Blockchain in Business Research

This course will focus on educating students about DLT systems enabling them to develop conceptual as well as practical solutions, as well as will learn how to generate new theoretical insights based upon their research. The participants will learn how blockchain systems work and how they may disrupt or transform existing business models. They will gain insights into paradigmatic changes occurring from economic, organizational, and computer science viewpoints. As learning outcomes, the participants will receive insights how to conduct information systems research on blockchain that is innovative, rigorous, and relevant. Course participants will be able to: identify research opportunities in the context of blockchain and DLT systems – analyse how blockchain systems are engineered – combine insights from an interdisciplinary perspective to research DLT systems in a sociotechnical context – reflect critically on their own PhD projects in the light of blockchain research trend to generate academically sound, theoretical insights themselves – design and conduct research DLT and blockchain systems.