Sørensen, Carsten


Dr Carsten Sørensen  

Department

Position held

Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG) (Department of Management)

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems

Department of Management

Experience keywords:

wireless assets management; world wide web; mobile information technology; informatics; technology policy; information services innovation; cloud computing; enterprise mobility; internet computing; management of information; mobile platform innovation; systems development; information services; internet navigation; mobile technology standards; professional services automation; computer-mediated interruptions; information technology; organisational use of ubiquitous and pervasive computing; information and interaction overload; computer supported co-operative and collaborative work; internet engineering; business innovation with information technology; software engineering; internet technologies; communication technology; mobile technologies; m-commerce

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Dr Sørensen's area of research is information and communication technology supporting complex work processes. He has worked extensively in European research projects and conducted research on the socio-technical implications of advanced ICT utilisation within the areas of mobile computing, interaction overload, software engineering, computer supported collaborative work, web navigation, and knowledge management. His research has investigated how ICTs such as mobile and wireless technologies, email, groupware, web-navigation systems, shapes and are shaped by working practices in knowledge intensive organisations within the domains of advanced manufacturing, software production, in R&D and in a voluntary organisation. In particular, his research has focused on the appropriation of standard application packages such as ERP systems, Groupware systems, Internet technologies and most recently, mobile and wireless technologies. Core concerns in his research has been the management of social interaction in distributed settings, in particular considering the increased mobilisation of interaction and the subsequent struggle for mobile workers to engage in fluid interaction. He is currently working on theory for mobile information services.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

BankingConsultancyFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyMedia Technology and New MediaTelecommunications

Languages:

Swedish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Danish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6102

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2011

Sorensen, Carsten (2011) Enterprise mobility: tiny technology with global impact on work. Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK. ISBN 9780230236073

Tilson, David and Sorensen, Carsten and Lyytinen, Kalle J. (2011) The paradoxes of change and control in digital infrastructures: the mobile operating systems case. In:.

Eaton, B. D. and Elaluf-Calderwood, E. M. and Sorensen, Carsten and Yoo, Y. (2011) Structural narrative analysis as a means to unfold the paradox of control and generativity that lies within mobile platforms. In:.

Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Eaton, B. D. and Sorensen, Carsten and Yoo, Y. (2011) Control as a strategy for the development of generativity in business models for mobile platforms. In:.

2010

Eaton, B.D. and Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Sorensen, Carsten (2010) A methodology for analysing business model dynamics for mobile services using control points and triggers. In:International Conference on Intelligence in Next Generation Networks (ICIN 2010) (11-14 October 2010 : Berlin, Germany).

Sørensen, Carsten (2010) Cultivating interaction ubiquity at work. The information society, 26 (4). pp. 276-287. ISSN 0197-2243

Tilson, David and Lyytinen, Kalle J. and Sørensen, Carsten (2010) Desperately seeking the infrastructure in IS research: conceptualization of "digital convergence" as co-evolution of social and technical infrastructures. In:43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (5-8 Jan 2010 : Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii).

Tilson, David and Llytinen, Kalle and Sørensen, Carsten (2010) Research commentary-digital infrastructures: the missing IS research agenda. Information Systems Research, 21 (4). pp. 748-759. ISSN 1047-7047

Herzhoff, J. and Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Sørensen, Carsten (2010) Convergence, conflicts, and control points: a systems-theoretical analysis of Mobile VoIP in the UK. In: Proceedings of joint 9th international conference on mobile business (ICMB 2010) and 9th global mobility roundtable (GMR 2010). IEEE Computer Society’s Conference Publishing Services, Athens.

Eaton, B. D. and Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Sørensen, Carsten (2010) The role of control points in determining business models for future mobile generative systems. In: Proceedings of Joint 9th International Conference on Mobile Business and 9th Global Mobility Roundtable. IEEE Computer Society’s Conference Publishing Services, Athens, pp. 459-163. ISBN 9781424474233

2008

Sorensen, Carsten and Al-Taitoon, Adel (2008) Organisational usability of mobile computing: volatility and control in mobile foreign exchange trading. International journal of human-computer studies, 66 (12). pp. 916-929. ISSN 1071-5819

Mathiassen, Lars and Sorensen, Carsten (2008) Towards a theory of organizational information services. Journal of information technology, 23 (4). pp. 313-329. ISSN 0268-3962

Desouza, Kevin C. and Nissen, Mark and Sørensen, Carsten (2008) Managing knowledge transfer in distributed contexts. Information systems journal, 18 (6). pp. 559-566. ISSN 1350-1917

Pica, Daniele and Sorensen, Carsten (2008) Context matters: un-ubiquitous use of mobile technologies by the police. In: Hislop, Donald, (ed.) Mobility and technology in the workplace. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 151-164. ISBN 9780415443463

Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Sørensen, Carsten (2008) 420 years of mobility: ICT enabled mobile interdependencies in London hackney cab work. In: Hislop, Donald, (ed.) Mobility and technology in the workplace. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 135-151. ISBN 9780415443463

Sørensen, Carsten and Gibson, David (2008) The professional's everyday struggle to ubiquitize computers. In: Kraemer, Kenneth L. and Elliott, Margaret S., (eds.) Computerization movements and technology diffusion: from mainframes to ubiquitous computing. Information Today, Medford, NJ., USA. ISBN 9781573873116

Sørensen, Carsten and Al-Taitoon, Adel and Kietzman, Jan and Pica, Daniele and Wiredu, Gamel O. and Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Boateng, Kofi and Kakihara, Masao and Gibson, David (2008) Exploring enterprise mobility: lessons from the field. Information, knowledge, systems management, 7 (1-2). pp. 243-271. ISSN 1389-1995

2007

Sorensen, Carsten and Voutsina, Katerina and Kallinikos, Jannis (2007) Codification and transferability of IT knowledge. In:15th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (7-9 June 2007 : St. Gallen, Switzerland).

Mathiassen, Lars and Sørensen, Carsten (2007) A theory of organizational information services. The Information Systems Group working paper series, 162. Information Systems and Innovation Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2006

Tilson, David and Lyytinen, Kalle J. and Sørensen, Carsten and Liebenau, Jonathan (2006) Coordination of technology and diverse organizational actors during service innovation – the case of wireless data services in the United Kingdom. In:Helsinki Mobility Roundtable (1-2 Jun 2006 : Helsinki, Finland).

Wiredu, Gamel O and Sorensen, Carsten (2006) The dynamics of control and mobile computing in distributed activities. European journal of information systems, 15 (3). pp. 307-319. ISSN 0960-085x

Sørensen, Carsten (2006) Instant mobile connections as a way of teenage life. In: The mobile life youth report 2006: the impact of the mobile phone on the lives of young people. Carphone Warehouse, London, UK, pp. 34-35.

Avison, David and Bjørn-Andersen, Niels and Land, Frank and Sørensen, Carsten (2006) Enid Mumford: a tribute. Information systems journal, 16 (4). pp. 343-382. ISSN 1350-1917

Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Sørensen, Carsten (2006) Organizational agility with mobile ICT? The case of London black cab work. In: Desouza, Kevin C., (ed.) Agile information systems: conceptualization, construction, and management. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, USA, pp. 250-265. ISBN 9780750682350

Sørensen, Carsten (2006) Mobile phones at work. In: The mobile life report 2006: how mobile phones change the way we live. Carphone Warehouse, London, UK, pp. 35-38.

Sørensen, Carsten (2006) Continuous conversations. In: The mobile life report 2006: how mobile phones change the way we live. Carphone Warehouse, London, UK, pp. 35-39.

2005

Sørensen, Carsten and Pica, Daniele (2005) Tales from the police: rhythms of interaction with mobile technologies. Information and organization, 15 (2). pp. 125-149. ISSN 1471-7727

Fontana, Eduardo Ribas and Sørensen, Carsten (2005) From idea to blah! Understanding mobile services development as interactive innovation. In:2nd CONTECSI: International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management (1-3 Jun 2005 : Sao Paolo, Brasil).

Sørensen, Carsten (2005) Beyond the transaction perspective for software artifacts. In: Desouza, Kevin. C, (ed.) New Frontiers in Knowledge Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 117-146. ISBN 9781403942401

Fontana, Eduardo Ribas and Sørensen, Carsten (2005) From idea to blah! Understanding mobile services development as interactive innovation. Journal of information systems and technology management, 2 (2). pp. 101-120. ISSN 1807-1775

Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Sørensen, Carsten (2005) The knowledge and the system. In: Krogstie, John and Kautz, Karlheinz and Allen, David, (eds.) Mobile information systems II: IFIP working conference on mobile information systems, MOBIS 2005, Leeds, UK, December 6-7, 2005. Springer, pp. 229-244. ISBN 9780387295510

Sørensen, Carsten and Yoo, Y and Lyytinen, K and DeGross, J. I, (eds.) (2005) Designing Ubiquitous Information Environments: socio-technical issues and challenges. Springer, New York, USA. ISBN 0387275606

Sorensen, Carsten and Pica, Daniele (2005) Tales from the police : rhythms of interaction with mobile technologies. Information and organization, 15 (2). pp. 125-149. ISSN 1471-7727

Sørensen, Carsten (2005) Distance is dead — long live going places! Why location-based services are just the first small step. Surfkitchen

2004

Al-Taitoon, Adel and Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Supporting mobile professionals in global banking: the role of global ICT-support call-centres. Journal of computing and information technology, 12 (4). pp. 297-308. ISSN 1330-1136

Sørensen, Carsten (2004) The future role of trust in work - the key success factor for mobile productivity - optimising the knowledge supply chain. Microsoft Ltd., London

Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Mobile work – mobile life: static vs. dynamic views of highly mobile users. In:.

Pica, D. and Sørensen, Carsten and Allen, D. (2004) On mobility and context of work: exploring mobile police work. In:.

Al-Taitoon, Adel and Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Supporting Mobile Professionals in Global Banking: The Role of Global ICT-support Call-centres. In: Sprague, Jr, Ralph H, (ed.) 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-37). IEEE Computer Society Press, Big Island, Hawaii. ISBN 0769520561

Sørensen, Carsten and Pica, Daniele (2004) “Out-of-sight shouldn’t mean out-of-mind”: why corporates need to get control of their wireless assets. Mobility@LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Research issues in mobile informatics: classical concerns, pragmatic issues and emerging discourses. In: Green, N. and Smith, S., (eds.) The life of mobile data: technology, mobility and data subjectivity. University of Surrey.

Kakihara, Masao and Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Practicing mobile professional work: tales of locational, operational, and interactional mobility. Info: the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunication, information and media, 6 (3). pp. 180-187. ISSN 1463-6697

Lyytinen, Kalle J. and Yoo, Youngjin and Varshney, Upkar and Ackerman, Mark and Davis, Gordon and Avital, Michel and Robey, Daniel and Sawyer, Steve and Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Surfing the next wave: design and implementation challenges of ubiquitous computing. Communications of AIS, 13 (40). ISSN 1529-3181

Pica, Daniele and Sørensen, Carsten (2004) On mobile technology in context: exploring police work. Journal of computing and information technology, 12 (4). pp. 287-296. ISSN 1330-1136

Sørensen, Carsten and Gibson, David (2004) Ubiquitous visions and opaque realities: professionals talking about mobile technologies. Info: the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunication, information and media, 6 (3). pp. 188-196. ISSN 1463-6697

Kakihara, M and Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Mobile urban professionals in Tokyo: tales of locational, interactional and operational mobility. Info: the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunication, information and media, 6 (3). pp. 180-187. ISSN 1463-6697

Sørensen, Carsten and Pica, Daniele (2004) The future is rock-fluid: on mobile work, trust and flexibility. Orange and Enterprise, London, UK

Sørensen, Carsten (2004) Supporting the mobile organisation. In: Russell, J., (ed.) People and productivity in the information age. Caspian Publishing & Microsoft Ltd, London, UK, pp. 24-27.

Kakihara, Masao and Sørensen, Carsten and Wiberg, Mikael (2004) Fluid interaction in mobile work practices. In: Wiberg, Mikael, (ed.) The interaction society: practice, theories, & supportive technologies. Idea Group Publishing, Harrisburg, PA, pp. 171-193. ISBN 1591405319

2003

Sørensen, Carsten and Al-Aitoon, A. (2003) ICT-enabled mobile executives in global banking. In:.

Sørensen, Carsten and Mathiassen, L. (2003) From information systems to information services. In: Järvi, T. and Reijonen, P., (eds.) People and computers: twenty-one ways of looking at information systems. Turku Centre for Computer Science, Turku, Finland, pp. 41-58.

Sørensen, Carsten and Kakihara, M. (2003) Mobile urban professionals in Tokyo: tales of locational, interactional and operational mobility. In:.

Sørensen, Carsten and Al-Taitoon, A. and Gibson, D.M. (2003) Modern professionals and their tools: ICT supporting organisational flexibility and control. In:European Conference of Information Systems (16-21 June 2003 : Naples, Italy).

Sørensen, Carsten and Svensson, L. and Östlund, C. (2003) Integration of multimedia technology and educational practices: field trials with streamed media in video lectures. In:.

Sørensen, Carsten (2003) Scandinavian versus UK research: the importance of institutional context. Scandinavian journal of information systems, 15 pp. 95-99. ISSN 0905-0167

Sørensen, Carsten (2003) Research issues in mobile informatics: classical concerns, pragmatic issues and emerging discourses. In:.

Madan, R. and Sorensen, Carsten and Scott, Susan V. (2003) 'Strategy died for us around April last year': CIO perceptions of strategy formation process in financial services. In:European Conference on Information Systems 2003 (19 - 21 June 2003 : Naples, Italy).

2002

Kakihara, Masao and Sørensen, Carsten (2002) Exploring knowlege emergence: from chaos to organizational knowledge. Journal of global information technology management, 5 (3). pp. 48-66. ISSN 1097-198X

Sørensen, Carsten and Mathiassen, Lars and Kakihara, Masao (2002) Mobile services: functional diversity and overload. London School of Economics, London, UK

Sørensen, Carsten and Kakihara, Masao (2002) Knowledge discourses and interaction technology. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, USA

Sørensen, Carsten (2002) This is not an article - just some food for thoughts on how to write one. Working paper, 121. London School of Economics, London, UK

Sørensen, Carsten (2002) Digital nomads and mobile services. Vodafone

2001

Kakihara, Masao and Sørensen, Carsten (2001) Expanding the 'mobility' concept. ACM SIGGroup bulletin, 22 (3). pp. 33-37. ISSN 0893-2875

Sørensen, Carsten (2001) Interaction overload: from diffusion to diversion. In:Social Study of Information Technology Workshop (19-20 March 2001 : London School of Economics, UK).

Sørensen, C. and Macklin, D. and Beaumont, T. (2001) Navigating the world wide web: bookmark maintenance architectures. Interacting with computers, 13 (3). pp. 375-400. ISSN 0953-5438

Sørensen, Carsten (2001) Don't call us, we'll call you. LSE Magazine, 13 (1). pp. 10-11. ISSN 0023-639X

Sorensen, Carsten and Whitley, Edgar A. and Madon, Shirin and Klyachko, D. and Hosein, Ian and Johnstone, J. (2001) Cultivating recalcitrance in information systems research. In: Russo, Nancy L. and Fitzgerald, Brian and DeGross, Janice I., (eds.) Realigning research and practice in information systems development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 297-316. ISBN 9780792374206

Robertson, Maxine and Sorensen, Carsten and Swan, Jacky (2001) Survival of the leanest : intensive knowledge work and groupware adaptation. Information technology and people, 14 (4). pp. 334-352. ISSN 0950-3845

Sørensen, Carsten and Lundh-Snis, Ulrika (2001) Innovation through knowledge codification. Journal of information technology, 16 (2). pp. 83-97. ISSN 0268-3962

2000

Sørensen, Carsten and Braa, Kristin and Dahlbom, Bo (2000) Planet internet. Studentlitteratur, Lund. ISBN 9789144013527

1999

Fagrell, Henrik and Sørensen, Carsten (1999) Surveying the World Wide Web. Scandinavian journal of information systems, 11 (1). pp. 25-50. ISSN 0905-0167

Sørensen, Carsten (1999) Mobile internetting works now! A brief report on usability. London School of Economics, London School of Economics, UK

1998

Braa, Kristin and Sørensen, Carsten (1998) The internet factor. Scandinavian journal of information systems, 10 (1 & 2). pp. 235-240. ISSN 0905-0167

Mathiassen, Lars and Sørensen, Carsten (1998) The Capability Maturity Model and CASE. In: Mathiassen, Lars, (ed.) Reflective systems development. Aalbrog University Press, Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 367-386. ISBN 9788798517023

Mathiassen, Lars and Sørensen, Carsten (1998) A guide to manage new software engineering tools. In: Mathiassen, Lars, (ed.) Reflective systems development. Aalbrog University Press, Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 387-406. ISBN 9788798517023

1996

Sørensen, Carsten (1996) IRIS is what we decide to call it!. Scandinavian journal of information systems, 7 (2). pp. 83-86. ISSN 0905-0167

Carstensen, Peter H. and Sørensen, Carsten (1996) From the social to the systematic. Computer supported cooperative work, 5 (4). pp. 387-413. ISSN 0925-9724

1995

Sørensen, Carsten and Carstensen, Peter H. and Tuikka, Tuomo (1995) Let's talk about bugs. Scandinavian journal of information systems, 7 (1). pp. 33-54. ISSN 0905-0167

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