Thomas Østerlie

About

I am concerned with understanding and conceptualizing how organizations make the transition to a digital age, with particular interest in how the nature of work and organizing transforms as new digital technologies are introduced in the workplace; how services and products transforms when they are digitalized; and how existing industrial structures shape the way organizations individually and collectively make use of new digital technologies.

In approaching these topics, I draw upon a combination of theoretical resources from organization science, computing, as well as science and technology studies. I pursue these research interests through in-depth empirical studies in close collaboration with organizations across sectors and industries.

Publications

2021

Parmiggiani, Elena; Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten. (2021) In the Backrooms of Data Science. Journal of the AIS. volum 23 (1).
Academic article

2020

Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Coordinating Innovation in Digital Infrastructure: The Case of Transforming Offshore Project Delivery. Digital Business Transformation.
Academic chapter/article
Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Navigating towards a digital ecosystem: The case study of offshore infrastructure industry. Proceedings of the 11th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS2020).
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Monteiro, Eric. (2020) Digital sand: The becoming of digital representations. Information and organization. volum 30 (1).
Academic article

2019

Din, Crystal Chang; Karlsen, Leif Harald; Pene, Irina; Stahl, Oliver; Yu, Ingrid Chieh; Østerlie, Thomas. (2019) Geological Multi-scenario Reasoning. NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning.
Academic article

2018

Cameron, David B.; Østerlie, Thomas. (2018) Sirius: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain. Practitioners Proceedings of the 2018 University-Industry Interaction Conference: Challenges and Solutions for Fostering Entrepreneurial Universities and Collaborative Innovation.
Academic chapter/article
Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking. Living with Monsters? Social Implications of Algorithmic Phenomena, Hybrid Agency, and the Performativity of Technology. IS&O 2018. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 543. Springer, Cham.
Academic chapter/article

2016

Edwin, Nathaniel John; Paltrinieri, Nicola; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Chapter 13 – Risk Metrics and Dynamic Risk Visualization. Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry.
Academic chapter/article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Synthetic situations in the internet of things. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. volum 489.
Academic article

2014

Almklov, Petter; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2014) Situated with Infrastructures: Interactivity and Entanglement in Sensor Data Interpretation. Journal of the AIS. volum 15 (5).
Academic article
Johansen, Jens Petter; Østerlie, Thomas. (2014) Prosjektdynamikk og innovasjonsutfordringer i store forskningssentre. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse. volum 17 (8).
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Satinovic, Milka. (2014) Begrepsfesting og teoriutvikling i grounded theory: et organisasjonsfaglig perspektiv. Innføring i grounded theory.
Academic chapter/article

2013

Østerlie, Thomas; Johansen, Jens Petter. (2013) Synergistic collaboration: Responsibility and authority in multilateral research and development. XXIV ISPIM Conference. Innovating in Global Markets: Challenges for Sustainable Growth.
Academic chapter/article

2012

Almklov, Petter Grytten; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2012) Punctuation and extrapolation: representing a subsurface oil reservoir. Journal of experimental and theoretical artificial intelligence (Print). volum 24 (3).
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2012) Co-materialization: Digital Innovation Dynamics in the Offshore Petroleum Industry. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2012) On Countering Methods Erosion: Contributing towards Stronger and More Empirically Grounded Information Systems Theory. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). volum 45.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Hepsø, Vidar. (2012) Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production. Information and organization. volum 22 (2).
Academic article

2010

Østerlie, Thomas; Asak, Ole Martin; Pettersen, Ole Georg; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth. (2010) Manufacturing Accomplices: ICT Use in Securing the Safety State at Airports. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. volum 318.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth; Pettersen, Ole Georg. (2010) Security Cynicism: Travellers' Experience of Security in Encountering Airport Security. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2010.
Academic chapter/article

2009

Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Sørensen, Carl-Fredrik; Gerea, Marinela. (2009) An Empirical Study on Selection of Open Source Software - Preliminary Results. Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development (FLOSS 2009).
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2009) Problems and solutions: Maintaining an integrated system in a community of volunteers. 2009. ISBN 978-82-471-1808-5. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (204).
PhD thesis

2008

Ziemer, Sven; Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Lindman, Juho. (2008) Understanding open source in an industrial context. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems.
Academic chapter/article

2007

Jaccheri, Letizia; Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) Open Source Software: A Source of Possibilities for Software Engineering Education and Empirical Software Engineering. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) Dogmenes kamp. Klassekampen.
Letter to the editor
Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) The critical triangle: Getting started doing critical IS research. Proceedings NOKOBIT 2007.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) A Critical Review of Software Engineering Research on Open Source Software Development. Proceedings of the Second AIS SIGSAND European Symposium on Systems Analysis and Design.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) Balancing Technological and Community Interest: The Case of Changing a Large Open Source Software System. Proceedings of 30th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, IRIS30 (11.-14.8.2007, Murikka, Tampere, Finland).
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2007) Debugging Integrated Systems: An Ethnographic Study of Debugging Practice. Proceedings - Conferense on Software Maintenance.
Academic article

2006

Østerlie, Thomas. (2006) Producing and Interpreting Debug Texts. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. volum 203.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2006) Establishing Maintainabiliy in Systems Integration: Ambiguity, Negotiations, and Infrastructures. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2006), September 24-27, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
Academic chapter/article

2005

Jaccheri, Letizia; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Can we teach empirical software engineering?. Proceedings of the IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS). volum 11.
Academic article
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work. Effective knowledge management : emerging trends.
Academic chapter/article
Munkvold, Glenn; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Ordering actors, organizing work. Proceedings of the 28th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia.
Academic chapter/article

2004

Berntsen, Kirsti Elisabeth; Munkvold, Glenn; Østerlie, Thomas. (2004) Community of Practice versus Practice of the Community: Knowing in Collaborative Work. ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. volum 2 (4).
Academic article
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2004) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work. ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. volum 2 (4).
Article

2003

Østerlie, Thomas. (2003) The user-developer convergence: Innovation and software systems development in the Apache project. 2003.
Master thesis

Scientific articles

Parmiggiani, Elena; Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten. (2021) In the Backrooms of Data Science. Journal of the AIS. volum 23 (1).
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Monteiro, Eric. (2020) Digital sand: The becoming of digital representations. Information and organization. volum 30 (1).
Academic article
Din, Crystal Chang; Karlsen, Leif Harald; Pene, Irina; Stahl, Oliver; Yu, Ingrid Chieh; Østerlie, Thomas. (2019) Geological Multi-scenario Reasoning. NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning.
Academic article
Parmiggiani, Elena; Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Synthetic situations in the internet of things. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. volum 489.
Academic article
Almklov, Petter; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2014) Situated with Infrastructures: Interactivity and Entanglement in Sensor Data Interpretation. Journal of the AIS. volum 15 (5).
Academic article
Johansen, Jens Petter; Østerlie, Thomas. (2014) Prosjektdynamikk og innovasjonsutfordringer i store forskningssentre. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse. volum 17 (8).
Academic article
Almklov, Petter Grytten; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2012) Punctuation and extrapolation: representing a subsurface oil reservoir. Journal of experimental and theoretical artificial intelligence (Print). volum 24 (3).
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2012) Co-materialization: Digital Innovation Dynamics in the Offshore Petroleum Industry. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2012) On Countering Methods Erosion: Contributing towards Stronger and More Empirically Grounded Information Systems Theory. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). volum 45.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Hepsø, Vidar. (2012) Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production. Information and organization. volum 22 (2).
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Asak, Ole Martin; Pettersen, Ole Georg; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth. (2010) Manufacturing Accomplices: ICT Use in Securing the Safety State at Airports. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. volum 318.
Academic article
Jaccheri, Letizia; Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) Open Source Software: A Source of Possibilities for Software Engineering Education and Empirical Software Engineering. Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2007) Debugging Integrated Systems: An Ethnographic Study of Debugging Practice. Proceedings - Conferense on Software Maintenance.
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2006) Producing and Interpreting Debug Texts. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. volum 203.
Academic article
Jaccheri, Letizia; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Can we teach empirical software engineering?. Proceedings of the IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS). volum 11.
Academic article
Berntsen, Kirsti Elisabeth; Munkvold, Glenn; Østerlie, Thomas. (2004) Community of Practice versus Practice of the Community: Knowing in Collaborative Work. ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. volum 2 (4).
Academic article

Journal publications

Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) Dogmenes kamp. Klassekampen.
Letter to the editor
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2004) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work. ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management. volum 2 (4).
Article

Part of book/report

Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Coordinating Innovation in Digital Infrastructure: The Case of Transforming Offshore Project Delivery. Digital Business Transformation.
Academic chapter/article
Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Navigating towards a digital ecosystem: The case study of offshore infrastructure industry. Proceedings of the 11th Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS2020).
Academic chapter/article
Cameron, David B.; Østerlie, Thomas. (2018) Sirius: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain. Practitioners Proceedings of the 2018 University-Industry Interaction Conference: Challenges and Solutions for Fostering Entrepreneurial Universities and Collaborative Innovation.
Academic chapter/article
Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking. Living with Monsters? Social Implications of Algorithmic Phenomena, Hybrid Agency, and the Performativity of Technology. IS&O 2018. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 543. Springer, Cham.
Academic chapter/article
Edwin, Nathaniel John; Paltrinieri, Nicola; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Chapter 13 – Risk Metrics and Dynamic Risk Visualization. Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Satinovic, Milka. (2014) Begrepsfesting og teoriutvikling i grounded theory: et organisasjonsfaglig perspektiv. Innføring i grounded theory.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Johansen, Jens Petter. (2013) Synergistic collaboration: Responsibility and authority in multilateral research and development. XXIV ISPIM Conference. Innovating in Global Markets: Challenges for Sustainable Growth.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth; Pettersen, Ole Georg. (2010) Security Cynicism: Travellers' Experience of Security in Encountering Airport Security. Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2010.
Academic chapter/article
Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Sørensen, Carl-Fredrik; Gerea, Marinela. (2009) An Empirical Study on Selection of Open Source Software - Preliminary Results. Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development (FLOSS 2009).
Academic chapter/article
Ziemer, Sven; Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Lindman, Juho. (2008) Understanding open source in an industrial context. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) The critical triangle: Getting started doing critical IS research. Proceedings NOKOBIT 2007.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) A Critical Review of Software Engineering Research on Open Source Software Development. Proceedings of the Second AIS SIGSAND European Symposium on Systems Analysis and Design.
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) Balancing Technological and Community Interest: The Case of Changing a Large Open Source Software System. Proceedings of 30th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, IRIS30 (11.-14.8.2007, Murikka, Tampere, Finland).
Academic chapter/article
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2006) Establishing Maintainabiliy in Systems Integration: Ambiguity, Negotiations, and Infrastructures. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2006), September 24-27, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
Academic chapter/article
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work. Effective knowledge management : emerging trends.
Academic chapter/article
Munkvold, Glenn; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Ordering actors, organizing work. Proceedings of the 28th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia.
Academic chapter/article

Report

Østerlie, Thomas. (2009) Problems and solutions: Maintaining an integrated system in a community of volunteers. 2009. ISBN 978-82-471-1808-5. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (204).
PhD thesis
Østerlie, Thomas. (2003) The user-developer convergence: Innovation and software systems development in the Apache project. 2003.
Master thesis

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