The Professors and Heads of Information Systems, New Zealand (PHIS-NZ) group represents NZ information systems academics and researchers in matters of national, regional and international importance.
PHIS-NZ provides a forum for discussion and debate on issues relating to the development of information systems as a discipline in NZ universities, advises the government on policies affecting university education and research and acts as a community of practice between information systems departments.
Since its inception, it has organised annual meetings and Information Systems Doctoral Consortiums.
PHIS-NZ members may become registered users of a 'members only' site, which will allow access to internal documents and other resources.
NZISDC 2024
The Annual NZ IS Doctoral Conference is to be held at the Auckland University of Technology, 31st August 2024.
For further details, please see the NZISDC website
PHIS-NZ Workshop and AGM
The 2024 meeting of PHIS-NZ will be held at the Auckland University of Technology, on Friday 30th August 2024, prior to the Doctoral Consortium taking place on Saturday 31st August, 2024.
PHIS-NZ Doctoral Thesis Award
Nominations for the PHIS-NZ Information Systems Doctoral Thesis Award for 2024 has closed (May 1, 2024).
Key points from the terms of reference include:
--The award is presented annually to the author of the most outstanding PhD thesis in Information Systems in a New Zealand university. The sponsor of the award is the Professors and Heads of Information Systems in New Zealand (PHIS-NZ).
--The author must have completed all requirements for graduation (i.e., successful completion of all examinations and thesis submitted to the university) by 31st December 2023.
--One or two nominations per university (more than two theses can be nominated internally, but no more than two nominations can be submitted for the award).
A nomination is to include:
(i) A PDF of the thesis or a link to the thesis (if it is available online) and (ii) a letter confirming the nomination from the nominating institution.
Nominations are to be submitted to the Chair of PHIS-NZ (Janet Toland: janet.toland@vuw.ac.nz ) no later than 5.00pm on Monday, 13th May 2024.
--The presentation of the award will be at the 2024 New Zealand Information Systems Doctoral Consortium (NZISDC) at the Auckland University of Technology.
Any questions, comments or suggestions can be sent to Janet Toland (janet.toland@vuw.ac.nz ).