiani, Elena; Farshchian, Babak A.; Engesmo, Jostein. (2022) Making Data Work: A Systematic Mapping of Collaborative Data Curation Practices. NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning
Academic literature review
Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni; Parmiggiani, Elena; Shollo, Arisa; Grisot, Miria. (2022) Responsible AI: Concepts, critical perspectives and an Information Systems research agenda. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Grøder, Charlotte Husom; Schmager, Stefan; Parmiggiani, Elena; Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni; Pappas, Ilias; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia. (2022) Educating about Responsible AI in IS: Designing a course based on Experiential Learning. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2021

Farshchian, Babak A.; Parmiggiani, Elena; Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Quayyum, Farzana. (2021) How to Teach Empirical Research Methods in Information Systems? Report from a SCIS/IRIS 2019 Workshop. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten. (2021) In the Backrooms of Data Science. Journal of the AIS
Academic article
Stefania, Sardo; Parmiggiani, Elena; Hoholm, Thomas. (2021) Not in transition: Inter-infrastructural governance and the politics of repair in the Norwegian oil and gas offshore industry. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Farshchian, Babak A.; Grisot, Miria; Hochwarter, Stefan; Islind, Anna Sigridur; Mikalsen, Marius; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2021) Platform-Supported Cooperative Work. Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Kempton, Alexander Moltubakk; Mikalef, Patrick. (2021) Proceedings of the12th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS2021). Association for Information Systems (AIS) Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Parmiggiani, Elena; Kempton, Alexander Moltubakk; Mikalef, Patrick. (2021) Foreword: Living in a digital world?. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2020) Platformization of the public sector: Assessing the space of possibility for participation. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Grisot, Miria. (2020) Data Curation as Governance Practice. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2020) Platformization of the Public Sector: Assessing the Space of Possibilities for Participation. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Pekkola, Samuli; Lise, Tordrup; Parmiggiani, Elena; Borglund, Erik. (2020) IRIS Conference Health Check. Traditions, tensions, and reformations . Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Teracino, Elizabeth; Huysman, Marleen; Jones, Matthew; Mueller, Benjamin; Mikalsen, Marius. (2020) OASIS 2019 Panel Report: A Glimpse at the “Post-Digital”. Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena. (2020) The role of theory in empirical research methods in Information Systems: An agile lecture sequence approach . Læring om læring
Academic article

2019

Monteiro, Eric; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2019) Synthetic Knowing: The Politics of the Internet of Things. MIS Quarterly
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2019) Digitized Coral Reefs. Princeton University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Grisot, Miria. (2019) Data Infrastructures in the Public Sector: A Critical Research Agenda Rooted in Scandinavian IS Research. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Di Loreto, Ines; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2019) Inquire the Way We Inquire. ID&A Interaction design & architecture(s)
Academic article
Botero, Andrea; Karasti, Helena; Saad-Sulonen, Joanna; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie; Karen, Baker; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2019) Drawing Together: Infrastructuring and Politics for Participatory Design - a visual collection of cases, issues, questions, and relevant literature. University of Oulu University of Oulu
Report

2018

Di Loreto, Ines; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2018) Inquire the Way We Inquire. ID&A Interaction design & architecture(s)
Academic article
Grisot, Miria; Parmiggiani, Elena; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie. (2018) Infrastructuring internet of things for public governance. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Baker, Karen S.; Botero, Andrea; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie; Karasti, Helena; Marttila, Sanna; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2018) What does infrastructuring look like in STS? When? Workshop Report. EASST Review
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Karasti, Helena. (2018) Surfacing the arctic: politics of participation in infrastructuring. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2018) Shifting Baselines? Recommendations for Green IS. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Karasti, Helena; Botero, Andrea; Baker, Karen S.; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2018) Little Data, Big Data, No Data? Data Management in the Era of Research Infrastructures . University of Oulu University of Oulu
Report

2017

Parmiggiani, Elena. (2017) This is not a fish: on the scale and politics of infrastructure design studies. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article

2016

Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2016) A measure of ‘environmental happiness’: Infrastructuring environmental risk in oil and gas offshore operations . Science & Technology Studies
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Synthetic situations in the internet of things. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Academic article

2015

Parmiggiani, Elena. (2015) Integration by Infrastructuring: The Case of Subsea Environmental Monitoring in Oil and Gas Offshore Operations. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (234)
Doctoral dissertation
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2015) The nested materiality of environmental monitoring. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric; Hepsø, Vidar. (2015) The Digital Coral: Infrastructuring Environmental Monitoring. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article

2014

Mikalsen, Marius; Parmiggiani, Elena; Hepsø, Vidar. (2014) Sociomaterial capabilities in integrated oil and gas operations - Implications for design. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena. (2014) Of Corals and Web Portals: Towards a Digital Representation of Risk for the Cold-Water Corals in the Oil and Gas Sector. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

Parmiggiani, Elena; Hepsø, Vidar. (2013) Pragmatic Information Management For Environmental Monitoring In Oil And Gas. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2013) The Facets of Sociomateriality: A Systematic Mapping of Emerging Concepts and Definitions. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

Müller, Sune Dueholm; Jonsson, Katrin; Pirkkalainen, Henri; Parmiggiani, Elena; Tona, Olgerta. (2023) The Anatomy of Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Amagyei, Nana Kwame; Kollerud, Steinar Kornelius Selebø. (2023) Data curation as anticipatory generification in data infrastructure. European Journal of Information Systems
Academic article
Aaltonen, Aleksi; Alaimo, Cristina; Parmiggiani, Elena; Stelmaszak, Marta; Jarvenpaa, Sirkka; Kallinikos, Jannis. (2023) What is Missing from Research on Data in Information Systems? Insights from the Inaugural Workshop on Data Research. Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Academic article
Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2023) Caseworkers’ participation in procurement: Infrastructuring Child Welfare Services in Norway. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
Amagyei, Nana Kwame; Parmiggiani, Elena; Farshchian, Babak A.; Engesmo, Jostein. (2022) Making Data Work: A Systematic Mapping of Collaborative Data Curation Practices. NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning
Academic literature review
Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni; Parmiggiani, Elena; Shollo, Arisa; Grisot, Miria. (2022) Responsible AI: Concepts, critical perspectives and an Information Systems research agenda. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Farshchian, Babak A.; Parmiggiani, Elena; Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Quayyum, Farzana. (2021) How to Teach Empirical Research Methods in Information Systems? Report from a SCIS/IRIS 2019 Workshop. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten. (2021) In the Backrooms of Data Science. Journal of the AIS
Academic article
Stefania, Sardo; Parmiggiani, Elena; Hoholm, Thomas. (2021) Not in transition: Inter-infrastructural governance and the politics of repair in the Norwegian oil and gas offshore industry. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Farshchian, Babak A.; Grisot, Miria; Hochwarter, Stefan; Islind, Anna Sigridur; Mikalsen, Marius; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2021) Platform-Supported Cooperative Work. Reports of the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Grisot, Miria. (2020) Data Curation as Governance Practice. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Pekkola, Samuli; Lise, Tordrup; Parmiggiani, Elena; Borglund, Erik. (2020) IRIS Conference Health Check. Traditions, tensions, and reformations . Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Teracino, Elizabeth; Huysman, Marleen; Jones, Matthew; Mueller, Benjamin; Mikalsen, Marius. (2020) OASIS 2019 Panel Report: A Glimpse at the “Post-Digital”. Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena. (2020) The role of theory in empirical research methods in Information Systems: An agile lecture sequence approach . Læring om læring
Academic article
Monteiro, Eric; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2019) Synthetic Knowing: The Politics of the Internet of Things. MIS Quarterly
Academic article
Di Loreto, Ines; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2019) Inquire the Way We Inquire. ID&A Interaction design & architecture(s)
Academic article
Di Loreto, Ines; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2018) Inquire the Way We Inquire. ID&A Interaction design & architecture(s)
Academic article
Baker, Karen S.; Botero, Andrea; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie; Karasti, Helena; Marttila, Sanna; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2018) What does infrastructuring look like in STS? When? Workshop Report. EASST Review
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena. (2017) This is not a fish: on the scale and politics of infrastructure design studies. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2016) A measure of ‘environmental happiness’: Infrastructuring environmental risk in oil and gas offshore operations . Science & Technology Studies
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Synthetic situations in the internet of things. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2015) The nested materiality of environmental monitoring. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS)
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric; Hepsø, Vidar. (2015) The Digital Coral: Infrastructuring Environmental Monitoring. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Academic article

Books

Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) Digital Transformation in Norwegian Enterprises. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Parmiggiani, Elena; Kempton, Alexander Moltubakk; Mikalef, Patrick. (2021) Proceedings of the12th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS2021). Association for Information Systems (AIS) Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Zahlsen, Øivind Klungseth; Parmiggiani, Elena; Dahl, Yngve. (2023) Challenges of Scaling Participatory Design: A Systematic Literature Review. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Schmager, Stefan; Grøder, Charlotte Husom; Parmiggiani, Elena; Pappas, Ilias; Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni. (2023) What do citizens think of AI adoption in public services? Exploratory research on citizen attitudes through a social contract lens.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) Concluding Remarks and Final Thoughts on Digital Transformation. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hepsø, Vidar; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) From Integrated to Remote Operations: Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry as Infrastructuring. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) An Introduction to Digital Transformation. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hepsø, Vidar; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) Timescaping the Arctic with Real-Time Data. Berghahn Books
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalef, Patrick. (2022) The Case of Norway and Digital Transformation over the Years. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mikalef, Patrick; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2022) A Framework for Digital Transformation for Research and Practice: Putting Things into Perspective. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalef, Patrick. (2022) The Way Forward: A Practical Guideline for Successful Digital Transformation. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Grøder, Charlotte Husom; Schmager, Stefan; Parmiggiani, Elena; Vassilakopoulou, Polyxeni; Pappas, Ilias; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia. (2022) Educating about Responsible AI in IS: Designing a course based on Experiential Learning. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Kempton, Alexander Moltubakk; Mikalef, Patrick. (2021) Foreword: Living in a digital world?. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2020) Platformization of the public sector: Assessing the space of possibility for participation. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Dahl-Jørgensen, Tangni Cunningham; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2020) Platformization of the Public Sector: Assessing the Space of Possibilities for Participation. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2019) Digitized Coral Reefs. Princeton University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Grisot, Miria. (2019) Data Infrastructures in the Public Sector: A Critical Research Agenda Rooted in Scandinavian IS Research. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Grisot, Miria; Parmiggiani, Elena; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie. (2018) Infrastructuring internet of things for public governance. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Karasti, Helena. (2018) Surfacing the arctic: politics of participation in infrastructuring. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric. (2018) Shifting Baselines? Recommendations for Green IS. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Mikalsen, Marius; Parmiggiani, Elena; Hepsø, Vidar. (2014) Sociomaterial capabilities in integrated oil and gas operations - Implications for design. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena. (2014) Of Corals and Web Portals: Towards a Digital Representation of Risk for the Cold-Water Corals in the Oil and Gas Sector. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Hepsø, Vidar. (2013) Pragmatic Information Management For Environmental Monitoring In Oil And Gas. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2013) The Facets of Sociomateriality: A Systematic Mapping of Emerging Concepts and Definitions. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Botero, Andrea; Karasti, Helena; Saad-Sulonen, Joanna; Geirbo, Hanne Cecilie; Karen, Baker; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2019) Drawing Together: Infrastructuring and Politics for Participatory Design - a visual collection of cases, issues, questions, and relevant literature. University of Oulu University of Oulu
Report
Karasti, Helena; Botero, Andrea; Baker, Karen S.; Parmiggiani, Elena. (2018) Little Data, Big Data, No Data? Data Management in the Era of Research Infrastructures . University of Oulu University of Oulu
Report
Parmiggiani, Elena. (2015) Integration by Infrastructuring: The Case of Subsea Environmental Monitoring in Oil and Gas Offshore Operations. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (234)
Doctoral dissertation

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