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This is my dissertation wiki page. I am a doctoral student at the Media Lab in the University of Art and Design Helsinki. My research interests lie in studying the research and knowledge producing process itself and in how dispersed research work can be augmented using networked digital media.

These pages will reflect on the advancement of the dissertation while providing information for others interested in any of the topics of the reserach.

Sisällysluettelo 1 Research Design 1.1 Research approach 1.2 Draft typology for research subjects 2 Readings

Research Design

Research approach

The research approach used in the dissertation is essentially design research, but multidisciplinary in its approach to theoretical frameworks. This means that the research is inspired by a concrete design problem and seeks to find acceptable solutions to it. The results of the research will be design concepts, design guidelines and prototypes of research software or services.

Draft typology for research subjects

Finding a suitable subject for studying research work is currently a speedily moving target. The earlier image of a lone scientist in an innovation chamber has given way to a more accurate image of research groups working in close collaboration. The fast development of an efficient network infrastructure and the culture of using it for it has enabled these groups to work more independent of time or geographical location.

Recently another view on knowledge production has challenged the old models. With the rapid diffusion of interconnected computers to from the elite users to the realm of the public, new knowledge is increasingly being created and collected by non-experts.
Thus, a comprehensive definition for dispersed research work is increasinbly difficult to lay down. At this point of reserach, I approach the reserach subjects by categorising them in three different types according to their way of organising:

• Closed academic research groups
  
• Semi-structured collaborative research
  
• Open research swarms and networks

These research subjects form the objects for future research projects.

Readings

• Christine L. Borgman: Scholarship in the Digital Age
• Axel Bruns: Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage
• Eric von Hippel: Democratizing Innovation