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

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

Cameron, David B.; Østerlie, Thomas. (2018) Sirius: Collaboration across the digital divides in the oil and gas supply chain.
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

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. Elsevier
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

Østerlie, Thomas; Satinovic, Milka. (2014) Begrepsfesting og teoriutvikling i grounded theory: et organisasjonsfaglig perspektiv. Akademika forlag
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
Johansen, Jens Petter; Østerlie, Thomas. (2014) Prosjektdynamikk og innovasjonsutfordringer i store forskningssentre. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article

2013

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

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)
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) 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
Østerlie, Thomas. (2012) Co-materialization: Digital Innovation Dynamics in the Offshore Petroleum Industry. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Academic article

2010

Østerlie, Thomas; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth; Pettersen, Ole Georg. (2010) Security Cynicism: Travellers' Experience of Security in Encountering Airport Security. IADIS Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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

2009

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

2008

Ziemer, Sven; Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Lindman, Juho. (2008) Understanding open source in an industrial context. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2007

Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) Dogmenes kamp. Klassekampen
Reader opinion piece
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) The critical triangle: Getting started doing critical IS research. Tapir Akademisk Forlag
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. University of Gdansk Press
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

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. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2005

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

2004

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
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

2003

Østerlie, Thomas. (2003) The user-developer convergence: Innovation and software systems development in the Apache project. [Mangler utgivernavn]
Thesis at a second degree level

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
Almklov, Petter; Østerlie, Thomas; Haavik, Torgeir K. (2014) Situated with Infrastructures: Interactivity and Entanglement in Sensor Data Interpretation. Journal of the AIS
Academic article
Johansen, Jens Petter; Østerlie, Thomas. (2014) Prosjektdynamikk og innovasjonsutfordringer i store forskningssentre. Magma forskning og viten
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; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Hepsø, Vidar. (2012) Dual materiality and knowing in petroleum production. Information and organization
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
Østerlie, Thomas. (2012) Co-materialization: Digital Innovation Dynamics in the Offshore Petroleum Industry. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
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. (2007) Dogmenes kamp. Klassekampen
Reader opinion piece
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
Academic article
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. (2004) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work. ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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

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. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
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
Monteiro, Eric; Østerlie, Thomas; Parmiggiani, Elena; Mikalsen, Marius. (2018) Quantifying quality: Towards a Post-Humanist Perspective on Sensemaking. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Edwin, Nathaniel John; Paltrinieri, Nicola; Østerlie, Thomas. (2016) Chapter 13 – Risk Metrics and Dynamic Risk Visualization. Elsevier
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Satinovic, Milka. (2014) Begrepsfesting og teoriutvikling i grounded theory: et organisasjonsfaglig perspektiv. Akademika forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Johansen, Jens Petter. (2013) Synergistic collaboration: Responsibility and authority in multilateral research and development. International symposium of product innovation management
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Tronhus, Håvard Frøseth; Pettersen, Ole Georg. (2010) Security Cynicism: Travellers' Experience of Security in Encountering Airport Security. IADIS Press
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. IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ziemer, Sven; Hauge, Øyvind; Østerlie, Thomas; Lindman, Juho. (2008) Understanding open source in an industrial context. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas. (2007) The critical triangle: Getting started doing critical IS research. Tapir Akademisk Forlag
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. University of Gdansk Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Østerlie, Thomas; Wang, Alf Inge. (2006) Establishing Maintainabiliy in Systems Integration: Ambiguity, Negotiations, and Infrastructures. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Munkvold, Glenn; Berntsen, Kirsti; Østerlie, Thomas. (2005) Community of practice versus practice of the community : knowing in collaborative work. Icfai University Press
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. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (204)
Doctoral dissertation
Østerlie, Thomas. (2003) The user-developer convergence: Innovation and software systems development in the Apache project. [Mangler utgivernavn]
Thesis at a second degree level

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