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
Academic article

2020

Østerlie, Thomas; Monteiro, Eric. (2020) Digital sand: The becoming of digital representations. Information and organization
Academic article
Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Coordinating Innovation in Digital Infrastructure: The Case of Transforming Offshore Project Delivery.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Navigating towards a digital ecosystem: The case study of offshore infrastructure industry.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

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

Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Cameron, David B.; Østerlie, Thomas. (2018) Sirius: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2016

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

2014

Johansen, Jens Petter; Østerlie, Thomas. (2014) Prosjektdynamikk og innovasjonsutfordringer i store forskningssentre. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Satinovic, Milka. (2014) Begrepsfesting og teoriutvikling i grounded theory: et organisasjonsfaglig perspektiv.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Almklov, Petter; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2014) Situated with Infrastructures: Interactivity and Entanglement in Sensor Data Interpretation. Journal of the AIS
Academic article

2013

Østerlie, Thomas; Johansen, Jens Petter. (2013) Synergistic collaboration: Responsibility and authority in multilateral research and development.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Hepsø, Vidar. (2012) Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production. Information and organization
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)
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)
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
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth; Pettersen, Ole Georg. (2010) Security Cynicism: Travellers' Experience of Security in Encountering Airport Security.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Sørensen, Carl-Fredrik; Gerea, Marinela. (2009) An Empirical Study on Selection of Open Source Software - Preliminary Results.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas. (2009) Problems and solutions: Maintaining an integrated system in a community of volunteers. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181 (2009:204)
Doctoral dissertation

2008

Ziemer, Sven; Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Lindman, Juho. (2008) Understanding open source in an industrial context.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2007

Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) The critical triangle: Getting started doing critical IS research.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2007) Debugging Integrated Systems: An Ethnographic Study of Debugging Practice. Proceedings - Conferense on Software Maintenance
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; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) Balancing Technological and Community Interest: The Case of Changing a Large Open Source Software System.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) A Critical Review of Software Engineering Research on Open Source Software Development.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) Dogmenes kamp. Klassekampen
Reader opinion piece

2006

Østerlie, Thomas. (2006) Producing and Interpreting Debug Texts. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2006) Establishing Maintainabiliy in Systems Integration: Ambiguity, Negotiations, and Infrastructures.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2005

Jaccheri, Letizia; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Can we teach empirical software engineering?. Proceedings of the IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS)
Academic article
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Munkvold, Glenn; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Ordering actors, organizing work.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

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
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
Article in business/trade/industry journal

2003

Østerlie, Thomas. (2003) The user-developer convergence: Innovation and software systems development in the Apache project. [Mangler utgivernavn] [Mangler utgivernavn]
Masters thesis

Journal publications

Parmiggiani, Elena; Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten. (2021) In the Backrooms of Data Science. Journal of the AIS
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Monteiro, Eric. (2020) Digital sand: The becoming of digital representations. Information and organization
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
Academic article
Johansen, Jens Petter; Østerlie, Thomas. (2014) Prosjektdynamikk og innovasjonsutfordringer i store forskningssentre. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article
Almklov, Petter; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2014) Situated with Infrastructures: Interactivity and Entanglement in Sensor Data Interpretation. Journal of the AIS
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Hepsø, Vidar. (2012) Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production. Information and organization
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)
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)
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
Academic article
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2007) Debugging Integrated Systems: An Ethnographic Study of Debugging Practice. Proceedings - Conferense on Software Maintenance
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. (2007) Dogmenes kamp. Klassekampen
Reader opinion piece
Østerlie, Thomas. (2006) Producing and Interpreting Debug Texts. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
Academic article
Jaccheri, Letizia; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Can we teach empirical software engineering?. Proceedings of the IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS)
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
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
Article in business/trade/industry journal

Part of book/report

Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Coordinating Innovation in Digital Infrastructure: The Case of Transforming Offshore Project Delivery.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haghshenas, Mina; Østerlie, Thomas. (2020) Navigating towards a digital ecosystem: The case study of offshore infrastructure industry.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Cameron, David B.; Østerlie, Thomas. (2018) Sirius: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Edwin, Nathaniel John; Paltrinieri, Nicola; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Chapter 13 – Risk Metrics and Dynamic Risk Visualization.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Satinovic, Milka. (2014) Begrepsfesting og teoriutvikling i grounded theory: et organisasjonsfaglig perspektiv.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Johansen, Jens Petter. (2013) Synergistic collaboration: Responsibility and authority in multilateral research and development.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth; Pettersen, Ole Georg. (2010) Security Cynicism: Travellers' Experience of Security in Encountering Airport Security.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Sørensen, Carl-Fredrik; Gerea, Marinela. (2009) An Empirical Study on Selection of Open Source Software - Preliminary Results.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ziemer, Sven; Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Lindman, Juho. (2008) Understanding open source in an industrial context.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) The critical triangle: Getting started doing critical IS research.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) Balancing Technological and Community Interest: The Case of Changing a Large Open Source Software System.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Jaccheri, Letizia. (2007) A Critical Review of Software Engineering Research on Open Source Software Development.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2006) Establishing Maintainabiliy in Systems Integration: Ambiguity, Negotiations, and Infrastructures.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Munkvold, Glenn; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Ordering actors, organizing work.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Østerlie, Thomas. (2009) Problems and solutions: Maintaining an integrated system in a community of volunteers. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181 (2009:204)
Doctoral dissertation
Østerlie, Thomas. (2003) The user-developer convergence: Innovation and software systems development in the Apache project. [Mangler utgivernavn] [Mangler utgivernavn]
Masters thesis

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