Engineering or Research? - Design science as a framework for balancing theory and practice in postgraduate education.

Beskrivning

In this presentation, I reflect on scientific theoretical issues and how such models and languages can be helpful in doctoral supervision. As an engineering PhD student, it can be difficult to balance practical and theoretical work and to understand the difference between research and engineering. A further complicating factor is that researchers who publish and review papers in the same technical area may do so under completely different paradigms. By reflecting on the paradigm of our overarching research discipline, design science (in contrast to the overarching paradigms of the formal and explanatory sciences), we can be helped to find frameworks for our research work. I share two models, a design science map and a contribution lens, which can be used in different supervision situations to reflect on concrete theoretical and practical contributions, as well as their positioning and justification.

Period	2022 sep. 29
Evenemangstitel	Doctoral Education day @ LTH
Typ av evenemang	Annan
Plats	Lund, SverigeVisa på karta
Omfattning	Lokal