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Invited Panel

Future Perspectives in CSCW

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) has continued to establish itself institutionally: by running an annual ACM-CSCW conference, by defining a track at the ACM-CHI conference, and by developing COOP into a second European series of conferences. While the institutional development looks promising, there is a certain danger that the field may lose some of its intellectual coherence.

Being of interdisciplinary nature, CSCW has always been characterized by a multiplicity of research foci and methods. These differences are also grounded in different modes of scientific career building and academic funding. Kjeld Schmidt has recently elaborated on the research paradigmatic differences within the CSCW community. He suggests to refocus CSCW following a methodological understanding which connects design and use and to reorient its applications towards work settings (in its mundane meaning). On the other hand, we see conferences directing themselves towards the investigation of web 2.0 applications, often without relating it to work settings they may be embedded in.

So, the question is how to define the common ground in the field and where to move from here. The panel will deal with the definitional as well as the research methodological implications of this question.

We are proud to present the following panelist:
• Myriam Lewkowicz, UT Troyes (chair)
• Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu, Finland
• Gary Olson, University of California, Irvine, USA
• Kjeld Schmidt, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Volker Wulf, University of Siegen, Germany